Avrieux is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
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 The road into Avrieux | |
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| Coordinates: 45°12′55″N 6°43′21″E / 45.2153°N 06.7224°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Savoie |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne |
| Canton | Modane |
| Intercommunality | CC Haute Maurienne Vanoise |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Marc Buttard[1] |
| Area 1 | 37.85 km2 (14.61 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 392 |
| • Density | 10/km2 (27/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Avrionlins / Avrionlines |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 73026 /73500 |
| Elevation | 1,094–3,506 m (3,589–11,503 ft) |
| Website | www |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
editClimate
editAvrieux has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb). The average annual temperature in Avrieux is 8.5 °C (47.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 600.4 mm (23.64 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 18.0 °C (64.4 °F), and lowest in January, at around −0.9 °C (30.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Avrieux was 36.0 °C (96.8 °F) on 19 July 2023; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −21.6 °C (−6.9 °F) on 9 January 1985.
| Climate data for Avrieux (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1948−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 14.2 (57.6) |
20.1 (68.2) |
23.0 (73.4) |
26.5 (79.7) |
30.5 (86.9) |
35.0 (95.0) |
36.0 (96.8) |
35.0 (95.0) |
30.5 (86.9) |
27.8 (82.0) |
21.6 (70.9) |
15.8 (60.4) |
36.0 (96.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 2.8 (37.0) |
5.1 (41.2) |
10.1 (50.2) |
13.6 (56.5) |
18.0 (64.4) |
22.1 (71.8) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24.1 (75.4) |
19.4 (66.9) |
14.7 (58.5) |
7.6 (45.7) |
2.5 (36.5) |
13.7 (56.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −0.9 (30.4) |
0.3 (32.5) |
4.6 (40.3) |
7.9 (46.2) |
12.1 (53.8) |
15.9 (60.6) |
18.0 (64.4) |
17.7 (63.9) |
13.7 (56.7) |
9.4 (48.9) |
3.6 (38.5) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
8.5 (47.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −4.7 (23.5) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
2.2 (36.0) |
6.3 (43.3) |
9.7 (49.5) |
11.5 (52.7) |
11.3 (52.3) |
7.9 (46.2) |
4.1 (39.4) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
3.2 (37.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −21.6 (−6.9) |
−21.1 (−6.0) |
−18.4 (−1.1) |
−9.3 (15.3) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
1.8 (35.2) |
1.3 (34.3) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−15.6 (3.9) |
−18.4 (−1.1) |
−21.6 (−6.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 54.1 (2.13) |
36.0 (1.42) |
36.6 (1.44) |
39.9 (1.57) |
57.4 (2.26) |
53.5 (2.11) |
39.8 (1.57) |
50.7 (2.00) |
47.5 (1.87) |
60.4 (2.38) |
63.2 (2.49) |
61.3 (2.41) |
600.4 (23.64) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 7.9 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 9.8 | 9.1 | 7.5 | 8.4 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 96.2 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Twin towns — sister cities
editAvrieux is twinned with Piedicavallo, Italy (2009).
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
External links
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