Sallanches
Sallanches (French pronunciation: [salɑ̃ʃ]; Arpitan: Salenches) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department of France. 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 2018, the commune had a population of 16,508, and its urban area had 46,128 inhabitants.[3]
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 The church in Sallanches | |
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Location of Sallanches | |
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| Coordinates: 45°56′14″N 6°37′58″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Haute-Savoie |
| Arrondissement | Bonneville |
| Canton | Sallanches |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Georges Morand[1] |
| Area 1 | 65.87 km2 (25.43 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 416.5 km2 (160.8 sq mi) |
| Population | 16,986 |
| • Density | 260/km2 (670/sq mi) |
| • Urban (2018) | 46,128 |
| • Urban density | 110/km2 (290/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. | |
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.[4]
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.
Transport
The commune has a railway station, Sallanches-Combloux-Megève, on the La Roche-sur-Foron–Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet line.
Climate
Sallanches features a warm-summer humid continental climate with no dry season.
The average annual rainfall is very high due to its location in the northwestern part of the Alps. Summers are warm to hot and stormy while winters are cold to very cold and snowy.
| Climate data for Sallanches, Haute-Savoie - Alt : 554 m (1,818 ft) (2003-2023 averages) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 18.0 (64.4) |
21.6 (70.9) |
26.0 (78.8) |
31.0 (87.8) |
36.1 (97.0) |
38.2 (100.8) |
40.7 (105.3) |
39.6 (103.3) |
33.0 (91.4) |
32.0 (89.6) |
24.6 (76.3) |
21.0 (69.8) |
40.7 (105.3) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 5.4 (41.7) |
7.9 (46.2) |
13.3 (55.9) |
18.3 (64.9) |
21.4 (70.5) |
26.1 (79.0) |
27.9 (82.2) |
26.7 (80.1) |
22.7 (72.9) |
17.3 (63.1) |
10.6 (51.1) |
5.8 (42.4) |
16.9 (62.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.2 (34.2) |
2.5 (36.5) |
7.0 (44.6) |
11.6 (52.9) |
14.8 (58.6) |
19.2 (66.6) |
20.6 (69.1) |
19.8 (67.6) |
16.4 (61.5) |
11.6 (52.9) |
5.9 (42.6) |
1.8 (35.2) |
11.0 (51.8) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −3.0 (26.6) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
0.8 (33.4) |
4.9 (40.8) |
8.2 (46.8) |
12.2 (54.0) |
13.4 (56.1) |
12.9 (55.2) |
10.0 (50.0) |
6.0 (42.8) |
1.2 (34.2) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
5.1 (41.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −14.7 (5.5) |
−17.7 (0.1) |
−13.7 (7.3) |
−6.1 (21.0) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
5.5 (41.9) |
2.7 (36.9) |
0.8 (33.4) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−12.7 (9.1) |
−17.0 (1.4) |
−17.7 (0.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 104.4 (4.11) |
71.2 (2.80) |
77.2 (3.04) |
66.7 (2.63) |
99.8 (3.93) |
85.0 (3.35) |
94.8 (3.73) |
112.1 (4.41) |
63.0 (2.48) |
78.7 (3.10) |
78.8 (3.10) |
105.2 (4.14) |
1,037 (40.83) |
| Source: Infoclimat [5] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 7,248 | — |
| 1975 | 9,026 | +3.18% |
| 1982 | 10,296 | +1.90% |
| 1990 | 12,767 | +2.73% |
| 1999 | 14,383 | +1.33% |
| 2007 | 15,495 | +0.94% |
| 2012 | 15,957 | +0.59% |
| 2017 | 16,088 | +0.16% |
| Source: INSEE[6] | ||
Media
Sallanches is mentioned in American author Willa Cather's 1935 novel Lucy Gayheart.
Twin towns
Spaichingen, Germany, since 1970
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
- Comparateur de territoire: Unité urbaine 2020 de Sallanches (00465), INSEE
- Shayler, Alison (10 November 2015). "New Mountain Medicine Project Launched at Sallanches Hospital". Chamonet. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- "Normales et records climatologiques 1991-2020 à Sallanches - Infoclimat".
- Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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