Guebwiller

Subprefecture and commune in Grand Est, France

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Commune in Grand Est, France

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Coat of arms

Location of Guebwiller

(2020–2026) Francis Kleitz^[1]Area

9.68 km² (3.74 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

11,137 • Density1,200/km² (3,000/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

68112 /68500

Elevation254–620 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

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Historical 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:

Lucerne (Switzerland)^[8]
Castelfiorentino (Italy)

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

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.