Termignon | |
Arrondissement: | Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne |
Canton: | Modane |
Commune: | Val-Cenis |
Insee: | 73290 |
Postal Code: | 73500 |
Coordinates: | 45.2783°N 6.8178°W |
Elevation Min M: | 1277 |
Elevation Max M: | 3855 |
Area Km2: | 149.03 |
Population: | 352 |
Population Date: | 2019 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Termignon is a former commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Val-Cenis.[2] It is ideally located in the Maurienne region with good transport links in and out of Modane, Lyon, Geneva and Chambéry.
Termignon has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb). The average annual temperature in Termignon is . The average annual rainfall is with November 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 Termignon was on 27 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 3 February 1956.
The famous but rare and expensive Bleu de Termignon cheese is made in Termignon.