Pelvoux (Vivaro-Alpine: Pelvós) is a former commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Vallouise-Pelvoux. Pelvoux bid to be the French candidate city for the 2018 Winter Olympics, but the French National Olympic and Sports Committee chose to submit Annecy's bid instead.

Geography

Climate

Pelvoux has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb). The average annual temperature in 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 Pelvoux was 35.7 C on 27 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was -21.8 C on 7 March 1971.

Population