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Mouthe () is a commune in the
Doubs Doubs (, ; ; ) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Eastern France. Named after the river Doubs, it had a population of 543,974 in 2019.department in the
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (; , sometimes abbreviated BFC; Arpitan: ''Borgogne-Franche-Comtât'') is a region in eastern France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté. The new region ...
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in eastern
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. The town is known for having the coldest recorded temperature in France.


Geography

The town is located south of Pontarlier in the
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on the
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border. The source of the river
Doubs Doubs (, ; ; ) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Eastern France. Named after the river Doubs, it had a population of 543,974 in 2019. Although the average low temperature for January in the town ranges from about -6 °C to -10 °C, the low temperature descended to -36.7 °C (-34.1 °F) on 13 January 1968, and fell further, to -41.2 °C (-42.2 °F) on 17 January 1985. Due to its elevation and its location in a coomb, the
diurnal temperature variation In meteorology, diurnal temperature variation is the variation between a high air temperature and a low temperature that occurs during the same day. Temperature lag Temperature lag, also known as thermal inertia, is an important factor in diur ...
is high and Mouthe features a warm-summer humid continental climate (''Dfb,'' according to the
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'')'', with an average annual precipitation of . Summers are warm and winters are very cold and snowy and there is no dry season.


1981-2010 climate normals

The village and its church served as the location for the film '' Nobody Else But You'' (2011).


Population


See also

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Communes of the Doubs department The following is a list of the 563 communes of the Doubs department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):


References


External links


Mouthe on the intercommunal Web site of the department
Communes of Doubs {{Pontarlier-geo-stub