Hauteluce
Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Hauteluce (French pronunciation: [otlys]; Arpitan: Hôtaluce) is an alpine commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France. It is located in Beaufortain, on the departmental border with Haute-Savoie. As of 2023, the population of the commune was 734.[3]
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Hauteluce
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A general view of Hauteluce | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Hauteluce | |
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| Coordinates: 45°45′07″N 6°35′11″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Savoie |
| Arrondissement | Albertville |
| Canton | Ugine |
| Intercommunality | CA Arlysère |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Xavier Desmarets[1] |
Area 1 | 62.39 km2 (24.09 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 734 |
| • Density | 11.8/km2 (30.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 73132 /73620 |
| Elevation | 780–2,555 m (2,559–8,383 ft) |
| Website | www.mairie-hauteluce.fr |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
Climate
Hauteluce has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb). The average annual temperature in Hauteluce is 6.9 °C (44.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,688.1 mm (66.46 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 16.0 °C (60.8 °F), and lowest in January, at around −2.0 °C (28.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Hauteluce was 37.4 °C (99.3 °F) on 26 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −24.0 °C (−11.2 °F) on 9 January 1985.
| Climate data for Hauteluce, 1215m (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1967−2021) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 12.0 (53.6) |
14.0 (57.2) |
18.0 (64.4) |
24.2 (75.6) |
28.2 (82.8) |
37.4 (99.3) |
33.0 (91.4) |
33.0 (91.4) |
27.0 (80.6) |
22.7 (72.9) |
18.1 (64.6) |
17.9 (64.2) |
37.4 (99.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 0.9 (33.6) |
2.5 (36.5) |
7.3 (45.1) |
11.2 (52.2) |
15.7 (60.3) |
19.8 (67.6) |
22.0 (71.6) |
21.6 (70.9) |
16.9 (62.4) |
11.8 (53.2) |
5.2 (41.4) |
1.5 (34.7) |
11.4 (52.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.0 (28.4) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
2.7 (36.9) |
6.1 (43.0) |
10.2 (50.4) |
14.0 (57.2) |
16.0 (60.8) |
15.8 (60.4) |
11.9 (53.4) |
7.7 (45.9) |
2.2 (36.0) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
6.9 (44.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −4.9 (23.2) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
1.0 (33.8) |
4.8 (40.6) |
8.3 (46.9) |
10.1 (50.2) |
10.0 (50.0) |
6.9 (44.4) |
3.7 (38.7) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
2.4 (36.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −24.0 (−11.2) |
−21.0 (−5.8) |
−22.0 (−7.6) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
−14.0 (6.8) |
−18.0 (−0.4) |
−24.0 (−11.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 154.5 (6.08) |
125.8 (4.95) |
131.4 (5.17) |
110.9 (4.37) |
145.9 (5.74) |
150.6 (5.93) |
151.6 (5.97) |
140.6 (5.54) |
126.9 (5.00) |
134.2 (5.28) |
137.8 (5.43) |
177.9 (7.00) |
1,688.1 (66.46) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 11.0 | 10.4 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 12.2 | 11.7 | 10.6 | 11.4 | 11.3 | 12.1 | 139.8 |
| Source: Météo-France[4] | |||||||||||||
