| 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°E |
| Area km 2 | 144.81 |
Vallouise-Pelvoux (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 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 Vallouise-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.
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 December 2022.
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 5 September 2016 (in French)