Chindrieux
Chindrieux | |
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Coordinates: 45°49′18″N 5°51′00″E / 45.821667°N 05.85°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Department | Savoie |
Arrondissement | Chambéry |
Canton | Bugey savoyard |
Intercommunality | CA Grand Lac |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Marie-Claire Barbier[1] |
Area 1 | 16.42 km2 (6.34 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 1,445 |
• Density | 88/km2 (230/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 73085 /73310 |
Elevation | 227–900 m (745–2,953 ft) (avg. 284 m or 932 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Chindrieux (French pronunciation: [ʃɛ̃dʁijø]) is commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
It lies near Lake Bourget.
Geography[edit]
World Heritage Site[edit]
It is home to one or more prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site.[3]
Climate[edit]
Chindrieux has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb) closely bordering on a humid subtropical climate (Cfa). The average annual temperature in Chindrieux is 11.9 °C (53.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,233.9 mm (48.58 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 21.6 °C (70.9 °F), and lowest in January, at around 2.6 °C (36.7 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Chindrieux was 40.7 °C (105.3 °F) on 12 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −19.5 °C (−3.1 °F) on 7 January 1985.
Climate data for Chindrieux (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1982−2015) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 16.9 (62.4) | 20.2 (68.4) | 25.4 (77.7) | 29.0 (84.2) | 33.0 (91.4) | 36.5 (97.7) | 37.6 (99.7) | 40.7 (105.3) | 31.8 (89.2) | 27.2 (81.0) | 21.5 (70.7) | 21.5 (70.7) | 40.7 (105.3) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.8 (42.4) | 8.0 (46.4) | 12.8 (55.0) | 16.3 (61.3) | 21.0 (69.8) | 24.6 (76.3) | 27.5 (81.5) | 26.7 (80.1) | 22.1 (71.8) | 17.0 (62.6) | 10.1 (50.2) | 6.3 (43.3) | 16.6 (61.9) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.6 (36.7) | 4.2 (39.6) | 7.9 (46.2) | 11.1 (52.0) | 15.6 (60.1) | 19.0 (66.2) | 21.6 (70.9) | 20.9 (69.6) | 17.1 (62.8) | 12.8 (55.0) | 6.7 (44.1) | 3.4 (38.1) | 11.9 (53.4) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.6 (30.9) | 0.3 (32.5) | 3.0 (37.4) | 5.9 (42.6) | 10.2 (50.4) | 13.3 (55.9) | 15.6 (60.1) | 15.1 (59.2) | 12.0 (53.6) | 8.6 (47.5) | 3.4 (38.1) | 0.5 (32.9) | 7.3 (45.1) |
Record low °C (°F) | −19.5 (−3.1) | −11.9 (10.6) | −9.3 (15.3) | −3.6 (25.5) | −1.2 (29.8) | 4.0 (39.2) | 6.7 (44.1) | 5.3 (41.5) | 2.0 (35.6) | −3.0 (26.6) | −7.0 (19.4) | −11.1 (12.0) | −19.5 (−3.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 95.6 (3.76) | 89.6 (3.53) | 93.4 (3.68) | 96.5 (3.80) | 102.9 (4.05) | 100.9 (3.97) | 78.5 (3.09) | 93.6 (3.69) | 118.6 (4.67) | 130.7 (5.15) | 122.1 (4.81) | 111.5 (4.39) | 1,233.9 (48.58) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 10.6 | 9.3 | 9.9 | 10.9 | 11.4 | 9.9 | 7.6 | 8.9 | 8.3 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 10.9 | 120.3 |
Source: Météo-France[4] |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1981-2010 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
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