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Découvrez Oïmiakon, le village le plus froid du monde

  • Découvrez Oïmiakon, le village le plus froid du monde

Oïmiakon n’est pas un village comme les autres. Il est en effet l’endroit habité le plus froid au monde, avec des températures pouvant atteindre les -70 °C en plein hiver
La commune se trouve à environ 741 mètres d’altitude et elle comptait très exactement 512 habitants lors du dernier recensement, en 2012.
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A toilet on the tundra at a petrol stop on the road to Oymyakon. Journey to Oymyakon, considered by many to be the coldest permanently inhabited settlement in the world. The village was originally a stopover for reindeer herders who would water their flocks from a thermal spring. Known as the "Pole of Cold" the town of 500 once recorded a temperature of -71.2. Average temperatures in January are -50c. PHOTO BY AMOS CHAPPLE / REX FEATURES **NORTH/SOUTH AMERICA OUT**
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Farmer NIKOLAI PETROVICH closes the door to his cows' heavily-insulated stable after putting the flock to bed for the night. Journey to Oymyakon, considered by many to be the coldest permanently inhabited settlement in the world. The village was originally a stopover for reindeer herders who would water their flocks from a thermal spring. Known as the "Pole of Cold" the town of 500 once recorded a temperature of -71.2. Average temperatures in January are -50c. PHOTO BY AMOS CHAPPLE / REX FEATURES **NORTH/SOUTH AMERICA OUT**
 
A statue of Ivan Kraft, one of the first governors of Yakutia, stands caked in frost most of the year.

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