Chindrieux
Chindrieux | |
|---|---|
 The Château de Châtillon, in Chindrieux | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Chindrieux  | |
  Chindrieux  Chindrieux | |
| 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
World Heritage Site
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
Chindrieux has an 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) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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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