Valserhône
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(avg. 485 m or 1,591 ft)
Valserhône (French pronunciation: [valsəʁon] ⓘ; Arpitan: Vâlcerôno) is a commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. It is the result of the merger, on 1 January 2019, of the communes of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, Châtillon-en-Michaille and Lancrans.[3] In 2018, the three communes had a combined population of 16,431, with Bellegarde-sur-Valserine as the major population centre. This makes Valserhône the third-most populated commune of Ain, after Bourg-en-Bresse and Oyonnax.
Geography
Valserhône is located at the confluence of the Valserine and the Rhône. It was named after the two rivers. The commune is part of Haut-Jura Regional Natural Park.
The commune has a station, Bellegarde, which is located at the junction of three railway lines and has regular service to various destinations in France and Switzerland.
- The Valserine in Valserhône
- Église Saint-Paul de Vouvray in Châtillon-en-Michaille
- Bellegarde station
Climate
Valserhône has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Valserhône is 11.1 °C (52.0 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,184.6 mm (46.64 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 20.4 °C (68.7 °F), and lowest in January, at around 2.1 °C (35.8 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Valserhône was 39.5 °C (103.1 °F) on 13 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −17.0 °C (1.4 °F) on 5 February 2012.
Climate data for Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, Valserhône, Ain, France, Alt. : 350 m, (1991-2020 averages, extremes 1994−present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 16.5 (61.7) | 20.2 (68.4) | 25.4 (77.7) | 29.6 (85.3) | 33.8 (92.8) | 36.5 (97.7) | 38.6 (101.5) | 39.5 (103.1) | 32.7 (90.9) | 28.0 (82.4) | 22.9 (73.2) | 16.4 (61.5) | 39.5 (103.1) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.9 (42.6) | 8.3 (46.9) | 13.0 (55.4) | 17.1 (62.8) | 21.0 (69.8) | 25.2 (77.4) | 27.5 (81.5) | 26.9 (80.4) | 22.3 (72.1) | 17.2 (63.0) | 10.5 (50.9) | 6.2 (43.2) | 16.8 (62.2) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.1 (35.8) | 3.4 (38.1) | 7.0 (44.6) | 10.7 (51.3) | 14.7 (58.5) | 18.5 (65.3) | 20.4 (68.7) | 20.0 (68.0) | 16.0 (60.8) | 11.9 (53.4) | 6.3 (43.3) | 2.7 (36.9) | 11.1 (52.0) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −1.7 (28.9) | −1.4 (29.5) | 1.1 (34.0) | 4.3 (39.7) | 8.4 (47.1) | 11.7 (53.1) | 13.4 (56.1) | 13.0 (55.4) | 9.7 (49.5) | 6.6 (43.9) | 2.1 (35.8) | −0.9 (30.4) | 5.5 (41.9) |
Record low °C (°F) | −15.4 (4.3) | −17.0 (1.4) | −13.7 (7.3) | −5.4 (22.3) | −1.4 (29.5) | 2.3 (36.1) | 5.3 (41.5) | 4.7 (40.5) | 0.1 (32.2) | −5.5 (22.1) | −10.3 (13.5) | −16.1 (3.0) | −17.0 (1.4) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 116.3 (4.58) | 92.5 (3.64) | 88.7 (3.49) | 81.5 (3.21) | 94.2 (3.71) | 86.1 (3.39) | 86.9 (3.42) | 91.4 (3.60) | 87.4 (3.44) | 108.8 (4.28) | 118.7 (4.67) | 132.1 (5.20) | 1,184.6 (46.64) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 11.3 | 9.4 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 8.5 | 10.4 | 11.0 | 11.4 | 120.7 |
Source: Meteociel[4] |
Population
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Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 13,097 | — |
1975 | 14,194 | +1.16% |
1982 | 13,812 | −0.39% |
1990 | 14,157 | +0.31% |
1999 | 14,422 | +0.21% |
2007 | 15,375 | +0.80% |
2012 | 15,764 | +0.50% |
2017 | 16,423 | +0.82% |
Populations of the area corresponding with the commune of Valserhône at 1 January 2020. Source: INSEE[5] |
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral Archived 23 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine, 22 October 2018 (in French)
- ^ "Normales et records pour Bellegarde (01)". Meteociel. Archived from the original on 2 June 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968 Archived 18 July 2022 at the Wayback Machine, INSEE
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