Luxeuil-les-Bains
Luxeuil-les-Bains | |
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Coordinates: 47°49′01″N 6°22′53″E / 47.8169°N 6.3814°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
Department | Haute-Saône |
Arrondissement | Lure |
Canton | Luxeuil-les-Bains |
Intercommunality | Pays de Luxeuil |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Frédéric Burghard[1] |
Area 1 | 21.81 km2 (8.42 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 6,659 |
• Density | 310/km2 (790/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 70311 /70300 |
Elevation | 260–395 m (853–1,296 ft) (avg. 294 m or 965 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Luxeuil-les-Bains (French pronunciation: [lyksœj le bɛ̃]) is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
History
Luxeuil (sometimes rendered Luxeu in older texts) was the Roman Luxovium and contained many fine buildings at the time of its destruction by the
Magyars, and Muslims
in the 9th century and pillaged on several occasions afterwards. The burning of the monastery and ravaging of the town are commonly used to illustrate the point that no place in Europe was safe during the invasions.
The abbey schools were celebrated in the Middle Ages and the abbots had great influence; but their power was curtailed by the emperor Charles V and the abbey was suppressed at the time of the French Revolution.
Climate
Climate data for Luxeuil-les-Bains (1981–2010 averages) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 17.2 (63.0) |
21.4 (70.5) |
25.0 (77.0) |
29.0 (84.2) |
31.8 (89.2) |
35.5 (95.9) |
38.9 (102.0) |
38.5 (101.3) |
34.0 (93.2) |
29.2 (84.6) |
23.5 (74.3) |
19.1 (66.4) |
38.9 (102.0) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.1 (41.2) |
7.0 (44.6) |
11.6 (52.9) |
15.6 (60.1) |
20.0 (68.0) |
23.3 (73.9) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.4 (77.7) |
21.0 (69.8) |
16.0 (60.8) |
9.5 (49.1) |
5.6 (42.1) |
15.5 (59.9) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.6 (34.9) |
2.6 (36.7) |
6.4 (43.5) |
9.5 (49.1) |
13.9 (57.0) |
17.2 (63.0) |
19.4 (66.9) |
19.0 (66.2) |
15.2 (59.4) |
11.1 (52.0) |
5.6 (42.1) |
2.5 (36.5) |
10.4 (50.7) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −1.9 (28.6) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
1.1 (34.0) |
3.5 (38.3) |
7.9 (46.2) |
11.1 (52.0) |
13.1 (55.6) |
12.6 (54.7) |
9.4 (48.9) |
6.2 (43.2) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
5.2 (41.4) |
Record low °C (°F) | −25.9 (−14.6) |
−25.4 (−13.7) |
−20.2 (−4.4) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
0.8 (33.4) |
0.2 (32.4) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−8.2 (17.2) |
−13.6 (7.5) |
−22.6 (−8.7) |
−25.9 (−14.6) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 84.9 (3.34) |
74.7 (2.94) |
79.2 (3.12) |
73.1 (2.88) |
97.9 (3.85) |
88.3 (3.48) |
86.6 (3.41) |
79.1 (3.11) |
89.0 (3.50) |
100.4 (3.95) |
94.2 (3.71) |
103.8 (4.09) |
1,051.2 (41.39) |
Average precipitation days | 12.6 | 10.8 | 12.2 | 10.9 | 13.2 | 10.8 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 9.7 | 12.1 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 138.0 |
Average relative humidity (%)
|
89 | 84 | 79 | 75 | 77 | 77 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 87 | 88 | 90 | 82.2 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 72.5 | 91.7 | 140.6 | 175.9 | 203.9 | 231.0 | 240.9 | 227.5 | 172.2 | 121.4 | 67.0 | 54.9 | 1,799.3 |
Source 1: Météo France[3][4] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Infoclimat.fr (humidity, 1961–1990)[5] |
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 9,216 | — |
1975 | 10,105 | +1.32% |
1982 | 9,951 | −0.22% |
1990 | 8,790 | −1.54% |
1999 | 8,414 | −0.48% |
2007 | 7,543 | −1.36% |
2012 | 7,052 | −1.34% |
2017 | 6,722 | −0.95% |
Source: INSEE[6] |