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Challes-les-Eaux

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Challes-les-Eaux

Total population

5,617

Air quality index

27Good
Elevation290 m
Land area5.65 km²
Coordinates45.55°, 5.98°

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City facts

Elevation
290 m
Area
5.65 km²
Official website
www.challes-les-eaux.fr

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Overview

Challes-les-Eaux, known as Triviers until 1872, is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France. Chambéry Aerodrome is located in the commune.

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History & geography

Geography

Challes-les-Eaux has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb) closely bordering on a humid subtropical climate (Cfa). The average annual temperature in Challes-les-Eaux is . The average annual rainfall is with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Challes-les-Eaux was on 31 July 2020; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 14 January 1960.

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Geography

Latitude
45.5483
Longitude
5.9832
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
27
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
2.9
PM10 (µg/m³)
5.1
Ozone (µg/m³)
66
NO₂ (µg/m³)
1.2

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
120,239
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Eurasian Blackbird
    Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    2,096
  • Great Tit
    Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    1,947
  • House Sparrow
    Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    1,903
  • Common Chaffinch
    Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    1,812
  • Eurasian Blue Tit
    Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    1,793
  • European Robin
    Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    1,630
  • Carrion Crow
    Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    1,463
  • European Goldfinch
    Carduelis carduelis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    1,083

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
209
Largest magnitude
4.6
Largest event
2005-09-08

Most recent

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

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Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
3.74
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,367

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
106
Avg daily Wikipedia views
4
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

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Official Identifiers

INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics

INSEE code
73064
Department
73
Region
84
Population (Wikidata)
5,630

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Sources

  • Wikipedia
  • Wikimedia Commons
  • Wikidata
  • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
  • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • INSEE — French national statistics, via geo.api.gouv.fr (official commune code, population, surface, department, region)
  • INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics — geo.api.gouv.fr