Servoz

Servoz
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Servoz is located in France
Servoz
Servoz
Servoz is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Servoz
Servoz
Coordinates: 45°55′57″N 6°45′46″E / 45.9325°N 6.7628°E / 45.9325; 6.7628
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentHaute-Savoie
ArrondissementBonneville
CantonLe Mont-Blanc
IntercommunalityVallée de Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Nicolas Évrard[1]
Area
1
13.47 km2 (5.20 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,082
 • Density80/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
74266 /74310
Elevation758–2,324 m (2,487–7,625 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Servoz (Franco-Provençal pronunciation: [ˈsɛr.vo]) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

Servoz has a railway station on the Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine railway and the section between Les Houches and Servoz holds the world record gradient for an adhesion railway at a 9% gradient over a distance of 2,000 m (6,562 ft).

Climate

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On average, Servoz experiences 111.6 days per year with a minimum temperature below 0 °C (32.0 °F), 8.8 days per year with a minimum temperature below −10 °C (14.0 °F), 10.9 days per year with a maximum temperature below 0 °C (32.0 °F), and 17.4 days per year with a maximum temperature above 30 °C (86.0 °F). The record high temperature was 37.8 °C (100.0 °F) on 11 July 2023, while the record low temperature was −21.3 °C (−6.3 °F) on 5 February 2012.[3]

Climate data for Servoz (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1992–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 17.8
(64.0)
21.6
(70.9)
24.1
(75.4)
27.4
(81.3)
33.3
(91.9)
36.7
(98.1)
37.8
(100.0)
37.0
(98.6)
32.3
(90.1)
29.1
(84.4)
25.1
(77.2)
16.6
(61.9)
37.8
(100.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 4.7
(40.5)
6.9
(44.4)
11.9
(53.4)
16.1
(61.0)
20.1
(68.2)
24.2
(75.6)
26.0
(78.8)
25.5
(77.9)
20.8
(69.4)
16.0
(60.8)
9.1
(48.4)
4.6
(40.3)
15.5
(59.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) 0.3
(32.5)
1.6
(34.9)
5.7
(42.3)
9.4
(48.9)
13.5
(56.3)
17.2
(63.0)
19.1
(66.4)
18.7
(65.7)
14.6
(58.3)
10.5
(50.9)
4.6
(40.3)
0.8
(33.4)
9.7
(49.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −4.1
(24.6)
−3.6
(25.5)
−0.5
(31.1)
2.8
(37.0)
6.9
(44.4)
10.3
(50.5)
12.1
(53.8)
11.9
(53.4)
8.5
(47.3)
5.0
(41.0)
0.2
(32.4)
−3.1
(26.4)
3.9
(38.9)
Record low °C (°F) −18.3
(−0.9)
−21.3
(−6.3)
−16.0
(3.2)
−6.8
(19.8)
−3.2
(26.2)
−1.1
(30.0)
4.0
(39.2)
1.4
(34.5)
−1.0
(30.2)
−6.7
(19.9)
−12.7
(9.1)
−17.5
(0.5)
−21.3
(−6.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 138.0
(5.43)
106.3
(4.19)
107.0
(4.21)
104.8
(4.13)
132.5
(5.22)
123.3
(4.85)
127.7
(5.03)
127.1
(5.00)
100.4
(3.95)
110.8
(4.36)
115.9
(4.56)
152.0
(5.98)
1,445.8
(56.91)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 10.8 9.4 9.6 10.2 13.3 12.1 11.5 11.8 10.1 10.5 10.3 11.2 130.8
Source: Meteociel[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b "1991–2020 Normals and Records – Station: Servoz". Meteociel.fr. Retrieved August 22, 2023.