Vallouise-Pelvoux

Vallouise-Pelvoux is a commune in the department of Hautes-Alpes, southeastern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes of Pelvoux (the seat) and Vallouise.

The commune is located in the Alps and contains part of the Écrins National Park.

It is a popular destination for mountaineering and mountain sports in all seasons.

Climate
Vallouise-Pelvoux has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb). The average annual temperature in Vallouise-Pelvoux is 7.8 C. The average annual rainfall is 970.5 mm with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 17.1 C, and lowest in January, at around -1.1 C. The highest temperature ever recorded in Vallouise-Pelvoux was 35.7 C on 27 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was -21.8 C on 7 March 1971.