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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
| Novalaise Novalaze (Savoyard) | |
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| Coordinates: 45°35′43″N 5°46′20″E / 45.5953°N 5.7722°E / 45.5953; 5.7722 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Savoie |
| Arrondissement | Chambéry |
| Canton | Bugey savoyard |
| Intercommunality | lac d'Aiguebelette |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Claudine Tavel[1] |
| Area1 | 16.26 km2 (6.28 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 2,261 |
| • Density | 139.1/km2 (360.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 73191 /73470 |
| Elevation | 371–1,160 m (1,217–3,806 ft) |
| Website | www.novalaise.fr |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Novalaise (French pronunciation: [nɔvalɛz]; Savoyard: Novalaze)[3] is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
Novalaise has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Novalaise is 10.9 °C (51.6 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,443.4 mm (56.83 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 20.2 °C (68.4 °F), and lowest in January, at around 1.9 °C (35.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Novalaise was 39.5 °C (103.1 °F) on 13 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −25.0 °C (−13.0 °F) on 7 January 1985.
| Climate data for Novalaise (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1967−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.3(68.5) | 22.0(71.6) | 26.5(79.7) | 29.4(84.9) | 32.7(90.9) | 37.1(98.8) | 39.0(102.2) | 39.5(103.1) | 33.0(91.4) | 28.0(82.4) | 24.6(76.3) | 21.0(69.8) | 39.5(103.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.8(42.4) | 7.8(46.0) | 12.7(54.9) | 16.7(62.1) | 20.8(69.4) | 24.9(76.8) | 27.3(81.1) | 26.9(80.4) | 21.7(71.1) | 16.5(61.7) | 10.1(50.2) | 6.1(43.0) | 16.4(61.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.9(35.4) | 3.0(37.4) | 6.9(44.4) | 10.3(50.5) | 14.4(57.9) | 18.2(64.8) | 20.2(68.4) | 19.9(67.8) | 15.7(60.3) | 11.5(52.7) | 6.0(42.8) | 2.5(36.5) | 10.9(51.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.0(28.4) | −1.8(28.8) | 1.1(34.0) | 3.9(39.0) | 8.0(46.4) | 11.5(52.7) | 13.2(55.8) | 13.0(55.4) | 9.6(49.3) | 6.5(43.7) | 1.9(35.4) | −1.2(29.8) | 5.3(41.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −25.0(−13.0) | −18.1(−0.6) | −15.4(4.3) | −8.5(16.7) | −2.0(28.4) | 1.0(33.8) | 4.0(39.2) | 2.5(36.5) | −1.0(30.2) | −6.5(20.3) | −12.1(10.2) | −17.8(0.0) | −25.0(−13.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 111.3(4.38) | 95.3(3.75) | 111.0(4.37) | 115.1(4.53) | 136.7(5.38) | 120.7(4.75) | 116.8(4.60) | 108.4(4.27) | 125.5(4.94) | 134.0(5.28) | 138.5(5.45) | 130.1(5.12) | 1,443.4(56.83) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 11.5 | 10.4 | 11.2 | 10.8 | 12.7 | 11.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 11.6 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 131.4 |
| Source: Météo-France[4] |
Historical population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 735 | — |
| 1975 | 802 | +1.25% |
| 1982 | 1,017 | +3.45% |
| 1990 | 1,234 | +2.45% |
| 1999 | 1,432 | +1.67% |
| 2007 | 1,712 | +2.26% |
| 2012 | 1,942 | +2.55% |
| 2017 | 2,071 | +1.29% |
| Source: INSEE[5] |
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ^ TERREAUX, Louis (October 2012). Lexique Français - Francoprovençal du nom des communes de Savoie "Lé Kmoune in Savoué" (in French). ISBN 978-2-7466-3902-7.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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