Termignon
Termignon
Trémyon (Savoyard) | |
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Part of Val-Cenis | |
_2.JPG) Termignon in summer. | |
 Location of Termignon | |
  Termignon  Termignon | |
| Coordinates: 45°16′42″N 6°49′04″E / 45.2783°N 6.8178°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Savoie |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne |
| Canton | Modane |
| Commune | Val-Cenis |
Area 1 | 149.03 km2 (57.54 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 374 |
| • Density | 2.51/km2 (6.50/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 73500 |
| Elevation | 1,277–3,855 m (4,190–12,648 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Termignon (Savoyard: Trémyon)[2] 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.[3] It is ideally located in the Maurienne region with good transport links in and out of Modane, Lyon, Geneva and Chambéry.
Geography
[edit]Climate
[edit]Termignon has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb). The average annual temperature in Termignon is 7.4 °C (45.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 659.1 mm (25.95 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 16.5 °C (61.7 °F), and lowest in January, at around −1.5 °C (29.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Termignon was 34.7 °C (94.5 °F) on 27 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −27.4 °C (−17.3 °F) on 3 February 1956.
| Climate data for Termignon (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1934−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.2 (61.2) |
18.8 (65.8) |
21.0 (69.8) |
27.0 (80.6) |
29.3 (84.7) |
34.7 (94.5) |
34.3 (93.7) |
34.3 (93.7) |
30.0 (86.0) |
27.5 (81.5) |
21.5 (70.7) |
15.1 (59.2) |
34.7 (94.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.5 (38.3) |
5.1 (41.2) |
9.1 (48.4) |
12.4 (54.3) |
16.8 (62.2) |
21.2 (70.2) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.4 (74.1) |
18.7 (65.7) |
14.4 (57.9) |
8.0 (46.4) |
3.6 (38.5) |
13.3 (55.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −1.5 (29.3) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
3.3 (37.9) |
6.6 (43.9) |
10.8 (51.4) |
14.5 (58.1) |
16.5 (61.7) |
16.3 (61.3) |
12.4 (54.3) |
8.4 (47.1) |
3.1 (37.6) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
7.4 (45.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −6.4 (20.5) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
0.8 (33.4) |
4.7 (40.5) |
7.8 (46.0) |
9.4 (48.9) |
9.2 (48.6) |
6.1 (43.0) |
2.5 (36.5) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
1.5 (34.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −24.0 (−11.2) |
−27.4 (−17.3) |
−20.2 (−4.4) |
−12.6 (9.3) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
−9.8 (14.4) |
−17.9 (−0.2) |
−21.0 (−5.8) |
−27.4 (−17.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 54.2 (2.13) |
41.2 (1.62) |
44.8 (1.76) |
50.3 (1.98) |
65.7 (2.59) |
56.6 (2.23) |
46.5 (1.83) |
51.3 (2.02) |
50.8 (2.00) |
61.2 (2.41) |
72.3 (2.85) |
64.2 (2.53) |
659.1 (25.95) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 7.2 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 92.2 |
| Source: Météo-France[4] | |||||||||||||
Economy
[edit]The famous but rare and expensive Bleu de Termignon cheese is made in Termignon.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Populations de référence 2022" [Reference populations 2022] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2024.
- ↑ TERREAUX, Louis (October 2012). Lexique Français - Francoprovençal du nom des communes de Savoie "Lé Kmoune in Savoué" (in French). ISBN 978-2-7466-3902-7.
- ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 8 August 2016 (in French)
- ↑ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
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