# Montmélian

Montmélian (French pronunciation: ) is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. Montmélian station has rail connections to Grenoble, Modane, Bourg-Saint-Maurice and Chambéry.

## Geography
### Climate

Montmélian has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) closely bordering on an oceanic climate (Cfb). The average annual temperature in Montmélian is 12.4 °C (54.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 987.3 mm (38.87 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 22.0 °C (71.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around 3.0 °C (37.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Montmélian was 39.8 °C (103.6 °F) on 7 July 2015; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −14.5 °C (5.9 °F) on 27 November 2005.
Climate data for Montmélian (1991−2020 normals, extremes 2003−present) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 19.5 (67.1) | 20.8 (69.4) | 25.5 (77.9) | 30.0 (86.0) | 34.2 (93.6) | 37.0 (98.6) | 39.8 (103.6) | 38.6 (101.5) | 32.6 (90.7) | 30.4 (86.7) | 24.3 (75.7) | 19.1 (66.4) | 39.8 (103.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.6 (43.9) | 8.7 (47.7) | 13.6 (56.5) | 18.8 (65.8) | 21.6 (70.9) | 26.0 (78.8) | 28.6 (83.5) | 27.4 (81.3) | 23.5 (74.3) | 18.4 (65.1) | 11.7 (53.1) | 7.0 (44.6) | 17.7 (63.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.0 (37.4) | 4.3 (39.7) | 8.2 (46.8) | 12.6 (54.7) | 15.9 (60.6) | 19.9 (67.8) | 22.0 (71.6) | 21.1 (70.0) | 17.6 (63.7) | 13.2 (55.8) | 7.4 (45.3) | 3.4 (38.1) | 12.4 (54.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.7 (30.7) | −0.1 (31.8) | 2.8 (37.0) | 6.5 (43.7) | 10.1 (50.2) | 13.8 (56.8) | 15.3 (59.5) | 14.7 (58.5) | 11.7 (53.1) | 8.1 (46.6) | 3.2 (37.8) | −0.1 (31.8) | 7.1 (44.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −12.0 (10.4) | −13.3 (8.1) | −7.8 (18.0) | −3.9 (25.0) | 0.6 (33.1) | 4.4 (39.9) | 8.3 (46.9) | 7.4 (45.3) | 3.2 (37.8) | −2.3 (27.9) | −14.5 (5.9) | −12.7 (9.1) | −14.5 (5.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 92.2 (3.63) | 63.7 (2.51) | 82.1 (3.23) | 60.8 (2.39) | 99.5 (3.92) | 84.6 (3.33) | 81.5 (3.21) | 92.9 (3.66) | 59.8 (2.35) | 74.9 (2.95) | 87.8 (3.46) | 107.5 (4.23) | 987.3 (38.87) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 9.7 | 7.5 | 9.8 | 8.0 | 10.8 | 9.5 | 7.6 | 8.7 | 6.8 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 10.4 | 105.5 |
| Source: Météo-France ||||||||||||||

## Population

| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1793 | 985 | — |
| 1800 | 1,165 | +18.3% |
| 1806 | 1,259 | +8.1% |
| 1822 | 1,200 | −4.7% |
| 1838 | 1,325 | +10.4% |
| 1848 | 1,302 | −1.7% |
| 1858 | 1,192 | −8.4% |
| 1861 | 1,540 | +29.2% |
| 1866 | 1,159 | −24.7% |
| 1872 | 1,141 | −1.6% |
| 1876 | 1,117 | −2.1% |
| 1881 | 1,274 | +14.1% |
| 1886 | 1,270 | −0.3% |
| 1891 | 1,358 | +6.9% |
| 1896 | 969 | −28.6% |
| 1901 | 1,093 | +12.8% |
| 1906 | 1,156 | +5.8% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1911 | 1,084 | −6.2% |
| 1921 | 845 | −22.0% |
| 1926 | 977 | +15.6% |
| 1931 | 1,034 | +5.8% |
| 1936 | 1,065 | +3.0% |
| 1946 | 1,084 | +1.8% |
| 1954 | 1,233 | +13.7% |
| 1962 | 1,583 | +28.4% |
| 1968 | 2,517 | +59.0% |
| 1975 | 3,585 | +42.4% |
| 1982 | 4,016 | +12.0% |
| 1990 | 3,930 | −2.1% |
| 1999 | 3,926 | −0.1% |
| 2007 | 3,933 | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 3,991 | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 4,123 | +3.3% |
Source: Ehess and INSEE :