Névache | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville Fr Nevache (Hautes-Alpes).svg |
Arrondissement: | Briançon |
Canton: | Briançon-2 |
Insee: | 05093 |
Postal Code: | 05100 |
Mayor: | Claudine Morrier-Chretien |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Briançonnais |
Coordinates: | 45.0197°N 6.6053°W |
Elevation M: | 1596 |
Elevation Min M: | 1430 |
Elevation Max M: | 3222 |
Area Km2: | 191.93 |
Névache (in French pronounced as /nevaʃ/; Occitan (post 1500);: Nevascha in Occitan (post 1500); pronounced as /neˈvastʃɔ, neˈvaːtsɔ/) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France.
It is situated in the Vallée de la Clarée.
Névache has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb). The average annual temperature in Névache 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 Névache was on 30 July 1983; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 15 January 1966.
In the winter months cross-country skiing is a popular activity. Other than tourism the main industry is cattle farming.