La Motte-Servolex
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| Coordinates: 45°35′51″N 5°52′42″E / 45.5975°N 5.8783°E | |
| Country | France | 
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 
| Department | Savoie | 
| Arrondissement | Chambéry | 
| Canton | La Motte-Servolex | 
| Intercommunality | Grand Chambéry | 
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Luc Berthoud[1] | 
Area 1  | 29.85 km2 (11.53 sq mi) | 
| Population  (2022)[2]  | 12,167 | 
| • Density | 410/km2 (1,100/sq mi) | 
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) | 
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) | 
| INSEE/Postal code | 73179 /73290  | 
| Elevation | 232–1,440 m (761–4,724 ft) | 
| Website | www.mairie-lamotteservolex.fr | 
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
La Motte-Servolex (French pronunciation: [la mɔt sɛʁvɔlɛks]; Arpitan: La Mota-Cèrvolê) is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is part of the urban area of Chambéry.[3]
Geography
Climate
La Motte-Servolex has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb) closely bordering on a humid subtropical climate (Cfa). The average annual temperature in La Motte-Servolex is 11.9 °C (53.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,391.8 mm (54.80 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 21.2 °C (70.2 °F), and lowest in January, at around 2.5 °C (36.5 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in La Motte-Servolex was 39.7 °C (103.5 °F) on 12 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −18.0 °C (−0.4 °F) on 7 January 1985.
| Climate data for La Motte-Servolex (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1984−2015) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | 
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.6 (61.9)  | 
20.6 (69.1)  | 
26.0 (78.8)  | 
29.2 (84.6)  | 
33.1 (91.6)  | 
36.7 (98.1)  | 
37.9 (100.2)  | 
39.7 (103.5)  | 
31.3 (88.3)  | 
29.2 (84.6)  | 
21.8 (71.2)  | 
21.5 (70.7)  | 
39.7 (103.5)  | 
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.6 (42.1)  | 
8.3 (46.9)  | 
12.9 (55.2)  | 
16.5 (61.7)  | 
21.2 (70.2)  | 
24.7 (76.5)  | 
27.2 (81.0)  | 
26.7 (80.1)  | 
22.1 (71.8)  | 
16.9 (62.4)  | 
9.9 (49.8)  | 
6.0 (42.8)  | 
16.5 (61.7)  | 
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.5 (36.5)  | 
4.3 (39.7)  | 
7.9 (46.2)  | 
11.1 (52.0)  | 
15.7 (60.3)  | 
18.9 (66.0)  | 
21.2 (70.2)  | 
20.8 (69.4)  | 
16.9 (62.4)  | 
12.7 (54.9)  | 
6.6 (43.9)  | 
3.2 (37.8)  | 
11.9 (53.4)  | 
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.6 (30.9)  | 
0.3 (32.5)  | 
2.9 (37.2)  | 
5.7 (42.3)  | 
10.1 (50.2)  | 
13.1 (55.6)  | 
15.2 (59.4)  | 
14.9 (58.8)  | 
11.6 (52.9)  | 
8.4 (47.1)  | 
3.4 (38.1)  | 
0.4 (32.7)  | 
7.2 (45.0)  | 
| Record low °C (°F) | −18.0 (−0.4)  | 
−13.5 (7.7)  | 
−9.0 (15.8)  | 
−4.0 (24.8)  | 
0.5 (32.9)  | 
4.0 (39.2)  | 
7.0 (44.6)  | 
6.2 (43.2)  | 
2.6 (36.7)  | 
−2.6 (27.3)  | 
−9.0 (15.8)  | 
−11.3 (11.7)  | 
−18.0 (−0.4)  | 
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 124.0 (4.88)  | 
111.1 (4.37)  | 
112.4 (4.43)  | 
110.1 (4.33)  | 
111.7 (4.40)  | 
111.2 (4.38)  | 
97.3 (3.83)  | 
106.6 (4.20)  | 
124.0 (4.88)  | 
129.5 (5.10)  | 
125.3 (4.93)  | 
128.6 (5.06)  | 
1,391.8 (54.80)  | 
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 10.5 | 9.3 | 10.6 | 10.9 | 11.6 | 10.3 | 8.2 | 9.5 | 8.8 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 10.6 | 122.3 | 
| Source: Météo-France[4] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. | 
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 3,281 | — | 
| 1975 | 5,253 | +6.95% | 
| 1982 | 7,182 | +4.57% | 
| 1990 | 9,349 | +3.35% | 
| 1999 | 10,912 | +1.73% | 
| 2007 | 11,423 | +0.57% | 
| 2012 | 11,452 | +0.05% | 
| 2017 | 11,826 | +0.64% | 
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
 - ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
 - ^ Unité urbaine 2020 de Chambéry (73601), INSEE
 - ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1981-2010 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
 - ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
 
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