Sallanches
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| Coordinates: 45°56′14″N 6°37′58″E / 45.9372°N 6.6328°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Haute-Savoie |
| Arrondissement | Bonneville |
| Canton | Sallanches |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014-2020) | Georges Morand |
| Area 1 | 65.87 km2 (25.43 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | 17,133 |
| • Density | 260/km2 (670/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 74256 /74700 |
| Elevation | 515–2,749 m (1,690–9,019 ft) (avg. 558 m or 1,831 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Sallanches (Arpitan: Salenches) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department of France with a resident population of over 16,000. Located close to the Mont Blanc massif, many visitors pass through the town en route to well-known alpine resorts such as Chamonix, Megève and Saint-Gervais-les-Bains. Sallanches is also one of the towns in the Arve Valley, made popular by the presence of many high-tech industries. Over 300 retail stores are located in Sallanches, making the town a commercial hub.
In 2015 Sallanches hospital announced that, as part of the government's "groupements hospitaliers de territoire" policy, it would develop a specialist accident department to research and develop mountain-related emergency medicine, because of its proximity to, and past experience of, dealing with accidents occurring in the nearby high mountains. With an emergency team of 30 doctors and emergency staff, plus 50 support staff, it is expected that the new mountain medicine department will become a world-leader in developing treatments and researching into altitude sickness, frostbite, hypoxia, trauma-injuries and related sports medicine.[2]
Geography
Sallanches is a commune located in the far east of France in the historical region of Savoy. The town is located close to the Swiss and Italian borders.
Climate
Under the Köppen system, Sallanches features a degraded oceanic climate (Köppen : Cfb), that closely borders on a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen : Dfb) due to its altitude.
| Climate data for Sallanches, Haute-Savoie - Alt : 541 m (1981-2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 18.5 (65.3) |
24.0 (75.2) |
26.5 (79.7) |
30.0 (86.0) |
35.0 (95.0) |
37.0 (98.6) |
39.4 (102.9) |
39.0 (102.2) |
34.7 (94.5) |
32.3 (90.1) |
23.9 (75.0) |
19.5 (67.1) |
39.4 (102.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 4.8 (40.6) |
7.7 (45.9) |
12.6 (54.7) |
16.5 (61.7) |
21.1 (70.0) |
24.1 (75.4) |
26.7 (80.1) |
25.9 (78.6) |
21.5 (70.7) |
16.8 (62.2) |
9.4 (48.9) |
4.9 (40.8) |
16.0 (60.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.9 (33.6) |
2.9 (37.2) |
7.0 (44.6) |
10.4 (50.7) |
15.1 (59.2) |
18.0 (64.4) |
20.4 (68.7) |
19.8 (67.6) |
16.0 (60.8) |
11.8 (53.2) |
5.5 (41.9) |
1.6 (34.9) |
10.8 (51.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −3.0 (26.6) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
1.3 (34.3) |
4.2 (39.6) |
9.0 (48.2) |
11.8 (53.2) |
14.0 (57.2) |
13.7 (56.7) |
10.4 (50.7) |
6.7 (44.1) |
1.5 (34.7) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
5.5 (41.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −20.3 (−4.5) |
−19.7 (−3.5) |
−13.4 (7.9) |
−5.8 (21.6) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
5.0 (41.0) |
2.8 (37.0) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
−13.0 (8.6) |
−17.3 (0.9) |
−20.3 (−4.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 103.8 (4.09) |
88.4 (3.48) |
82.7 (3.26) |
78.8 (3.10) |
100.8 (3.97) |
101.9 (4.01) |
94.7 (3.73) |
102.7 (4.04) |
88.3 (3.48) |
98.9 (3.89) |
90.9 (3.58) |
112.5 (4.43) |
1,144.4 (45.06) |
| Average precipitation days | 10.0 | 8.5 | 9.7 | 9.2 | 11.8 | 10.8 | 9.8 | 10.2 | 8.4 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 118.3 |
| Source: Météociel, Normales et records des stations météorologiques | |||||||||||||
Media
Sallanches is mentioned in American author Willa Cather's 1935 novel Lucy Gayheart.
Twin towns
Spaichingen, Germany, since 1970
See also
References
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Shayler, Alison (10 November 2015). "New Mountain Medicine Project Launched at Sallanches Hospital". Chamonet. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
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