Montmélian

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

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Location of Montmélian

(2020–2026) Béatrice Santais^[1] (PS)Area

5.69 km² (2.20 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

4,058 • Density710/km² (1,800/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

73171 /73800

Dialling codes0479Elevation256–1,200 m (840–3,937 ft)
(avg. 285 m or 935 ft)Websitewww.montmelian.com¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montmélian (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃meljɑ̃] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. Montmélian station has rail connections to Grenoble, Modane, Bourg-Saint-Maurice and Chambéry.

Geography

Climate

Montmélian has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) closely bordering on a oceanic climate (Cfb). The average annual temperature in Montmélian is 12.4 °C (54.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 987.3 mm (38.87 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 22.0 °C (71.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around 3.0 °C (37.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Montmélian was 39.8 °C (103.6 °F) on 7 July 2015; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −14.5 °C (5.9 °F) on 27 November 2005.

Climate data for Montmélian (1991−2020 normals, extremes 2003−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	16.3 (61.3)	20.8 (69.4)	25.5 (77.9)	30.0 (86.0)	34.2 (93.6)	37.0 (98.6)	39.8 (103.6)	38.6 (101.5)	32.6 (90.7)	30.4 (86.7)	24.3 (75.7)	19.1 (66.4)	39.8 (103.6)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	6.6 (43.9)	8.7 (47.7)	13.6 (56.5)	18.8 (65.8)	21.6 (70.9)	26.0 (78.8)	28.6 (83.5)	27.4 (81.3)	23.5 (74.3)	18.4 (65.1)	11.7 (53.1)	7.0 (44.6)	17.7 (63.9)
Daily mean °C (°F)	3.0 (37.4)	4.3 (39.7)	8.2 (46.8)	12.6 (54.7)	15.9 (60.6)	19.9 (67.8)	22.0 (71.6)	21.1 (70.0)	17.6 (63.7)	13.2 (55.8)	7.4 (45.3)	3.4 (38.1)	12.4 (54.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−0.7 (30.7)	−0.1 (31.8)	2.8 (37.0)	6.5 (43.7)	10.1 (50.2)	13.8 (56.8)	15.3 (59.5)	14.7 (58.5)	11.7 (53.1)	8.1 (46.6)	3.2 (37.8)	−0.1 (31.8)	7.1 (44.8)
Record low °C (°F)	−12.0 (10.4)	−13.3 (8.1)	−7.8 (18.0)	−3.9 (25.0)	0.6 (33.1)	4.4 (39.9)	8.3 (46.9)	7.4 (45.3)	3.2 (37.8)	−2.3 (27.9)	−14.5 (5.9)	−12.7 (9.1)	−14.5 (5.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	92.2 (3.63)	63.7 (2.51)	82.1 (3.23)	60.8 (2.39)	99.5 (3.92)	84.6 (3.33)	81.5 (3.21)	92.9 (3.66)	59.8 (2.35)	74.9 (2.95)	87.8 (3.46)	107.5 (4.23)	987.3 (38.87)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	9.7	7.5	9.8	8.0	10.8	9.5	7.6	8.7	6.8	8.5	8.4	10.4	105.5
Source: Météo-France^[3]

Population

Historical population of Montmélian

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	985	—
1800	1,165	+18.3%
1806	1,259	+8.1%
1822	1,200	−4.7%
1838	1,325	+10.4%
1848	1,302	−1.7%
1858	1,192	−8.4%
1861	1,540	+29.2%
1866	1,159	−24.7%
1872	1,141	−1.6%
1876	1,117	−2.1%
1881	1,274	+14.1%
1886	1,270	−0.3%
1891	1,358	+6.9%
1896	969	−28.6%
1901	1,093	+12.8%
1906	1,156	+5.8%

Year	Pop.	±%
1911	1,084	−6.2%
1921	845	−22.0%
1926	977	+15.6%
1931	1,034	+5.8%
1936	1,065	+3.0%
1946	1,084	+1.8%
1954	1,233	+13.7%
1962	1,583	+28.4%
1968	2,517	+59.0%
1975	3,585	+42.4%
1982	4,016	+12.0%
1990	3,930	−2.1%
1999	3,926	−0.1%
2007	3,933	+0.2%
2012	3,991	+1.5%
2017	4,123	+3.3%

Source: Ehess^[4] and INSEE^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Montmélian, EHESS (in French).
^ INSEE: Population en historique depuis 1968