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.
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.