| Arrondissement | Briançon |
|---|---|
| Canton | L'Argentière-la-Bessée |
| Insee | 05101 |
| Postal code | 05340 |
| Commune | Vallouise-Pelvoux |
| Coordinates | 44.8655°N 6.4895°E |
| Elevation min m | 1179 |
| Elevation max m | 4101 |
| Area km 2 | 76.23 |
| Population | 430 |
| Population date | 2018 |
| Population footnotes | [1] |
Pelvoux (pɛlvu; Vivaro-Alpine: Pelvós) is a former commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Vallouise-Pelvoux.[2]
Pelvoux bid to be the French candidate city for the 2018 Winter Olympics, but the French National Olympic and Sports Committee chose to submit Annecy's bid instead.[3]
Geography
Climate
Pelvoux has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb). The average annual temperature in Pelvoux is 7.8 °C (46.0 °F). The average annual rainfall is 970.5 mm (38.21 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 17.1 °C (62.8 °F), and lowest in January, at around −1.1 °C (30.0 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Pelvoux was 35.7 °C (96.3 °F) on 27 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −21.8 °C (−7.2 °F) on 7 March 1971.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 307 | — |
| 1968 | 310 | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 312 | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 348 | +11.5% |
| 1990 | 335 | −3.7% |
| 1999 | 404 | +20.6% |
| 2008 | 449 | +11.1% |
See also
References
- ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2018, INSEE
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 5 September 2016 (in French)
- ^ "Olympics-France picks Annecy for 2018 Winter Games bid". Reuters. 18 March 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2022.