| Commune status | Commune |
|---|---|
| Arrondissement | Bonneville |
| Canton | Le Mont-Blanc |
| Insee | 74266 |
| Postal code | 74310 |
| Mayor | Nicolas Évrard[1] |
| Term | 2020–2026 |
| Intercommunality | Vallée de Chamonix-Mont-Blanc |
| Coordinates | 45.9325°N 6.7628°E |
| Elevation min m | 758 |
| Elevation max m | 2324 |
| Area km 2 | 13.47 |
| Native name | Sarvô (Savoyard) |
Servoz (ˈsɛr.vo; Savoyard: Sarvô)[2], but pronounced by inhabitants, and people of the region, by sounding the terminal “z”, is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
Servoz has a railway station on the Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine railway and the section between Les Houches and Servoz holds the world record gradient for an adhesion railway at a 9% gradient over a distance of 2,000 m (6,562 ft).
Climate
On average, Servoz experiences 111.6 days per year with a minimum temperature below 0 °C (32.0 °F), 8.8 days per year with a minimum temperature below −10 °C (14.0 °F), 10.9 days per year with a maximum temperature below 0 °C (32.0 °F), and 17.4 days per year with a maximum temperature above 30 °C (86.0 °F). The record high temperature was 37.8 °C (100.0 °F) on 11 July 2023, while the record low temperature was −21.3 °C (−6.3 °F) on 5 February 2012.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "1991–2020 Normals and Records – Station: Servoz". Meteociel.fr. Retrieved August 22, 2023.