Vallouise-Pelvoux
Vallouise-Pelvoux (French pronunciation: [valwiz pɛlvu]) is a commune in the department of Hautes-Alpes, southeastern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes of Pelvoux (the seat) and Vallouise.[3]
Vallouise-Pelvoux | |
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 A view of Vallouise in winter | |
Location of Vallouise-Pelvoux | |
  Vallouise-Pelvoux  Vallouise-Pelvoux | |
| Coordinates: 44°51′54″N 6°29′20″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Hautes-Alpes |
| Arrondissement | Briançon |
| Canton | L'Argentière-la-Bessée |
| Intercommunality | Pays des Écrins |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2022–2026) | Gaelle Moreau[1] |
| Area 1 | 144.81 km2 (55.91 sq mi) |
| Population | 1,129 |
| • Density | 7.8/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 05101 /05290, 05340 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
The commune is located in the Alps and contains part of the Écrins National Park.
It is a popular destination for mountaineering and mountain sports in all seasons.
Geography
Climate
Vallouise-Pelvoux has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb). The average annual temperature in Vallouise-Pelvoux is 7.8 °C (46.0 °F). The average annual rainfall is 970.5 mm (38.21 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 17.1 °C (62.8 °F), and lowest in January, at around −1.1 °C (30.0 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Vallouise-Pelvoux was 35.7 °C (96.3 °F) on 27 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −21.8 °C (−7.2 °F) on 7 March 1971.
| Climate data for Pelvoux, Vallouise-Pelvoux (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1961−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 18.1 (64.6) |
21.2 (70.2) |
23.3 (73.9) |
26.4 (79.5) |
29.2 (84.6) |
35.7 (96.3) |
34.0 (93.2) |
34.1 (93.4) |
32.9 (91.2) |
27.7 (81.9) |
21.6 (70.9) |
17.1 (62.8) |
35.7 (96.3) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 3.8 (38.8) |
6.2 (43.2) |
10.0 (50.0) |
12.6 (54.7) |
18.0 (64.4) |
22.6 (72.7) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.3 (77.5) |
20.4 (68.7) |
14.7 (58.5) |
7.9 (46.2) |
3.7 (38.7) |
14.3 (57.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −1.1 (30.0) |
0.2 (32.4) |
3.5 (38.3) |
6.4 (43.5) |
11.3 (52.3) |
14.9 (58.8) |
17.1 (62.8) |
16.9 (62.4) |
13.0 (55.4) |
8.6 (47.5) |
2.8 (37.0) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
7.8 (46.0) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −6.1 (21.0) |
−5.7 (21.7) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
0.1 (32.2) |
4.6 (40.3) |
7.1 (44.8) |
8.6 (47.5) |
8.5 (47.3) |
5.5 (41.9) |
2.5 (36.5) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
1.3 (34.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −19.0 (−2.2) |
−18.0 (−0.4) |
−21.8 (−7.2) |
−10.2 (13.6) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
0.0 (32.0) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
−15.0 (5.0) |
−18.0 (−0.4) |
−21.8 (−7.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 82.7 (3.26) |
63.0 (2.48) |
70.1 (2.76) |
91.5 (3.60) |
81.0 (3.19) |
71.9 (2.83) |
48.9 (1.93) |
54.8 (2.16) |
86.9 (3.42) |
115.4 (4.54) |
100.2 (3.94) |
104.1 (4.10) |
970.5 (38.21) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 7.5 | 6.3 | 7.5 | 8.7 | 10.2 | 9.0 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 9.4 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 96.1 |
| Source: Meteociel[4] | |||||||||||||
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 December 2022.
- "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
- Arrêté préfectoral 5 September 2016 (in French)
- "Normales et records pour Pelvoux (05)". Meteociel. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
