Chindrieux | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Chindrieux (Savoie).svg |
Arrondissement: | Chambéry |
Canton: | Bugey savoyard |
Insee: | 73085 |
Postal Code: | 73310 |
Mayor: | Marie-Claire Barbier[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CA Grand Lac |
Coordinates: | 45.8217°N 5.85°W |
Elevation M: | 284 |
Elevation Min M: | 227 |
Elevation Max M: | 900 |
Area Km2: | 16.42 |
Chindrieux (in French pronounced as /ʃɛ̃dʁijø/) is commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
It lies near Lake Bourget.
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.[2]
Chindrieux has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb) closely bordering on a humid subtropical climate (Cfa). The average annual temperature in Chindrieux is . The average annual rainfall is with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around, and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Chindrieux was on 12 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 7 January 1985.