La Motte-Servolex

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of La Motte-Servolex

(2020–2026) Luc Berthoud^[1]Area

29.85 km² (11.53 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

12,299 • Density410/km² (1,100/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

73179 /73290

Elevation232–1,440 m (761–4,724 ft)Websitewww.mairie-lamotteservolex.fr¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Motte-Servolex (French pronunciation: [la mɔt sɛʁvɔlɛks]; Arpitan: La Mota-Cèrvolê) is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is part of the urban area of Chambéry.^[3]

Geography

Climate

La Motte-Servolex has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb) closely bordering on a humid subtropical climate (Cfa). The average annual temperature in La Motte-Servolex is 11.9 °C (53.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,391.8 mm (54.80 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 21.2 °C (70.2 °F), and lowest in January, at around 2.5 °C (36.5 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in La Motte-Servolex was 39.7 °C (103.5 °F) on 12 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −18.0 °C (−0.4 °F) on 7 January 1985.

Climate data for La Motte-Servolex (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1984−2015)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	16.6 (61.9)	20.6 (69.1)	26.0 (78.8)	29.2 (84.6)	33.1 (91.6)	36.7 (98.1)	37.9 (100.2)	39.7 (103.5)	31.3 (88.3)	29.2 (84.6)	21.8 (71.2)	21.5 (70.7)	39.7 (103.5)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	5.6 (42.1)	8.3 (46.9)	12.9 (55.2)	16.5 (61.7)	21.2 (70.2)	24.7 (76.5)	27.2 (81.0)	26.7 (80.1)	22.1 (71.8)	16.9 (62.4)	9.9 (49.8)	6.0 (42.8)	16.5 (61.7)
Daily mean °C (°F)	2.5 (36.5)	4.3 (39.7)	7.9 (46.2)	11.1 (52.0)	15.7 (60.3)	18.9 (66.0)	21.2 (70.2)	20.8 (69.4)	16.9 (62.4)	12.7 (54.9)	6.6 (43.9)	3.2 (37.8)	11.9 (53.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−0.6 (30.9)	0.3 (32.5)	2.9 (37.2)	5.7 (42.3)	10.1 (50.2)	13.1 (55.6)	15.2 (59.4)	14.9 (58.8)	11.6 (52.9)	8.4 (47.1)	3.4 (38.1)	0.4 (32.7)	7.2 (45.0)
Record low °C (°F)	−18.0 (−0.4)	−13.5 (7.7)	−9.0 (15.8)	−4.0 (24.8)	0.5 (32.9)	4.0 (39.2)	7.0 (44.6)	6.2 (43.2)	2.6 (36.7)	−2.6 (27.3)	−9.0 (15.8)	−11.3 (11.7)	−18.0 (−0.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	124.0 (4.88)	111.1 (4.37)	112.4 (4.43)	110.1 (4.33)	111.7 (4.40)	111.2 (4.38)	97.3 (3.83)	106.6 (4.20)	124.0 (4.88)	129.5 (5.10)	125.3 (4.93)	128.6 (5.06)	1,391.8 (54.80)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	10.5	9.3	10.6	10.9	11.6	10.3	8.2	9.5	8.8	11.0	11.0	10.6	122.3
Source: Météo-France^[4]

Population

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Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,281	—
1975	5,253	+6.95%
1982	7,182	+4.57%
1990	9,349	+3.35%
1999	10,912	+1.73%
2007	11,423	+0.57%
2012	11,452	+0.05%
2017	11,826	+0.64%
Source: INSEE^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Unité urbaine 2020 de Chambéry (73601), INSEE
^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1981-2010 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE