Chindrieux


Chindrieux is commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
It lies near Lake Bourget.

Geography

World Heritage Site

It is home to one or more prehistoric pile-dwelling settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO UNESCO [World Heritage Site|World Heritage Site].

Climate

Chindrieux has an oceanic climate closely bordering on a humid subtropical climate. The average annual temperature in Chindrieux is. The average annual rainfall is with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around, and lowest in January, at around. The highest temperature ever recorded in Chindrieux was on 12 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 7 January 1985.