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Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region
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| Coordinates: 46°42′41″N 6°11′40″E / 46.7114°N 6.1944°ECoordinates: 46°42′41″N 6°11′40″E / 46.7114°N 6.1944°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Pontarlier | |
| Canton | Mouthe | |
| Intercommunality | Hauts du Doubs | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Élisabeth Rampant | |
| Area1 | 38.73 km2 (14.95 sq mi) | |
| Population (2012)2 | 954 | |
| • Density | 25/km2 (64/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 25413 /25240 | |
| Elevation | 926–1,414 m (3,038–4,639 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Mouthe is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. The town is known for having the coldest recorded temperature in France.
The town is located 30 km (19 mi) south of Pontarlier in the Jura Mountains on the Swiss border. The source of the Doubs River is 2 km (1.2 mi) from Mouthe.
Mouthe, is located in a region of the Jura Mountains known as "Little Siberia" (La Petite Sibérie) and snowfalls are not uncommon as late as the third week of March. Although the average low temperature for January in the town ranges from about -6 °C to -10 °C, the low temperature descended to -32.8 °C (-27.0 °F) on 13 January 1968, and fell further, to -41.2 °C (-41.1 °F) on 17 January 1985.
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