Bernex, Haute-Savoie
Bernex
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 The church in Bernex | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Bernex | |
  Bernex Location within France  Bernex Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Coordinates: 46°21′39″N 6°40′33″E / 46.3608°N 6.6758°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Haute-Savoie |
| Arrondissement | Thonon-les-Bains |
| Canton | Évian-les-Bains |
| Intercommunality | Pays d'Évian Vallée d'Abondance |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Pierre-André Jacquier[1] |
Area 1 | 22.31 km2 (8.61 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 1,472 |
| • Density | 65.98/km2 (170.9/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Bernoland / Bernolande |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 74033 /74500 |
| Elevation | 820–2,222 m (2,690–7,290 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Bernex (French pronunciation: [bɛʁnɛks]; Arpitan: Barné)[3] is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. Its highest point is the Dent d'Oche (2222 meters).
Climate
Bernex is located at an elevation of 1,008 metres (3,307 ft), within a natural cirque bordered by Mont César to the north, the Dent d'Oche to the east, Mont Baron to the south, and the Gavot Plateau to the west.
A warm-summer humid continental climate dominates within the upper montane zone (Köppen climate classification: Dfb), owing both to its inland location and its elevation, which greatly limits the moderating influence of nearby Lake Geneva. Although the lake is only a few miles away, the village is separated from it by the Col de Creusaz, which rises to more than 1,270 m (4,167 ft).
As a result, winters are cold and snowy, with an average January temperature of −0.4 °C (31.3 °F), including average daytime highs of 2.9 °C (37.2 °F) and average nighttime lows of −3.4 °C (25.9 °F), while summers are mild and often marked by thunderstorms, with an average July temperature of 17.8 °C (64.0 °F), including average daytime highs of 21.4 °C (70.5 °F) and average nighttime lows of 13.6 °C (56.5 °F). Precipitation and sunshine are abundant throughout the year and the growing season lasts about 6 months.
| Climate data for Bernex, Haute-Savoie, France (modelled 1991-2021 normals at an altitude of 1,008 metres (3,307 ft)) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 2.9 (37.2) |
3.9 (39.0) |
7.7 (45.9) |
11.8 (53.2) |
15.6 (60.1) |
19.6 (67.3) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.2 (70.2) |
17.6 (63.7) |
14.1 (57.4) |
7.8 (46.0) |
3.9 (39.0) |
12.3 (54.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −0.4 (31.3) |
0.3 (32.5) |
3.7 (38.7) |
7.6 (45.7) |
11.7 (53.1) |
16.0 (60.8) |
17.8 (64.0) |
17.7 (63.9) |
14.1 (57.4) |
10.4 (50.7) |
4.5 (40.1) |
0.6 (33.1) |
8.7 (47.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −3.4 (25.9) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
2.6 (36.7) |
6.9 (44.4) |
11.3 (52.3) |
13.6 (56.5) |
13.7 (56.7) |
10.4 (50.7) |
6.7 (44.1) |
1.4 (34.5) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
4.8 (40.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 129 (5.1) |
117 (4.6) |
119 (4.7) |
128 (5.0) |
191 (7.5) |
196 (7.7) |
198 (7.8) |
181 (7.1) |
139 (5.5) |
123 (4.8) |
135 (5.3) |
146 (5.7) |
1,802 (70.9) |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 155 | 169.5 | 217 | 240 | 248 | 300 | 310 | 279 | 210 | 217 | 180 | 155 | 2,680.5 |
| Source: climate-data.org[4] | |||||||||||||
Demography
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| Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE[6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ https://fr.climate-data.org/europe/france/rhone-alpes/bernex-218944/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bernex, EHESS (in French).
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
