Servoz Explained

Servoz
Commune Status:Commune
Arrondissement:Bonneville
Canton:Le Mont-Blanc
Insee:74266
Postal Code:74310
Mayor:Nicolas Évrard[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Vallée de Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
Coordinates:45.9325°N 6.7628°W
Elevation Min M:758
Elevation Max M:2324
Area Km2:13.47

Servoz (pronounced as /ˈsɛr.vo/) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

Servoz has a railway station on the Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine railway and the section between Les Houches and Servoz holds the world record gradient for an adhesion railway at a 9% gradient over a distance of 2000sigfig=4NaNsigfig=4.

Climate

On average, Servoz experiences 111.6 days per year with a minimum temperature below 0C, 8.8 days per year with a minimum temperature below -10C, 10.9 days per year with a maximum temperature below 0C, and 17.4 days per year with a maximum temperature above 30C. The record high temperature was 37.8C on 11 July 2023, while the record low temperature was -21.3C on 5 February 2012.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.