Val-Cenis

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Location of Val-Cenis

(2020–2026) Jacques Arnoux^[1]Area

408.05 km² (157.55 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,067 • Density5.1/km² (13/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

73290 /73500

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Val-Cenis is a commune in the department of Savoie, southeastern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes of Termignon (the seat), Bramans, Lanslebourg-Mont-Cenis, Lanslevillard and Sollières-Sardières.^[3]

Geography

Climate

Val-Cenis has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc). The average annual temperature in Val-Cenis is 3.0 °C (37.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 890.2 mm (35.05 in) with May as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 11.8 °C (53.2 °F), and lowest in February, at around −4.4 °C (24.1 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Val-Cenis was 26.0 °C (78.8 °F) on 30 July 1983; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −25.0 °C (−13.0 °F) on 11 February 1986.

Climate data for Val-Cenis (Lanslebourg-Mont-Cenis, altitude 2000m, 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1971–2014)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	13.0 (55.4)	14.5 (58.1)	16.5 (61.7)	18.0 (64.4)	22.8 (73.0)	24.0 (75.2)	26.0 (78.8)	25.0 (77.0)	22.9 (73.2)	19.7 (67.5)	16.8 (62.2)	14.0 (57.2)	26.0 (78.8)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	−1.1 (30.0)	−1.4 (29.5)	0.8 (33.4)	2.9 (37.2)	8.1 (46.6)	12.6 (54.7)	15.4 (59.7)	15.0 (59.0)	11.0 (51.8)	7.0 (44.6)	1.9 (35.4)	−0.5 (31.1)	6.0 (42.8)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−4.0 (24.8)	−4.4 (24.1)	−2.2 (28.0)	0.1 (32.2)	5.0 (41.0)	9.1 (48.4)	11.8 (53.2)	11.6 (52.9)	7.9 (46.2)	4.2 (39.6)	−0.7 (30.7)	−3.3 (26.1)	3.0 (37.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−6.9 (19.6)	−7.3 (18.9)	−5.3 (22.5)	−2.7 (27.1)	2.0 (35.6)	5.6 (42.1)	8.2 (46.8)	8.2 (46.8)	4.9 (40.8)	1.5 (34.7)	−3.2 (26.2)	−6.1 (21.0)	−0.1 (31.8)
Record low °C (°F)	−25.0 (−13.0)	−25.0 (−13.0)	−22.0 (−7.6)	−14.0 (6.8)	−9.2 (15.4)	−4.6 (23.7)	−1.5 (29.3)	−3.0 (26.6)	−6.5 (20.3)	−9.9 (14.2)	−18.0 (−0.4)	−21.0 (−5.8)	−25.0 (−13.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	42.9 (1.69)	33.9 (1.33)	46.9 (1.85)	62.4 (2.46)	122.5 (4.82)	97.7 (3.85)	64.6 (2.54)	83.3 (3.28)	113.6 (4.47)	106.8 (4.20)	68.6 (2.70)	47.0 (1.85)	890.2 (35.05)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	6.9	6.0	7.3	9.4	11.8	9.8	7.9	8.5	8.5	9.1	8.2	7.1	100.5
Source: Météo-France^[4]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,876	—
1975	1,539	−8.55%
1982	1,712	+1.53%
1990	1,908	+1.36%
1999	2,021	+0.64%
2007	2,052	+0.19%
2012	2,110	+0.56%
2017	2,088	−0.21%
Source: INSEE^[5]

Gallery

Nature and landscapes
The commune lies at the limit of the Vanoise National Park
The Dent Parrachée
Petit Mont Cenis Pass
Permanent return of the wolf in the commune in 2003
Monolithe of Sardières (93 m)
Mont Cenis campanula
The lake and plateau of Mont Cenis
Panoramic view of the massifs of Mont Cenis and Ambin

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Val-Cenis.

^ "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.
^ Arrêté préfectoral 8 August 2016 (in French)
^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1981-2010 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE