Aussois
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Aussois |
| commune status | Commune |
| image | Aussois (Savoie).JPG |
| caption | Aussois seen from La Norma ski resort in February 2011. |
| arrondissement | Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne |
| canton | Modane |
| INSEE | 73023 |
| postal code | 73500 |
| mayor | Stéphane Boyer |
| term | 2020–2026 |
| intercommunality | CC Haute Maurienne Vanoise |
| coordinates | |
| elevation min m | 1120 |
| elevation max m | 3600 |
| area km2 | 41.94 |
| population | |
| population date | |
| population footnotes | |
| demonym | Aussoyens / Aussoyennes |
| website | www.aussois.com |
| native name | Oé (Savoyard) |
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Aussois (, Savoyard: Oé) is a commune in the Vanoise massif, in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. The village is on the border of France's first National Park, the Vanoise National Park.
Although not as well known as other resorts right on the other side of the mountain like Val Thorens, it is popular with the French as ski resort in winter and as mountain destination in summer.
At 8 km from Modane, it is ideally located in the Maurienne region with good transport links in and out of Lyon, Geneva, Grenoble and Chambéry. Aussois can also be reached from Turin via the Fréjus Road Tunnel, linking Bardonecchia in Italy and Modane.
Nearby Gare de Modane is a large railway station with a high-speed service (TGV) Paris - Chambéry - Turin - Milan.
The resort offers 55 km of slopes, 21 slopes (6 Green, 5 Blue, 8 Red, 2 Black).{{cite web |url = http://www.peakretreats.co.uk/winter/ski-resorts/maurienne-valley/aussois|title = Aussois|publisher = Peak Retreats Winter|access-date = 2012-09-09}}
Geography
Climate
Aussois has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb) closely bordering on an oceanic climate (Cfb). The average annual temperature in Aussois is 7.3 C. The average annual rainfall is 771.0 mm with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 16.1 C, and lowest in January, at around -0.5 C. The highest temperature ever recorded in Aussois was 32.8 C on 5 July 2015; the coldest temperature ever recorded was -22.5 C on 12 January 1987.
|location = Aussois (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1986−present) |single line = Y |metric first = Y |Jan record high C = 16.2 |Feb record high C = 18.1 |Mar record high C = 20.0 |Apr record high C = 23.5 |May record high C = 28.4 |Jun record high C = 32.6 |Jul record high C = 32.8 |Aug record high C = 30.9 |Sep record high C = 27.4 |Oct record high C = 25.0 |Nov record high C = 21.9 |Dec record high C = 15.5 |Jan record low C = -22.5 |Feb record low C = -20.7 |Mar record low C = -16.3 |Apr record low C = -9.4 |May record low C = -5.6 |Jun record low C = -2.3 |Jul record low C = 2.4 |Aug record low C = 1.6 |Sep record low C = -3.6 |Oct record low C = -7.1 |Nov record low C = -14.8 |Dec record low C = -17.4 |Jan high C = 3.6 |Feb high C = 4.2 |Mar high C = 7.6 |Apr high C = 10.9 |May high C = 15.3 |Jun high C = 19.4 |Jul high C = 21.7 |Aug high C = 21.4 |Sep high C = 17.2 |Oct high C = 13.0 |Nov high C = 7.2 |Dec high C = 4.0 |year high C = 12.1 |Jan mean C = -0.5 |Feb mean C = -0.4 |Mar mean C = 2.8 |Apr mean C = 5.9 |May mean C = 10.1 |Jun mean C = 13.9 |Jul mean C = 16.1 |Aug mean C = 16.0 |Sep mean C = 12.1 |Oct mean C = 8.4 |Nov mean C = 3.2 |Dec mean C = 0.0 |year mean C = 7.3 |Jan low C = -4.7 |Feb low C = -4.9 |Mar low C = -2.0 |Apr low C = 0.9 |May low C = 4.9 |Jun low C = 8.4 |Jul low C = 10.4 |Aug low C = 10.5 |Sep low C = 7.1 |Oct low C = 3.7 |Nov low C = -0.9 |Dec low C = -4.0 |year low C = 2.4 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 74.0 |Feb precipitation mm = 55.0 |Mar precipitation mm = 55.5 |Apr precipitation mm = 52.7 |May precipitation mm = 71.7 |Jun precipitation mm = 62.8 |Jul precipitation mm = 50.8 |Aug precipitation mm = 58.1 |Sep precipitation mm = 56.0 |Oct precipitation mm = 70.9 |Nov precipitation mm = 83.0 |Dec precipitation mm = 80.5 |year precipitation mm = 771.0 |unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm |Jan precipitation days = 8.8 |Feb precipitation days = 8.0 |Mar precipitation days = 7.4 |Apr precipitation days = 8.1 |May precipitation days = 9.4 |Jun precipitation days = 9.4 |Jul precipitation days = 8.1 |Aug precipitation days = 8.6 |Sep precipitation days = 7.5 |Oct precipitation days = 7.9 |Nov precipitation days = 9.2 |Dec precipitation days = 9.3 |year precipitation days = 101.6 |source 1 = Météo-France{{cite web | url = https://donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr/FichesClim/FICHECLIM_73023001.pdf | title=Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records | language = fr | publisher = Météo-France | access-date = September 4, 2022}}}}
Image gallery
Aussois-place.jpg|Downtown of Aussois in May 2009 Barrage du Plan d'Amont, Aussois, Vanoise.jpg|Plan d'Amont' lake and dam, Aussois in August 2007 Aussois 2.jpg|Uptown, at the foot of the slopes
References
References
- (13 September 2022). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises.
- TERREAUX, Louis (October 2012). Lexique Français - Francoprovençal du nom des communes de Savoie "Lé Kmoune in Savoué" (in French). ISBN 978-2-7466-3902-7.
- "French-Italian Fréjus road tunnel - Website".
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