Lepuix
Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
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Lepuix (French pronunciation: [ləpɥi]) is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in northeastern France.
Lepuix | |
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Church of the Nativity of Our Lady | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Lepuix | |
  Lepuix  Lepuix | |
| Coordinates: 47°45′40″N 6°48′52″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| Department | Territoire de Belfort |
| Arrondissement | Belfort |
| Canton | Giromagny |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Daniel Roth[1] |
Area 1 | 29.69 km2 (11.46 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 1,115 |
| • Density | 37.55/km2 (97.27/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 90065 /90200 |
| Elevation | 489–1,244 m (1,604–4,081 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
Climate
Lepuix has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb). The average annual temperature in Lepuix is 6.3 °C (43.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 2,387.7 mm (94.00 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 14.5 °C (58.1 °F), and lowest in January, at around −1.2 °C (29.8 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Lepuix was 32.3 °C (90.1 °F) on 24 July 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −19.1 °C (−2.4 °F) on 20 December 2009.
| Climate data for Ballon d'Alsace, Lepuix (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1987−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 14.3 (57.7) |
17.0 (62.6) |
18.4 (65.1) |
22.5 (72.5) |
26.4 (79.5) |
29.7 (85.5) |
32.3 (90.1) |
31.3 (88.3) |
26.3 (79.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
18.5 (65.3) |
13.8 (56.8) |
32.3 (90.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 1.1 (34.0) |
1.5 (34.7) |
4.1 (39.4) |
8.7 (47.7) |
13.4 (56.1) |
16.8 (62.2) |
18.2 (64.8) |
17.9 (64.2) |
13.8 (56.8) |
10.2 (50.4) |
4.4 (39.9) |
1.4 (34.5) |
9.3 (48.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −1.2 (29.8) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
1.3 (34.3) |
5.3 (41.5) |
9.7 (49.5) |
13.0 (55.4) |
14.5 (58.1) |
14.4 (57.9) |
10.6 (51.1) |
7.5 (45.5) |
2.2 (36.0) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
6.3 (43.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −3.6 (25.5) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
1.9 (35.4) |
6.1 (43.0) |
9.1 (48.4) |
10.7 (51.3) |
11.0 (51.8) |
7.4 (45.3) |
4.7 (40.5) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
3.3 (37.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −15.9 (3.4) |
−18.8 (−1.8) |
−15.7 (3.7) |
−9.3 (15.3) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
3.9 (39.0) |
2.5 (36.5) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−7.7 (18.1) |
−13.8 (7.2) |
−19.1 (−2.4) |
−19.1 (−2.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 243.3 (9.58) |
234.6 (9.24) |
221.1 (8.70) |
130.8 (5.15) |
186.4 (7.34) |
126.6 (4.98) |
163.8 (6.45) |
183.0 (7.20) |
164.6 (6.48) |
225.7 (8.89) |
226.5 (8.92) |
281.3 (11.07) |
2,387.7 (94.00) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 14.3 | 15.0 | 15.1 | 13.3 | 14.8 | 12.1 | 13.6 | 14.3 | 11.2 | 13.9 | 15.5 | 16.4 | 169.3 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Gallery
Lepuix, view to a village
between Lepuix and Ballon d'Alsace, hairpin turn
See also
