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Pelvoux (French pronunciation: [pɛlvu]; Vivaro-Alpine: Pelvós) is a former commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Vallouise-Pelvoux.
Pelvoux bid to be the French candidate city for the 2018 Winter Olympics, but the French National Olympic and Sports Committee chose to submit Annecy's bid instead.




Geography






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Pelvoux has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb). The average annual temperature in Pelvoux is 7.8 °C (46.0 °F). The average annual rainfall is 970.5 mm (38.21 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 17.1 °C (62.8 °F), and lowest in January, at around −1.1 °C (30.0 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Pelvoux was 35.7 °C (96.3 °F) on 27 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −21.8 °C (−7.2 °F) on 7 March 1971.




Population






See also


Communes of the Hautes-Alpes department




References






External links


Pelvoux Description in French and pictures
Official Olympic bid web site Pelvoux Écrins 2018

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Komune di departemen Hautes-Alpes
• Massif des Écrins
• Arondisemen Briançon
• Arondisemen Gap
• Briançon
• Pelvoux
• Mont Pelvoux
• Refuge du Pelvoux
• Vallouise-Pelvoux
• Massif des Écrins
• Écrins National Park
• History of the highest point in France
• Edward Whymper
• Vallouise
• Alps