Avrieux

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Location of Avrieux

(2020–2026) Jean-Marc Buttard^[1]Area

37.85 km² (14.61 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

392 • Density10/km² (27/sq mi)DemonymAvrionlins / AvrionlinesTime zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

73026 /73500

Elevation1,094–3,506 m (3,589–11,503 ft)Websitewww.avrieux.com¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Avrieux is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

Geography

Climate

Avrieux has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb). The average annual temperature in Avrieux is 8.5 °C (47.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 600.4 mm (23.64 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 18.0 °C (64.4 °F), and lowest in January, at around −0.9 °C (30.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Avrieux was 36.0 °C (96.8 °F) on 19 July 2023; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −21.6 °C (−6.9 °F) on 9 January 1985.

Climate data for Avrieux (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1948−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	14.2 (57.6)	20.1 (68.2)	23.0 (73.4)	26.5 (79.7)	30.5 (86.9)	35.0 (95.0)	36.0 (96.8)	35.0 (95.0)	30.5 (86.9)	27.8 (82.0)	21.6 (70.9)	15.8 (60.4)	36.0 (96.8)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	2.8 (37.0)	5.1 (41.2)	10.1 (50.2)	13.6 (56.5)	18.0 (64.4)	22.1 (71.8)	24.5 (76.1)	24.1 (75.4)	19.4 (66.9)	14.7 (58.5)	7.6 (45.7)	2.5 (36.5)	13.7 (56.7)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−0.9 (30.4)	0.3 (32.5)	4.6 (40.3)	7.9 (46.2)	12.1 (53.8)	15.9 (60.6)	18.0 (64.4)	17.7 (63.9)	13.7 (56.7)	9.4 (48.9)	3.6 (38.5)	−0.6 (30.9)	8.5 (47.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−4.7 (23.5)	−4.4 (24.1)	−0.8 (30.6)	2.2 (36.0)	6.3 (43.3)	9.7 (49.5)	11.5 (52.7)	11.3 (52.3)	7.9 (46.2)	4.1 (39.4)	−0.5 (31.1)	−3.7 (25.3)	3.2 (37.8)
Record low °C (°F)	−21.6 (−6.9)	−21.1 (−6.0)	−18.4 (−1.1)	−9.3 (15.3)	−4.1 (24.6)	−0.5 (31.1)	1.8 (35.2)	1.3 (34.3)	−2.0 (28.4)	−7.8 (18.0)	−15.6 (3.9)	−18.4 (−1.1)	−21.6 (−6.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	54.1 (2.13)	36.0 (1.42)	36.6 (1.44)	39.9 (1.57)	57.4 (2.26)	53.5 (2.11)	39.8 (1.57)	50.7 (2.00)	47.5 (1.87)	60.4 (2.38)	63.2 (2.49)	61.3 (2.41)	600.4 (23.64)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	7.9	7.0	6.9	7.3	9.8	9.1	7.5	8.4	7.5	7.3	8.8	8.7	96.2
Source: Météo-France^[3]

Twin towns — sister cities

Avrieux is twinned with Piedicavallo, Italy (2009).

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". 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 4, 2022.