Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne (, literally ''Saint-Michel of
Maurienne''; frp, Sin Mestyé) is a
commune in the
Savoie department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in the
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (ARA; ; frp, Ôvèrgne-Rôno-Ârpes; oc, Auvèrnhe Ròse Aups; it, Alvernia-Rodano-Alpi) is a region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Au ...
region in south-eastern
France.
Geography
Climate
Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne has a
oceanic climate
An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate, is the humid temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification ''Cfb'', typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool summers and mild winters ( ...
(
Köppen climate classification ''Cfb''). The station is located at an altitude of ; due to its location on a leeward slope, there is significantly less precipitation than nearby areas. It is quite common to exceed in summer, sometimes the maximum temperature can reach , and in winter it is relatively rare to fall below . The average annual temperature in Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne 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 Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne was on 19 August 2012; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 5 February 2012.
See also
*
Communes of the Savoie department
*The 1917
Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne derailment
The Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne derailment of December 12, 1917 was a railway accident involving a troop train carrying at least 1,000 French soldiers on their way home for leave from the Italian Front in World War I. A derailment as the train desc ...
, which killed several hundred French troops.
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Château de Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne
The Château de Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne is a 13th-century castle in the ''commune'' of Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne Savoie ''département'' of France.
Naming
The castle is known in French records as the Château or Châtel de Saint-Michel, and ...
References
External links
Official site
Communes of Savoie
Graioceli
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