Les Belleville

Les Belleville
Commune
The Belleville valley
The Belleville valley
Location of Les Belleville
Map
Les Belleville is located in France
Les Belleville
Les Belleville
Les Belleville is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Les Belleville
Les Belleville
Coordinates: 45°22′48″N 6°30′19″E / 45.380°N 6.5052°E / 45.380; 6.5052
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentSavoie
ArrondissementAlbertville
CantonMoûtiers
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Claude Jay[1]
Area
1
226.84 km2 (87.58 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
3,472
 • Density15/km2 (40/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
73257 /73440, 73600
Elevation509–3,564 m (1,670–11,693 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Les Belleville (French pronunciation: [le bɛlvil]) is a commune in the Savoie department of southeastern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by the merger of the former communes of Saint-Martin-de-Belleville and Villarlurin.[3] On 1 January 2019, the former commune Saint-Jean-de-Belleville was merged into Les Belleville.[4]

Geography

Climate

Les Belleville has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb). The average annual temperature in Les Belleville is 6.5 °C (43.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 926.3 mm (36.47 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 15.1 °C (59.2 °F), and lowest in January, at around −1.3 °C (29.7 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Les Belleville was 32.3 °C (90.1 °F) on 7 July 2015; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −24.0 °C (−11.2 °F) on 12 January 1987.

Climate data for Les Belleville (Saint-Martin-de-Belleville, altitude 1443m,[5] 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1983–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 14.9
(58.8) 		19.0
(66.2) 		20.0
(68.0) 		22.4
(72.3) 		27.5
(81.5) 		32.3
(90.1) 		32.3
(90.1) 		31.4
(88.5) 		26.9
(80.4) 		25.4
(77.7) 		20.2
(68.4) 		15.6
(60.1) 		32.3
(90.1)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 3.3
(37.9) 		4.0
(39.2) 		7.3
(45.1) 		10.5
(50.9) 		14.6
(58.3) 		18.7
(65.7) 		21.1
(70.0) 		20.6
(69.1) 		16.3
(61.3) 		12.4
(54.3) 		6.9
(44.4) 		3.8
(38.8) 		11.6
(52.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) −1.3
(29.7) 		−1.0
(30.2) 		2.2
(36.0) 		5.3
(41.5) 		9.3
(48.7) 		13.0
(55.4) 		15.1
(59.2) 		14.9
(58.8) 		11.1
(52.0) 		7.5
(45.5) 		2.5
(36.5) 		−0.5
(31.1) 		6.5
(43.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −5.9
(21.4) 		−5.9
(21.4) 		−2.8
(27.0) 		0.2
(32.4) 		3.9
(39.0) 		7.2
(45.0) 		9.1
(48.4) 		9.1
(48.4) 		5.8
(42.4) 		2.6
(36.7) 		−1.9
(28.6) 		−4.9
(23.2) 		1.4
(34.5)
Record low °C (°F) −24.0
(−11.2) 		−23.4
(−10.1) 		−19.1
(−2.4) 		−12.5
(9.5) 		−7.0
(19.4) 		−5.6
(21.9) 		0.5
(32.9) 		−0.3
(31.5) 		−4.3
(24.3) 		−10.4
(13.3) 		−18.6
(−1.5) 		−19.4
(−2.9) 		−24.0
(−11.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 77.9
(3.07) 		61.7
(2.43) 		59.5
(2.34) 		57.8
(2.28) 		87.4
(3.44) 		84.2
(3.31) 		84.6
(3.33) 		88.2
(3.47) 		71.6
(2.82) 		77.1
(3.04) 		78.2
(3.08) 		98.1
(3.86) 		926.3
(36.47)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 8.7 7.7 8.2 8.9 11.6 10.7 9.8 9.7 8.5 9.4 9.4 10.7 113.3
Source: Météo-France[6]

Population

The population data below refer to the commune in its geography as of January 2023.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 1,995—    
1975 2,432+2.87%
1982 2,481+0.29%
1990 3,036+2.56%
1999 3,248+0.75%
2007 3,658+1.50%
2012 3,499−0.88%
2017 3,494−0.03%
Source: INSEE[7]

See also

References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Arrêté préfectoral Archived 2015-11-17 at the Wayback Machine 5 November 2015 (in French)
  4. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 28 September 2018 (in French)
  5. ^ Meteo France Weather Station
  6. ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
  7. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE


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