Moûtiers
title: "Moûtiers" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["moûtiers", "communes-of-savoie", "ceutrones"] topic_path: "general/moutiers" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moûtiers" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Moûtiers |
| native name | Motiérs (Savoyard) |
| commune status | Commune |
| image | Vieux-Pont de Moûtiers en été (2016).JPG |
| caption | View of the Isère in Moûtiers |
| image coat of arms | Blason ville fr Moûtiers (Savoie).svg |
| arrondissement | Albertville |
| canton | Moûtiers |
| INSEE | 73181 |
| postal code | 73600 |
| mayor | Chantal Martin |
| term | 2024–2026 |
| coordinates | |
| elevation m | 479 |
| elevation min m | 465 |
| elevation max m | 1042 |
| area km2 | 3.16 |
| population | |
| population date | |
| population footnotes | |
| website | moutiers.org |
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|name = Moûtiers |native name = Motiérs (Savoyard) |commune status = Commune |image = Vieux-Pont de Moûtiers en été (2016).JPG |caption = View of the Isère in Moûtiers |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Moûtiers (Savoie).svg |arrondissement = Albertville |canton = Moûtiers |INSEE = 73181 |postal code = 73600 |mayor = Chantal Martin |term = 2024–2026 |intercommunality = |coordinates = |elevation m = 479 |elevation min m = 465 |elevation max m = 1042 |area km2 = 3.16 |population = |population date = |population footnotes = |website = moutiers.org Moûtiers (; Arpitan: Motiérs), historically also called Tarentaise, is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France.
Moûtiers is the main access point to the Les Trois Vallées ski region in the French Alps. Its railway station, although not on a high-speed rail line, is consequently a seasonally important destination for TGV services from Lyon, Paris and elsewhere, including abroad.
Geography
Moûtiers is located deep in the Tarentaise Valley. It is its geographic capital, between Albertville and Bourg-Saint-Maurice. Several popular French ski resorts are located in its vicinity. The Isère flows through the town.
Climate
Moûtiers has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb) closely bordering on a humid subtropical climate (Cfa). The average annual temperature in Moûtiers is 11.9 C. The average annual rainfall is 930.4 mm with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 21.7 C, and lowest in January, at around 1.6 C. The highest temperature ever recorded in Moûtiers was 42.0 C on 7 July 2015; the coldest temperature ever recorded was -18.2 C on 15 January 1966.
|location = Moûtiers (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1934−present) |single line = Y |metric first = Y |collapsed= Y |Jan record high C = 16.5 |Feb record high C = 22.5 |Mar record high C = 28.1 |Apr record high C = 32.0 |May record high C = 36.0 |Jun record high C = 38.0 |Jul record high C = 42.0 |Aug record high C = 41.0 |Sep record high C = 34.0 |Oct record high C = 29.1 |Nov record high C = 23.2 |Dec record high C = 19.0 |Jan record low C = -18.2 |Feb record low C = -17.0 |Mar record low C = -13.0 |Apr record low C = -5.5 |May record low C = -1.0 |Jun record low C = 1.2 |Jul record low C = 5.0 |Aug record low C = 4.0 |Sep record low C = 0.0 |Oct record low C = -4.5 |Nov record low C = -10.2 |Dec record low C = -18.0 |Jan high C = 5.2 |Feb high C = 8.4 |Mar high C = 14.2 |Apr high C = 18.5 |May high C = 22.3 |Jun high C = 26.1 |Jul high C = 28.4 |Aug high C = 28.0 |Sep high C = 23.0 |Oct high C = 17.5 |Nov high C = 10.3 |Dec high C = 4.9 |year high C = 17.2 |Jan mean C = 1.6 |Feb mean C = 3.6 |Mar mean C = 8.4 |Apr mean C = 12.2 |May mean C = 16.1 |Jun mean C = 19.7 |Jul mean C = 21.7 |Aug mean C = 21.4 |Sep mean C = 17.1 |Oct mean C = 12.4 |Nov mean C = 6.4 |Dec mean C = 1.9 |year mean C = 11.9 |Jan low C = -1.9 |Feb low C = -1.1 |Mar low C = 2.6 |Apr low C = 5.9 |May low C = 9.8 |Jun low C = 13.2 |Jul low C = 15.0 |Aug low C = 14.8 |Sep low C = 11.3 |Oct low C = 7.3 |Nov low C = 2.4 |Dec low C = -1.0 |year low C = 6.5 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 96.7 |Feb precipitation mm = 70.6 |Mar precipitation mm = 73.3 |Apr precipitation mm = 58.6 |May precipitation mm = 78.8 |Jun precipitation mm = 74.7 |Jul precipitation mm = 77.2 |Aug precipitation mm = 74.0 |Sep precipitation mm = 64.8 |Oct precipitation mm = 75.3 |Nov precipitation mm = 79.6 |Dec precipitation mm = 106.8 |year precipitation mm = 930.4 |unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm |Jan precipitation days = 9.1 |Feb precipitation days = 7.7 |Mar precipitation days = 8.3 |Apr precipitation days = 8.2 |May precipitation days = 10.3 |Jun precipitation days = 9.8 |Jul precipitation days = 8.9 |Aug precipitation days = 9.1 |Sep precipitation days = 8.2 |Oct precipitation days = 9.1 |Nov precipitation days = 8.9 |Dec precipitation days = 9.8 |year precipitation days = 107.5 |source 1 = Météo-France{{cite web | url = https://donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr/FichesClim/FICHECLIM_73181001.pdf | title=Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records | language = fr | publisher = Météo-France | access-date = September 9, 2022}}}}
History
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Moûtiers was the capital of the Ceutrones, a Celtic tribe of Gaul. Its antique name, Darantasia, appears on a surviving ancient Roman road map known as the Tabula Peutingeriana. In a medieval text dating from 996, Moûtiers was called Monasterium (root of the word "monastery") from which its later names, Moustiers and finally Moûtiers, were derived.
Moûtiers was the episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tarentaise. The archdiocese was disbanded in 1801; it was re-established as the Diocese of Tarentaise. This diocese was united with the Diocese of Chambéry and Diocese of St-Jean-de-Maurienne to form the Diocese of Chambéry, Maurienne and Tarentaise.
On 16 October 1793, in the course of the French Revolution, Moûtiers was renamed Mont-Salins following an order by Antoine Louis Albitte. On 3 January 1796, the name Moûtiers was restored. In 1814, the town was invaded by Sardinians. In 1893, Moûtiers-Salins-Brides-les-Bains station was opened on the line to Bourg-en-Bresse station (reached in 1913). Until 10 September 1926, Moûtiers was a subprefecture of Savoie, when its arrondissement was merged with the arrondissement of Albertville, retaining the former name. The town hall moved to the former subprefecture site shortly thereafter.
Today, the town has a small historic centre with narrow streets surrounding Saint-Pierre Cathedral. It hosted the television display for the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville.
Demographics
| 1968|4161 | 1975|4187 | 1982|4342 | 1990|4295 | 1999|4151 |2009 |3863 |2014 |3705 |2020 |3467 | source = INSEE | percentages = pagr | align = none
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- (12 March 2025). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises.
- [https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/savoie/gare-moutiers-savoie-devient-modulable-premiere-france-1223369.html "La gare de Moûtiers en Savoie devient modulable, une première en France"], France 3 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (in French). Published on 28 March 2017.
- [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-73181#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
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