Ammerschwihr (French pronunciation: [aməʁʃviʁ] ; German: Ammerschweier) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.[3]
Ammerschwihr | |
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 The church in Ammerschwihr | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Ammerschwihr  | |
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| Coordinates: 48°07′34″N 7°16′57″E / 48.1261°N 7.2825°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Haut-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Colmar-Ribeauvillé |
| Canton | Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines |
| Intercommunality | Vallée de Kaysersberg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Patrick Reinstettel[1] |
| Area 1 | 19.66 km2 (7.59 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 1,650 |
| • Density | 84/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 68005 /68770 |
| Elevation | 193–882 m (633–2,894 ft) (avg. 240 m or 790 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Its inhabitants are called Ammerschwihriens.
Geography
Ammerschwihr is a small town located on the Wine Road of Alsace. Its main economical resources come from wine-growing, in particular its famous vineyard Kaefferkopf, situated on a hill, and one of the Alsace Grand Cru vineyards.
Climate
Ammerschwihr has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Ammerschwihr is 9.4 °C (48.9 °F). The average annual rainfall is 828.0 mm (32.60 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 18.3 °C (64.9 °F), and lowest in January, at around 1.2 °C (34.2 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Ammerschwihr was 35.7 °C (96.3 °F) on 7 August 2015; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −20.0 °C (−4.0 °F) on 13 January 1987.
| Climate data for Ammerschwihr[4] (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1986−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.7 (63.9) | 19.4 (66.9) | 23.5 (74.3) | 26.0 (78.8) | 30.9 (87.6) | 34.5 (94.1) | 35.5 (95.9) | 35.7 (96.3) | 30.4 (86.7) | 26.4 (79.5) | 19.2 (66.6) | 18.6 (65.5) | 35.7 (96.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.8 (38.8) | 4.7 (40.5) | 8.1 (46.6) | 12.1 (53.8) | 17.0 (62.6) | 20.1 (68.2) | 22.3 (72.1) | 22.2 (72.0) | 17.5 (63.5) | 13.0 (55.4) | 7.4 (45.3) | 4.1 (39.4) | 12.7 (54.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.2 (34.2) | 1.9 (35.4) | 5.0 (41.0) | 8.4 (47.1) | 13.1 (55.6) | 16.1 (61.0) | 18.3 (64.9) | 18.3 (64.9) | 14.0 (57.2) | 10.1 (50.2) | 4.8 (40.6) | 1.7 (35.1) | 9.4 (48.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −1.5 (29.3) | −0.9 (30.4) | 1.9 (35.4) | 4.7 (40.5) | 9.2 (48.6) | 12.2 (54.0) | 14.3 (57.7) | 14.3 (57.7) | 10.6 (51.1) | 7.1 (44.8) | 2.3 (36.1) | −0.6 (30.9) | 6.2 (43.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −20.0 (−4.0) | −17.4 (0.7) | −13.5 (7.7) | −7.0 (19.4) | −0.5 (31.1) | 3.2 (37.8) | 6.3 (43.3) | 6.2 (43.2) | 2.5 (36.5) | −4.2 (24.4) | −11.7 (10.9) | −17.1 (1.2) | −20.0 (−4.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 65.4 (2.57) | 65.0 (2.56) | 63.0 (2.48) | 54.3 (2.14) | 79.8 (3.14) | 69.7 (2.74) | 75.0 (2.95) | 67.6 (2.66) | 65.2 (2.57) | 81.0 (3.19) | 60.6 (2.39) | 81.4 (3.20) | 828.0 (32.60) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 9.9 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 10.1 | 9.2 | 10.4 | 10.6 | 10.9 | 126.1 |
| Source: Météo France[5] | |||||||||||||
Demography
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| Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE (1968-2017)[7] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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