Freney

This article is about the commune in France. For the surname, see Freney (surname).

Freney is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

Freney
Commune
A general view of Freney
Location of Freney
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Coordinates: 45°11′41″N 6°37′39″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Savoie
Arrondissement	Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
Canton	Modane
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Roland Avenière[1]
Area 1	11.13 km2 (4.30 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	107
• Density	9.61/km2 (24.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	73119 /73500
Elevation	939–2,960 m (3,081–9,711 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Climate

According to a 2010 study by the French National Centre for Scientific Research, the commune is situated in a "mountain climate".^[3] In 2020, Météo-France published its own typology of French climates in which it categorized the commune's climate as a mountain climate or "mountain margins" climate within the Northern Alps climate region.^[4]

From 1971 to 2000, the average annual temperature was 7.9 °C (46.2 °F), with an annual range of 16.5 °C (61.7 °F). The average annual rainfall was 876 millimetres (34.5 in), with 8.5 days of rainfall in January and 7.7 days of rainfall in July.^[3]

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  Map of the commune's infrastructure and land use in 2018
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  Satellite image of the commune

See also

• Communes of the Savoie department