Vallouise-Pelvoux Explained

Vallouise-Pelvoux
Commune Status:Commune
Arrondissement:Briançon
Canton:L'Argentière-la-Bessée
Insee:05101
Postal Code:05290, 05340
Mayor:Gaelle Moreau[1]
Term:2022 - 2026
Intercommunality:Pays des Écrins
Coordinates:44.865°N 6.489°W
Area Km2:144.81

Vallouise-Pelvoux (in French pronounced as /valwiz pɛlvu/) is a commune in the department of Hautes-Alpes, southeastern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes of Pelvoux (the seat) and Vallouise.[2]

The commune is located in the Alps and contains part of the Écrins National Park.

It is a popular destination for mountaineering and mountain sports in all seasons.

Geography

Climate

Vallouise-Pelvoux has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb). The average annual temperature in Vallouise-Pelvoux 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 Vallouise-Pelvoux was on 27 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 7 March 1971.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 December 2022. fr.
  2. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2016/9/5/INTB1626595A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral