Novalaise
Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Novalaise (French pronunciation: [nɔvalɛz]; Savoyard: Novalaze)[3] is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
Novalaise
Novalaze (Savoyard) | |
|---|---|
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 Location of Novalaise | |
  Novalaise  Novalaise | |
| Coordinates: 45°35′43″N 5°46′20″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Savoie |
| Arrondissement | Chambéry |
| Canton | Bugey savoyard |
| Intercommunality | lac d'Aiguebelette |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Claudine Tavel[1] |
Area 1 | 16.26 km2 (6.28 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 2,261 |
| • Density | 139.1/km2 (360.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 73191 /73470 |
| Elevation | 371–1,160 m (1,217–3,806 ft) |
| Website | www.novalaise.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
Novalaise has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Novalaise is 10.9 °C (51.6 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,443.4 mm (56.83 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 20.2 °C (68.4 °F), and lowest in January, at around 1.9 °C (35.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Novalaise was 39.5 °C (103.1 °F) on 13 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −25.0 °C (−13.0 °F) on 7 January 1985.
| Climate data for Novalaise (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1967−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.3 (68.5) |
22.0 (71.6) |
26.5 (79.7) |
29.4 (84.9) |
32.7 (90.9) |
37.1 (98.8) |
39.0 (102.2) |
39.5 (103.1) |
33.0 (91.4) |
28.0 (82.4) |
24.6 (76.3) |
21.0 (69.8) |
39.5 (103.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.8 (42.4) |
7.8 (46.0) |
12.7 (54.9) |
16.7 (62.1) |
20.8 (69.4) |
24.9 (76.8) |
27.3 (81.1) |
26.9 (80.4) |
21.7 (71.1) |
16.5 (61.7) |
10.1 (50.2) |
6.1 (43.0) |
16.4 (61.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.9 (35.4) |
3.0 (37.4) |
6.9 (44.4) |
10.3 (50.5) |
14.4 (57.9) |
18.2 (64.8) |
20.2 (68.4) |
19.9 (67.8) |
15.7 (60.3) |
11.5 (52.7) |
6.0 (42.8) |
2.5 (36.5) |
10.9 (51.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.0 (28.4) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
1.1 (34.0) |
3.9 (39.0) |
8.0 (46.4) |
11.5 (52.7) |
13.2 (55.8) |
13.0 (55.4) |
9.6 (49.3) |
6.5 (43.7) |
1.9 (35.4) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
5.3 (41.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −25.0 (−13.0) |
−18.1 (−0.6) |
−15.4 (4.3) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
1.0 (33.8) |
4.0 (39.2) |
2.5 (36.5) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
−12.1 (10.2) |
−17.8 (0.0) |
−25.0 (−13.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 111.3 (4.38) |
95.3 (3.75) |
111.0 (4.37) |
115.1 (4.53) |
136.7 (5.38) |
120.7 (4.75) |
116.8 (4.60) |
108.4 (4.27) |
125.5 (4.94) |
134.0 (5.28) |
138.5 (5.45) |
130.1 (5.12) |
1,443.4 (56.83) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 11.5 | 10.4 | 11.2 | 10.8 | 12.7 | 11.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 11.6 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 131.4 |
| Source: Météo-France[4] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 735 | — |
| 1975 | 802 | +1.25% |
| 1982 | 1,017 | +3.45% |
| 1990 | 1,234 | +2.45% |
| 1999 | 1,432 | +1.67% |
| 2007 | 1,712 | +2.26% |
| 2012 | 1,942 | +2.55% |
| 2017 | 2,071 | +1.29% |
| 2023 | 2,261 | +1.47% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
