Geishouse
Geishouse | |
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 The church in Geishouse | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Geishouse  | |
  Geishouse  Geishouse | |
| Coordinates: 47°53′02″N 7°03′39″E / 47.8839°N 7.0608°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Haut-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Thann-Guebwiller |
| Canton | Cernay |
| Intercommunality | Vallée de Saint-Amarin |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Claude Kirchhoffer[1] |
Area 1 | 7.28 km2 (2.81 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 432 |
| • Density | 59/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 68102 /68690 |
| Elevation | 510–1,422 m (1,673–4,665 ft) (avg. 730 m or 2,400 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geishouse (French pronunciation: [ɡaisuz] ; German: Geishausen; Alsatian: Gaishüse) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Geography
[edit]Climate
[edit]Geishouse has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Geishouse is 9.0 °C (48.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,405.6 mm (55.34 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 17.8 °C (64.0 °F), and lowest in January, at around 0.6 °C (33.1 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Geishouse was 36.8 °C (98.2 °F) on 24 July 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −23.6 °C (−10.5 °F) on 9 January 1985.
| Climate data for Geishouse (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1965−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 19.0 (66.2) |
20.3 (68.5) |
24.8 (76.6) |
26.7 (80.1) |
30.5 (86.9) |
34.8 (94.6) |
36.8 (98.2) |
36.7 (98.1) |
31.2 (88.2) |
27.6 (81.7) |
21.6 (70.9) |
17.7 (63.9) |
36.8 (98.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.4 (38.1) |
4.4 (39.9) |
7.9 (46.2) |
11.9 (53.4) |
16.6 (61.9) |
19.9 (67.8) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.2 (72.0) |
18.1 (64.6) |
13.6 (56.5) |
7.4 (45.3) |
4.1 (39.4) |
12.7 (54.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.6 (33.1) |
1.3 (34.3) |
4.5 (40.1) |
7.9 (46.2) |
12.3 (54.1) |
15.4 (59.7) |
17.8 (64.0) |
17.6 (63.7) |
13.9 (57.0) |
10.0 (50.0) |
4.5 (40.1) |
1.5 (34.7) |
9.0 (48.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.2 (28.0) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
1.1 (34.0) |
4.0 (39.2) |
8.1 (46.6) |
10.8 (51.4) |
13.1 (55.6) |
13.0 (55.4) |
9.8 (49.6) |
6.4 (43.5) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
5.3 (41.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −23.6 (−10.5) |
−17.4 (0.7) |
−16.0 (3.2) |
−8.4 (16.9) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
1.0 (33.8) |
3.0 (37.4) |
3.0 (37.4) |
1.8 (35.2) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
−11.8 (10.8) |
−17.0 (1.4) |
−23.6 (−10.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 141.0 (5.55) |
119.8 (4.72) |
113.8 (4.48) |
84.9 (3.34) |
116.2 (4.57) |
105.9 (4.17) |
114.9 (4.52) |
98.6 (3.88) |
101.4 (3.99) |
129.6 (5.10) |
120.7 (4.75) |
158.8 (6.25) |
1,405.6 (55.34) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 13.5 | 12.4 | 13.4 | 12.5 | 14.2 | 12.8 | 12.4 | 11.7 | 10.4 | 12.8 | 13.3 | 14.9 | 154.1 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 71.6 | 88.4 | 130.7 | 150.9 | 177.0 | 194.7 | 214.8 | 222.2 | 153.6 | 113.2 | 75.1 | 54.8 | 1,646.9 |
| Source: Météo France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 402 | — |
| 1975 | 352 | −1.88% |
| 1982 | 376 | +0.95% |
| 1990 | 423 | +1.48% |
| 1999 | 472 | +1.23% |
| 2006 | 487 | +0.45% |
| 2009 | 484 | −0.21% |
| 2014 | 462 | −0.93% |
| 2020 | 438 | −0.89% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Climate of Geishouse 1981-2010" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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