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Montmélian
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpesvillage
Montmélian
Total population
4,058
Air quality index
Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Sister cities
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Montmélian 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.
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Geography
Montmélian has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) closely bordering on an oceanic climate (Cfb). The average annual temperature in Montmélian 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 Montmélian was on 7 July 2015; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 27 November 2005.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves1,883
- House SparrowPasser domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves1,687
- Great TitParus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves1,658
- Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves1,630
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves1,509
- European RobinErithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves1,420
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves1,305
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves948
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 3.6 — 2026-01-124 km SSW of Les Houches, France
- M 3.3 — 2025-05-068 km W of Chapareillan, France
- M 3.3 — 2022-09-257 km ESE of Ar?ches-la-Frasse, France
- M 4.5 — 2022-03-123 km S of Faverges, France
- M 3.4 — 2020-06-2311 km ESE of Samoëns, France
- M 3.2 — 2017-11-1710 km NNE of Saint-Rémy-de-Maurienne, France
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- La Ravoire6.1 mi away · pop. 9,042
- Saint-Pierre-d'Allevard8.8 mi away · pop. 3,389
- Morêtel-de-Mailles9.5 mi away
- Sainte-Marie-d'Alloix9.5 mi away · pop. 483
- Tresserve14.3 mi away · pop. 2,945
- La Pierre15.3 mi away · pop. 635
- Voissant16.9 mi away · pop. 236
- Saint-Albin-de-Vaulserre17.2 mi away · pop. 417
- Saint-Laurent-du-Pont17.6 mi away · pop. 4,488
- Saint-Jean-d'Avelanne18.7 mi away · pop. 979
- Pont-de-Beauvoisin19 mi away · pop. 3,562
- Velanne19.9 mi away · pop. 563
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Official Identifiers
INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics
- INSEE code
- 73171
- Department
- 73
- Region
- 84
- Population (Wikidata)
- 4,024
geo.api.gouv.fr
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • 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