Lescheraines | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Chambéry |
Canton: | Saint-Alban-Leysse |
Insee: | 73146 |
Postal Code: | 73340 |
Mayor: | Gérard Merlin[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Grand Chambéry |
Coordinates: | 45.7092°N 6.1058°W |
Elevation Min M: | 578 |
Elevation Max M: | 1305 |
Area Km2: | 8.17 |
Lescheraines (in French pronounced as /lɛʃ(ə)ʁɛn/; Arpitan: Lècherena) is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 781.
The village of Lescheraines is located in the northern part of the commune, above the left bank of the Chéran, which forms the commune's northeastern border.
Lescheraines has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb) closely bordering on a humid continental climate (Dfb). The average annual temperature in Lescheraines is . The average annual rainfall is with December 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 Lescheraines was on 18 August 1943; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 3 January 1971.