Vallorcine
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Vallorcine |
| commune status | Commune |
| image | Vallorcine église janvier 2021 A.jpg |
| caption | Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption |
| arrondissement | Bonneville |
| canton | Le Mont-Blanc |
| INSEE | 74290 |
| postal code | 74660 |
| mayor | Jérémy Vallas |
| term | 2020–2026 |
| intercommunality | Vallée de Chamonix-Mont-Blanc |
| coordinates | |
| elevation min m | 1120 |
| elevation max m | 3098 |
| area km2 | 44.57 |
| population | |
| population date | |
| population footnotes | |
| website | Vallorcine.com |
| native name | Valorsnà (Savoyard) |
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Vallorcine (; Savoyard: Valorsnà) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France.
Geography
Vallorcine is located in the Valley of the L'Eau Noire between the Col des Montets and the Swiss border.
It is the terminus of the Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine railway on the route between Saint-Gervais-les-Bains in France and Martigny in Switzerland; it is served by a railway station where passengers must change between French and Swiss trains. In the Swiss direction, the line continues to Le Châtelard where it joins the Martigny–Châtelard Railway which is partially rack-operated.
There is a small museum at Barberine next to the Swiss border and there is a tourist information office and a post office near the railway station.
La croix de Loriaz.jpg|The Cross of Loriaz on the heights of Vallorcine View into the Vallorcine Valley (12834416603).jpg|View of Vallorcine in the valley Le Buet Triebzug01 2000-03-17.jpg|A SNCF Class Z 800 trainset at Le Buet station Z-800-quai-vallorcine.jpg|Z 800 at Vallorcine station
Le Buet
Within the commune is the small settlement of Le Buet, which also has its own railway station; it is the location of the spectacular Cascade de Bérard, which has a viewing gallery that enters the gorge of the main waterfall. Further up this valley is the Aiguilles Rouges National Nature Reserve and the Nature Reserve of Vallon de Bérard.
Skiing
The community was transformed in 2004 with the construction of a high-speed gondola lift which allowed access to the established Domaine de Balme and La Tour ski areas. This gave rise to the construction of a selection of restaurants and ski accommodation.
Émosson Dam
Although the Émosson Dam for hydroelectric power generation is physically just over the Swiss border, water from the reservoir crosses the border to first power the 189 MW Vallorcine Power Station just over the border in Vallorcine. Water is then sent through a headrace tunnel to the 162 MW La Bâtiaz Power Station, 12 km to the east in Martigny, Switzerland. The drop between the dam and La Bâtiaz Power Station is 1400 m.
Climate
|location = Vallorcine (1991–2020 averages, 1958–2024 extremes): elevation 1326m |metric first = Y |single line = Y |Jan record high C = 19.5 |Feb record high C = 15.5 |Mar record high C = 19.7 |Apr record high C = 22.0 |May record high C = 27.7 |Jun record high C = 32.6 |Jul record high C = 32.3 |Aug record high C = 31.9 |Sep record high C = 28.4 |Oct record high C = 25.8 |Nov record high C = 20.0 |Dec record high C = 19.6 |year record high C =
|Jan high C = 2.3 |Feb high C = 3.3 |Mar high C = 7.0 |Apr high C = 10.9 |May high C = 15.2 |Jun high C = 19.2 |Jul high C = 21.0 |Aug high C = 20.5 |Sep high C = 16.3 |Oct high C = 12.4 |Nov high C = 6.3 |Dec high C = 2.9 |year high C =
|Jan mean C = −1.6 |Feb mean C = -1.1 |Mar mean C = 2.2 |Apr mean C = 5.8 |May mean C = 9.9 |Jun mean C = 13.6 |Jul mean C = 15.4 |Aug mean C = 15.1 |Sep mean C = 11.3 |Oct mean C = 7.8 |Nov mean C = 2.5 |Dec mean C = -0.7 |year mean C =
|Jan low C = -5.5 |Feb low C = -5.5 |Mar low C = -2.6 |Apr low C = 0.6 |May low C = 4.6 |Jun low C = 8.0 |Jul low C = 9.8 |Aug low C = 9.6 |Sep low C = 6.3 |Oct low C = 3.2 |Nov low C = −1.4 |Dec low C = −4.3 |year low C =
|Jan record low C = -24.5 |Feb record low C = -23.3 |Mar record low C = -24.2 |Apr record low C = -13.7 |May record low C = -9.0 |Jun record low C = -3.0 |Jul record low C = -0.8 |Aug record low C = -1.0 |Sep record low C = -3.2 |Oct record low C = -10.0 |Nov record low C = -16.3 |Dec record low C = -20.2 |year record low C =
|precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 176.7 |Feb precipitation mm = 133.0 |Mar precipitation mm = 120.1 |Apr precipitation mm = 91.9 |May precipitation mm = 120.4 |Jun precipitation mm = 113.3 |Jul precipitation mm = 130.2 |Aug precipitation mm = 133.5 |Sep precipitation mm = 98.1 |Oct precipitation mm = 117.9 |Nov precipitation mm = 118.9 |Dec precipitation mm = 182.5 |year precipitation mm =
|source 1 = Meteociel{{cite web |url = https://www.meteociel.fr/obs/clim/normales_records.php?code=74290002 |title = Normales et records pour Vallorcine (74) |publisher = Meteociel |access-date = March 3, 2024}}}}
Demography
|1968 |314 |1975 |283 |1982 |303 |1990 |329 |1999 |390 |2009 |419 |2014 |397 |2020 |407 | source = INSEE | percentages = pagr | align = none
References
References
- (2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
- "Vallorcine Chamonix Mont-Blanc, Haute-Savoie, French Alps".
- "Électricité Émosson SA". Electricity of Émosson.
- [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-74290#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
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