# Pelvoux

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pelvoux
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pelvoux.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelvoux
> Source revision: 1309845438
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

For the mountain, see [Mont Pelvoux](/source/Mont_Pelvoux).

**Pelvoux** (pɛlvu; [Vivaro-Alpine](/source/Vivaro-Alpine_dialect): *Pelvós*) is a former [commune](/source/Communes_of_France) in the [Hautes-Alpes](/source/Hautes-Alpes) [department](/source/Departments_of_France) in the [Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur](/source/Provence-Alpes-C%C3%B4te_d'Azur) [region](/source/R%C3%A9gions_of_France) in southeastern [France](/source/France). On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune [Vallouise-Pelvoux](/source/Vallouise-Pelvoux).[2]

Pelvoux bid to be the French candidate city for the [2018 Winter Olympics](/source/2018_Winter_Olympics), but the [French National Olympic and Sports Committee](/source/French_National_Olympic_and_Sports_Committee) chose to submit [Annecy's bid](/source/Annecy_bid_for_the_2018_Winter_Olympics) instead.[3]

## Geography

### Climate

Pelvoux has a [humid continental climate](/source/Humid_continental_climate) ([Köppen climate classification](/source/K%C3%B6ppen_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

Historical 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

- [Communes of the Hautes-Alpes department](/source/Communes_of_the_Hautes-Alpes_department)

## References

1. [Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2018](https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/4989724/ensemble.pdf), [INSEE](/source/Institut_national_de_la_statistique_et_des_%C3%A9tudes_%C3%A9conomiques)

1. [Arrêté préfectoral](https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2016/9/5/INTB1626595A/jo/texte) 5 September 2016 (in French)

1. ["Olympics-France picks Annecy for 2018 Winter Games bid"](https://www.reuters.com/article/olympics-france-winter/olympics-france-picks-annecy-for-2018-winter-games-bid-idUSLI48087120090318). *[Reuters](/source/Reuters)*. 18 March 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2022.

## External links

- [Pelvoux Description in French and pictures](http://www.vallouimages.com/pelvoux.htm)
- [Official Olympic bid web site Pelvoux Écrins 2018](http://www.gap-2018.fr/)

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Pelvoux](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelvoux) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelvoux?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.