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| Coordinates: 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 | 11,137 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,000/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. | |
Guebwiller (French pronunciation: [ɡebvilɛʁ] ⓘ; Alsatian: Gàwiller [ˈkaːviləʁ]; German: Gebweiler) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin département in Grand Est currently in north-eastern France. It was a sub-prefecture of the department until 2015.[3]
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.[4]
History
Guebweiler, as Gebweiler, is mentioned as early as 774. It belonged to the religious foundation of Murbach, and in 1759 the abbots chose it for their residence. In 1789, at the outbreak of the French Revolution, the monastic buildings were laid in ruins, and, though the archives were rescued and removed to Colmar, the library perished.[5]
Geography
Climate
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) | 20.2 (68.4) |
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) |
| Mean daily maximum °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) |
| Mean daily minimum °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[6] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 10,842 | — |
| 1975 | 11,076 | +0.31% |
| 1982 | 10,693 | −0.50% |
| 1990 | 10,944 | +0.29% |
| 1999 | 11,525 | +0.58% |
| 2007 | 11,658 | +0.14% |
| 2012 | 11,440 | −0.38% |
| 2017 | 11,094 | −0.61% |
| Source: INSEE[7] | ||
People
Guebwiller was the birthplace of
- Émile Keller (1820-1909)
- Niklaus Riggenbach (1817-1899), engineer
- Théodore Deck (1823-1891), ceramist
- Gustave Schlumberger (1844-1929), historian, Byzantinist, numismatist
- Jean Schlumberger (1877-1968), publisher and writer
- Conrad Schlumberger (1878-1936), co-founder of Schlumberger
- Charles Hueber (1883-1943), politician
- Marcel Schlumberger (1884-1953), co-founder of Schlumberger
- Al Weill (1893-1969), boxing manager
- Alfred Kastler (1902-1984), physicist
- Émile Baas (1906-1984), essayist
- Eugène Ehrhart (1906-2000), mathematician
- Armand Walter (1908-1995)
- Robert Schilling (historian) (1913–2004),
- Katia Krafft (1942-1991), volcanologist
- Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin
Twin towns
Guebwiller is twinned with:
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Points of interest
- 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, the largest Neoclassical church in Alsace
- Musée Théodore Deck et des pays du Florival, the largest museum in Haut-Rhin outside Colmar and Mulhouse
- Parc de la Marseillaise
- Synagogue of Guebwiller
See also
References
- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ↑ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ↑ Décret n° 2014-1720 du 29 décembre 2014 portant suppression des arrondissements de Guebwiller et de Ribeauvillé (département du Haut-Rhin)
- ↑ "Comparateur de territoire: Commune de Guebwiller (68112), UU Guebwiller (68401)". INSEE. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ↑ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Gebweiler". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 546.
- ↑ "Normales et records pour Guebwiller (68)". Meteociel. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ↑ "Partnerstädte der Stadt Luzern". Stadt Luzern (in German). Archived from the original on 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
External links
- Official website (in French)
- Homepage of the Musée du Florival
- Wikipedia page for Église Notre Dame (in French)
- The Florivaliens homepage
