Ain
Ain (, ; frp, En) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. Named after the Ain river, it is bordered by the Saône and Rhône rivers. Ain is located on the country's eastern edge, on the Swiss border, where it ...
department
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
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in eastern
France
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. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune
Le Poizat-Lalleyriat
Le Poizat-Lalleyriat () is a commune in the Ain department of eastern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 and consists of the former communes of Lalleyriat and Le Poizat.Arrêté préfectoral 15 September 2015
Geography
Climate
Lalleyriat has an
oceanic climate
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(
Köppen climate classification
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''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Lalleyriat is . The average annual rainfall is with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Lalleyriat was on 31 July 1983; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 9 January 1985.