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Guebwiller (French: Guebwiller, pronounced [ɡebvilɛʁ]; Alsatian: Gàwiller [ˈkaːviləʁ]; German: Gebweiler) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est currently in north-eastern France.
Guebwiller | |
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 St. Léger Church | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Guebwiller  | |
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| Coordinates: 47°54′30″N 7°12′39″E / 47.9083°N 7.2108°ECoordinates: 47°54′30″N 7°12′39″E / 47.9083°N 7.2108°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Haut-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Thann-Guebwiller |
| Canton | Guebwiller |
| Intercommunality | CC de la région de Guebwiller |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Francis Kleitz[1] |
| Area 1 | 9.68 km2 (3.74 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2019)[2] | 11,020 |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 68112 /68500 |
| Elevation | 254–620 m (833–2,034 ft) (avg. 300 m or 980 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
It is situated 20 km (12 mi) northwest of Mulhouse at the foot of the Vosges mountains. The Ballon de Guebwiller, the highest point in the Vosges, lies 8 km (5.0 mi) to the west of the town.
In 2018, Guebwiller had a population of 11,022 and its urban area had a population of 28,662.[3]
GeographyEdit
ClimateEdit
Guebwiller has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Guebwiller is 11.2 °C (52.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 941.7 mm (37.07 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 20.2 °C (68.4 °F), and lowest in January, at around 2.1 °C (35.8 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Guebwiller was 39.9 °C (103.8 °F) on 13 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −16.3 °C (2.7 °F) on 20 December 2009.
| Climate data for Guebwiller (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1991−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.9 (64.2) |
22.5 (72.5) |
26.9 (80.4) |
29.2 (84.6) |
33.2 (91.8) |
36.7 (98.1) |
37.0 (98.6) |
39.9 (103.8) |
34.5 (94.1) |
28.8 (83.8) |
23.7 (74.7) |
17.0 (62.6) |
39.9 (103.8) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 5.2 (41.4) |
7.4 (45.3) |
11.6 (52.9) |
16.1 (61.0) |
20.8 (69.4) |
24.2 (75.6) |
25.9 (78.6) |
25.7 (78.3) |
20.7 (69.3) |
15.4 (59.7) |
9.2 (48.6) |
5.4 (41.7) |
15.7 (60.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.1 (35.8) |
3.7 (38.7) |
7.1 (44.8) |
10.9 (51.6) |
15.4 (59.7) |
18.6 (65.5) |
20.2 (68.4) |
20.0 (68.0) |
15.6 (60.1) |
11.3 (52.3) |
6.0 (42.8) |
2.6 (36.7) |
11.2 (52.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −1.0 (30.2) |
0.0 (32.0) |
2.5 (36.5) |
5.6 (42.1) |
10.0 (50.0) |
12.9 (55.2) |
14.6 (58.3) |
14.3 (57.7) |
10.5 (50.9) |
7.1 (44.8) |
2.7 (36.9) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
6.6 (43.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −13.5 (7.7) |
−14.6 (5.7) |
−12.3 (9.9) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
0.6 (33.1) |
4.1 (39.4) |
7.0 (44.6) |
5.3 (41.5) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−9.9 (14.2) |
−16.3 (2.7) |
−16.3 (2.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 89.7 (3.53) |
77.0 (3.03) |
77.9 (3.07) |
59.7 (2.35) |
83.5 (3.29) |
69.7 (2.74) |
68.0 (2.68) |
78.3 (3.08) |
64.9 (2.56) |
87.9 (3.46) |
74.7 (2.94) |
110.4 (4.35) |
941.7 (37.07) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 10.0 | 9.8 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 12.2 | 10.2 | 9.8 | 10.4 | 8.7 | 10.4 | 11.4 | 11.2 | 124.1 |
| Source: Meteociel[4] | |||||||||||||
PeopleEdit
Guebwiller was the birthplace of
- Casimir de Rathsamhausen (1698-1786)
- Ignace Ritter (1732-1813), architect
- François Joseph Rudler (1757-1837)
- Émile Keller (1820-1909)
- Niklaus Riggenbach (1817-1899), engineer
- Frédéric Ritter (1819-1893)
- Théodore Deck (1823-1891), ceramist
- Joseph Guerber (1824-1909), writer and journalist
- Gustave Schlumberger (1844-1929), historian, Byzantinist, numismatist
- Andreas Bauer (1866-1900) missionary Franciscan friar, martyr in China
- Jeanne Bucher (1872-1946)
- Prosper Merklen (1874-1939), physician
- Jean Schlumberger (1877-1968), publisher and writer
- Francois Conrad Schlumberger (1878-1936), co-founder of Schlumberger. see Schlumberger Brothers
- Charles Hueber (1883-1943), politician
- Emile Henry Marcel Schlumberger (1884-1953), co-founder of Schlumberger. see Schlumberger Brothers
- Louis Gava (1891-1965), conductor
- Al Weill (1893-1969), boxing manager
- Joseph Storck (1897-1989)
- Alfred Kastler (1902-1984), physicist
- Émile Baas (1906-1984), essayist
- Pierre Lévy (1907-2002), industrialist
- Armand Walter (1908-1995)
- Robert Schilling (historian) (1913–2004),
- Pierre Ritz (1922-2009), conductor and composer
- Katia Krafft (1942-1991), volcanologist
- Roland Hodel (1943-), prefect and politician
- Sonia Pelletier-Gautier (1958-), historian and writer
Twin townsEdit
Guebwiller is twinned with:
Points of interestEdit
- Romanesque and early gothic church Église Saint-Léger
- Gothic former Dominican abbey Les Dominicains, now used as a cultural center.
- Early Renaissance townhall ( Hôtel de ville)
- Neoclassical church Église Notre-Dame, largest Neoclassical church in Alsace
- Musée Théodore Deck et des pays du Florival, largest museum in Haut-Rhin outside Colmar and Mulhouse
- Parc de la Marseillaise
- Synagogue of Guebwiller
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
- ^ "Comparateur de territoire: Commune de Guebwiller (68112), UU Guebwiller (68401)". INSEE. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ "Normales et records pour Guebwiller (68)". Meteociel. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Partnerstädte der Stadt Luzern". Stadt Luzern (in German). Archived from the original on 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
External linksEdit
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to Guebwiller. |
| Wikisource has the text of a 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article about Guebwiller. |
- Official website (in French)
- Homepage of the Musée du Florival
- Wikipedia page for Église Notre Dame (in French)
- The Florivaliens homepage
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