Les Belleville (French pronunciation: [le bɛlvil]) is a commune in the Savoie department of southeastern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by the merger of the former communes of Saint-Martin-de-Belleville and Villarlurin.[3] On 1 January 2019, the former commune Saint-Jean-de-Belleville was merged into Les Belleville.[4]
Les Belleville | |
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.JPG) The Belleville valley | |
Location of Les Belleville  | |
  Les Belleville  Les Belleville | |
| Coordinates: 45°22′48″N 6°30′19″E / 45.380°N 6.5052°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Savoie |
| Arrondissement | Albertville |
| Canton | Moûtiers |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Claude Jay[1] |
| Area 1 | 226.84 km2 (87.58 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 3,472 |
| • Density | 15/km2 (40/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 73257 /73440, 73600 |
| Elevation | 509–3,564 m (1,670–11,693 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
editClimate
editLes Belleville has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb). The average annual temperature in Les Belleville is 6.5 °C (43.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 926.3 mm (36.47 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 15.1 °C (59.2 °F), and lowest in January, at around −1.3 °C (29.7 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Les Belleville was 32.3 °C (90.1 °F) on 7 July 2015; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −24.0 °C (−11.2 °F) on 12 January 1987.
| Climate data for Les Belleville (Saint-Martin-de-Belleville, altitude 1443m,[5] 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1983–present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 14.9 (58.8) |
19.0 (66.2) |
20.0 (68.0) |
22.4 (72.3) |
27.5 (81.5) |
32.3 (90.1) |
32.3 (90.1) |
31.4 (88.5) |
26.9 (80.4) |
25.4 (77.7) |
20.2 (68.4) |
15.6 (60.1) |
32.3 (90.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.3 (37.9) |
4.0 (39.2) |
7.3 (45.1) |
10.5 (50.9) |
14.6 (58.3) |
18.7 (65.7) |
21.1 (70.0) |
20.6 (69.1) |
16.3 (61.3) |
12.4 (54.3) |
6.9 (44.4) |
3.8 (38.8) |
11.6 (52.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −1.3 (29.7) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
2.2 (36.0) |
5.3 (41.5) |
9.3 (48.7) |
13.0 (55.4) |
15.1 (59.2) |
14.9 (58.8) |
11.1 (52.0) |
7.5 (45.5) |
2.5 (36.5) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
6.5 (43.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −5.9 (21.4) |
−5.9 (21.4) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
0.2 (32.4) |
3.9 (39.0) |
7.2 (45.0) |
9.1 (48.4) |
9.1 (48.4) |
5.8 (42.4) |
2.6 (36.7) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
1.4 (34.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −24.0 (−11.2) |
−23.4 (−10.1) |
−19.1 (−2.4) |
−12.5 (9.5) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
0.5 (32.9) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
−10.4 (13.3) |
−18.6 (−1.5) |
−19.4 (−2.9) |
−24.0 (−11.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 77.9 (3.07) |
61.7 (2.43) |
59.5 (2.34) |
57.8 (2.28) |
87.4 (3.44) |
84.2 (3.31) |
84.6 (3.33) |
88.2 (3.47) |
71.6 (2.82) |
77.1 (3.04) |
78.2 (3.08) |
98.1 (3.86) |
926.3 (36.47) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 8.7 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 8.9 | 11.6 | 10.7 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 8.5 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 10.7 | 113.3 |
| Source: Météo-France[6] | |||||||||||||
Population
editThe population data below refer to the commune in its geography as of January 2023.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,995 | — |
| 1975 | 2,432 | +2.87% |
| 1982 | 2,481 | +0.29% |
| 1990 | 3,036 | +2.56% |
| 1999 | 3,248 | +0.75% |
| 2007 | 3,658 | +1.50% |
| 2012 | 3,499 | −0.88% |
| 2017 | 3,494 | −0.03% |
| Source: INSEE[7] | ||
See also
editReferences
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- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral Archived 2015-11-17 at the Wayback Machine 5 November 2015 (in French)
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 28 September 2018 (in French)
- ^ Meteo France Weather Station
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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