Sainte-Marie-de-Cuines (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t maʁi də kɥin]; Arpitan: Senta-Maria-de-Cuéna) is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
Sainte-Marie-de-Cuines | |
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.JPG) The road into Sainte-Marie de Cuines | |
Location of Sainte-Marie-de-Cuines  | |
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| Coordinates: 45°20′27″N 6°18′07″E / 45.3408°N 6.3019°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Savoie |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne |
| Canton | Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Philippe Girard[1] |
Area 1 | 14.95 km2 (5.77 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 833 |
| • Density | 56/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 73255 /73130 |
| Elevation | 447–2,136 m (1,467–7,008 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
editSainte-Marie-de-Cuines has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb) closely bordering on a humid subtropical climate (Cfa). The average annual temperature in Sainte-Marie-de-Cuines is 11.9 °C (53.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 856.4 mm (33.72 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 21.5 °C (70.7 °F), and lowest in January, at around 2.1 °C (35.8 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Sainte-Marie-de-Cuines was 39.2 °C (102.6 °F) on 12 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −15.0 °C (5.0 °F) on 5 February 2012.
| Climate data for Sainte-Marie-de-Cuines (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1997−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 18.6 (65.5) |
21.8 (71.2) |
26.8 (80.2) |
30.9 (87.6) |
32.9 (91.2) |
36.9 (98.4) |
38.9 (102.0) |
39.2 (102.6) |
32.3 (90.1) |
29.2 (84.6) |
24.2 (75.6) |
19.8 (67.6) |
39.2 (102.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.4 (43.5) |
8.8 (47.8) |
14.1 (57.4) |
18.4 (65.1) |
21.9 (71.4) |
26.2 (79.2) |
28.4 (83.1) |
27.4 (81.3) |
23.1 (73.6) |
17.8 (64.0) |
11.1 (52.0) |
6.6 (43.9) |
17.5 (63.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.1 (35.8) |
3.8 (38.8) |
8.2 (46.8) |
12.1 (53.8) |
15.7 (60.3) |
19.6 (67.3) |
21.5 (70.7) |
20.9 (69.6) |
17.0 (62.6) |
12.4 (54.3) |
6.5 (43.7) |
2.5 (36.5) |
11.9 (53.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.2 (28.0) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
2.2 (36.0) |
5.9 (42.6) |
9.5 (49.1) |
13.0 (55.4) |
14.6 (58.3) |
14.4 (57.9) |
10.9 (51.6) |
6.9 (44.4) |
1.9 (35.4) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
6.2 (43.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −12.9 (8.8) |
−15.0 (5.0) |
−12.3 (9.9) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
1.8 (35.2) |
6.5 (43.7) |
4.9 (40.8) |
1.1 (34.0) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−9.7 (14.5) |
−13.2 (8.2) |
−15.0 (5.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 90.1 (3.55) |
63.0 (2.48) |
73.5 (2.89) |
54.6 (2.15) |
71.1 (2.80) |
61.2 (2.41) |
67.8 (2.67) |
80.4 (3.17) |
57.8 (2.28) |
71.1 (2.80) |
74.9 (2.95) |
90.9 (3.58) |
856.4 (33.72) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 8.4 | 7.0 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 10.6 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 7.0 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 101.0 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
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