Moûtiers Motiérs (Arpitan) | |
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.JPG) View of theIsère in Moûtiers | |
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 Location of Moûtiers | |
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| Coordinates:45°29′09″N6°32′04″E / 45.4858°N 6.5344°E /45.4858; 6.5344 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Savoie |
| Arrondissement | Albertville |
| Canton | Moûtiers |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2024–2026) | Chantal Martin[1] |
Area 1 | 3.16 km2 (1.22 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 3,482 |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (2,850/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 73181 /73600 |
| Elevation | 465–1,042 m (1,526–3,419 ft) (avg. 479 m or 1,572 ft) |
| Website | moutiers.org |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Moûtiers (French pronunciation:[mutje];Arpitan:Motiérs), historically also calledTarentaise, is acommune in theSavoiedepartment in theAuvergne-Rhône-Alpesregion in SoutheasternFrance.
Moûtiers is the main access point to theLes Trois Vallées ski region in theFrench Alps. Itsrailway station, although not on ahigh-speed rail line, is consequently a seasonally important destination forTGV services fromLyon,Paris and elsewhere, including abroad.[3]
Moûtiers is located deep in theTarentaise Valley. It is its geographic capital, betweenAlbertville andBourg-Saint-Maurice. Several popular French ski resorts are located in its vicinity. TheIsère flows through the town.
Moûtiers has anoceanic climate (Köppen climate classificationCfb) closely bordering on ahumid subtropical climate (Cfa). The average annual temperature in Moûtiers is 11.9 °C (53.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 930.4 mm (36.63 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 21.7 °C (71.1 °F), and lowest in January, at around 1.6 °C (34.9 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Moûtiers was 42.0 °C (107.6 °F) on 7 July 2015; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −18.2 °C (−0.8 °F) on 15 January 1966.
| Climate data for Moûtiers (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1934−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.5 (61.7) | 22.5 (72.5) | 28.1 (82.6) | 32.0 (89.6) | 36.0 (96.8) | 38.0 (100.4) | 42.0 (107.6) | 41.0 (105.8) | 34.0 (93.2) | 29.1 (84.4) | 23.2 (73.8) | 19.0 (66.2) | 42.0 (107.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.2 (41.4) | 8.4 (47.1) | 14.2 (57.6) | 18.5 (65.3) | 22.3 (72.1) | 26.1 (79.0) | 28.4 (83.1) | 28.0 (82.4) | 23.0 (73.4) | 17.5 (63.5) | 10.3 (50.5) | 4.9 (40.8) | 17.2 (63.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.6 (34.9) | 3.6 (38.5) | 8.4 (47.1) | 12.2 (54.0) | 16.1 (61.0) | 19.7 (67.5) | 21.7 (71.1) | 21.4 (70.5) | 17.1 (62.8) | 12.4 (54.3) | 6.4 (43.5) | 1.9 (35.4) | 11.9 (53.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −1.9 (28.6) | −1.1 (30.0) | 2.6 (36.7) | 5.9 (42.6) | 9.8 (49.6) | 13.2 (55.8) | 15.0 (59.0) | 14.8 (58.6) | 11.3 (52.3) | 7.3 (45.1) | 2.4 (36.3) | −1.0 (30.2) | 6.5 (43.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −18.2 (−0.8) | −17.0 (1.4) | −13.0 (8.6) | −5.5 (22.1) | −1.0 (30.2) | 1.2 (34.2) | 5.0 (41.0) | 4.0 (39.2) | 0.0 (32.0) | −4.5 (23.9) | −10.2 (13.6) | −18.0 (−0.4) | −18.2 (−0.8) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 96.7 (3.81) | 70.6 (2.78) | 73.3 (2.89) | 58.6 (2.31) | 78.8 (3.10) | 74.7 (2.94) | 77.2 (3.04) | 74.0 (2.91) | 64.8 (2.55) | 75.3 (2.96) | 79.6 (3.13) | 106.8 (4.20) | 930.4 (36.63) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 9.1 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 8.2 | 9.1 | 8.9 | 9.8 | 107.5 |
| Source:Météo-France[4] | |||||||||||||
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Moûtiers was the capital of theCeutrones, aCeltic tribe ofGaul. Its antique name,Darantasia, appears on a survivingancient Roman road map known as theTabula Peutingeriana. In amedieval text dating from 996, Moûtiers was calledMonasterium (root of the word "monastery") from which its later names,Moustiers and finallyMoûtiers, were derived.
Moûtiers was theepiscopal see of the Roman CatholicArchdiocese of Tarentaise. The archdiocese was disbanded in 1801; it was re-established as the Diocese of Tarentaise. Thisdiocese was united with theDiocese of Chambéry andDiocese of St-Jean-de-Maurienne to form theDiocese of Chambéry, Maurienne and Tarentaise.
On 16 October 1793, in the course of theFrench Revolution, Moûtiers was renamedMont-Salins following an order byAntoine Louis Albitte. On 3 January 1796, the name Moûtiers was restored. In 1814, the town was invaded bySardinians. In 1893,Moûtiers-Salins-Brides-les-Bains station was opened on the line toBourg-en-Bresse station (reached in 1913). Until 10 September 1926, Moûtiers was asubprefecture of Savoie, when its arrondissement was merged with thearrondissement of Albertville, retaining the former name. The town hall moved to the former subprefecture site shortly thereafter.
Today, the town has a small historic centre with narrow streets surroundingSaint-Pierre Cathedral. It hosted the television display for the1992 Winter Olympics inAlbertville.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 4,161 | — |
| 1975 | 4,187 | +0.09% |
| 1982 | 4,342 | +0.52% |
| 1990 | 4,295 | −0.14% |
| 1999 | 4,151 | −0.38% |
| 2009 | 3,863 | −0.72% |
| 2014 | 3,705 | −0.83% |
| 2020 | 3,467 | −1.10% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Diocese of Tarentaise".Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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