Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne (Savoie).svg |
Arrondissement: | Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne |
Canton: | Modane |
Insee: | 73261 |
Postal Code: | 73140 |
Mayor: | Gaetan Mancuso[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Maurienne-Galibier |
Coordinates: | 45.2186°N 6.4742°W |
Elevation Min M: | 698 |
Elevation Max M: | 3130 |
Area Km2: | 36.31 |
Website: | www.saint-michel-de-maurienne.com |
Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne (pronounced as /fr/, literally Saint-Michel of Maurienne; frp|Sin Mestyé) is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The station is located at an altitude of ; due to its location on a leeward slope, there is significantly less precipitation than nearby areas. It is quite common to exceed in summer, sometimes the maximum temperature can reach, and in winter it is relatively rare to fall below . The average annual temperature in Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne 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 Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne was on 19 August 2012; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 5 February 2012.