Freney | |
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 A general view of Freney | |
 Location of Freney | |
Freney Freney | |
| Coordinates: 45°11′41″N 6°37′39″E / 45.1947°N 6.6275°E / 45.1947; 6.6275 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Savoie |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne |
| Canton | Modane |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Roland Avenière1 |
Area 1 | 11.13 km2 (4.30 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)2 | 116 |
| • Density | 10.4/km2 (27.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 73119 /73500 |
| Elevation | 939–2,960 m (3,081–9,711 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Freney is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
Geography
Climate
According to a 2010 study by the French National Centre for Scientific Research, the commune is situated in a "mountain climate".3 In 2020, Météo-France published its own typology of French climates in which it categorized the commune's climate as a mountain climate or "mountain margins" climate within the Northern Alps climate region.4
From 1971 to 2000, the average annual temperature was 7.9 °C (46.2 °F), with an annual range of 16.5 °C (61.7 °F). The average annual rainfall was 876 millimetres (34.5 in), with 8.5 days of rainfall in January and 7.7 days of rainfall in July.3
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Map of the commune's infrastructure and land use in 2018 -
Satellite image of the commune
References
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- Daniel Joly, Thierry Brossard, Hervé Cardot, Jean Cavailhes, Mohamed Hilal et Pierre Wavresky (18 June 2010), "Les types de climats en France, une construction spatiale", Cybergéo, revue européenne de géographie - European Journal of Geography (in French), no. 501, doi:10.4000/cybergeo.23155, retrieved 29 July 2024
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - "Zonages climatiques en France métropolitaine". pluiesextremes.meteo.fr (in French). Retrieved 29 July 2024.