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Grevenmacher
Gréiwemaacher (Luxembourgish) | |
|---|---|
| Map of Luxembourg with Grevenmacher highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red Map of Luxembourg with Grevenmacher highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red | |
| Coordinates: 49°40′50′′N 6°26′30′′E / 49.6806°N 6.4417°E / 49.6806; 6.4417 | |
| Country | Luxembourg |
| Canton | Grevenmacher |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Monique Hermes |
| Area | |
• Total | 16.48 km2 (6.36 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 70th of 100 |
| Highest elevation | 315 m (1,033 ft) |
| • Rank | 96th of 100 |
| Lowest elevation | 133 m (436 ft) |
| • Rank | 2nd of 100 |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 5,193 |
| • Rank | 32nd of 100 |
| • Density | 320/km2 (820/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 25th of 100 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| LAU 2 | LU0001104 |
| Website | grevenmacher.lu |
Grevenmacher (German pronunciation: [ɡʁeːvn̩ˈmaxɐ] ; Luxembourgish: Gréiwemaacher [ɡʀəɪvəˈmaːχɐ] i ) is a commune with town status in eastern Luxembourg, near the border with Germany.[1] It gives its name to the canton of Grevenmacher, and, until its abolition in 2015, the district of Grevenmacher. The town is situated on the left bank of the river Moselle, in a wine growing region.[2]
As of 2023[update] , the commune of Grevenmacher has a population of 5,092.[3]
Geography
[edit ]Climate
[edit ]Grevenmacher has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The annual average temperature is 10.6 °C (51.1 °F), the hottest month in July is 18.9 °C (66.0 °F), and the coldest month is 3.1 °C (37.6 °F) in January. The annual precipitation is 749.6 millimetres (29.51 in), of which December is the wettest with 85.0 millimetres (3.35 in), while April is the driest with only 45.2 millimetres (1.78 in). The extreme temperature throughout the year ranged from −17.4 °C (0.7 °F) on 19 December 2009 to 40.3 °C (104.5 °F) on 25 July 2019.
| Climate data for Grevenmacher, 1991-2020 normals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 14.3 (57.7) |
20.0 (68.0) |
22.9 (73.2) |
29.1 (84.4) |
32.8 (91.0) |
36.4 (97.5) |
40.3 (104.5) |
39.2 (102.6) |
34.2 (93.6) |
27.6 (81.7) |
21.4 (70.5) |
16.2 (61.2) |
40.3 (104.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.0 (41.0) |
6.6 (43.9) |
11.5 (52.7) |
16.1 (61.0) |
20.3 (68.5) |
23.5 (74.3) |
25.7 (78.3) |
24.4 (75.9) |
20.7 (69.3) |
15.0 (59.0) |
9.1 (48.4) |
5.6 (42.1) |
15.3 (59.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.1 (37.6) |
3.7 (38.7) |
6.8 (44.2) |
10.3 (50.5) |
14.0 (57.2) |
17.1 (62.8) |
18.9 (66.0) |
18.3 (64.9) |
14.4 (57.9) |
10.5 (50.9) |
6.6 (43.9) |
3.8 (38.8) |
10.6 (51.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.4 (31.3) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
1.8 (35.2) |
4.2 (39.6) |
8.1 (46.6) |
11.3 (52.3) |
13.2 (55.8) |
12.7 (54.9) |
9.5 (49.1) |
6.6 (43.9) |
3.2 (37.8) |
0.7 (33.3) |
5.9 (42.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −15.6 (3.9) |
−16.4 (2.5) |
−14.7 (5.5) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
0.2 (32.4) |
5.9 (42.6) |
4.0 (39.2) |
0.4 (32.7) |
−5.8 (21.6) |
−11.7 (10.9) |
−17.4 (0.7) |
−17.4 (0.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 67.3 (2.65) |
56.3 (2.22) |
49.1 (1.93) |
45.2 (1.78) |
63.6 (2.50) |
65.0 (2.56) |
65.6 (2.58) |
61.0 (2.40) |
58.0 (2.28) |
67.7 (2.67) |
65.9 (2.59) |
85.0 (3.35) |
749.6 (29.51) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.6 | 8.5 | 9.3 | 10.0 | 9.7 | 9.2 | 8.1 | 10.1 | 11.4 | 13.4 | 120.1 |
| Source: NOAA[4] | |||||||||||||
Population
[edit ]Twin towns — sister cities
[edit ]Grevenmacher is twinned with:[6]
Notable people
[edit ]- Frantz Seimetz (1858–1934) a Luxembourg Impressionist portrait and landscape artist
- Joseph Lortz (1887–1975) a Roman Catholic church historian, Reformation historian and ecumenist
- Anne-Marie Thekes (1907 in Grevenmacher - 1959), book seller, wife of painter Theodore Wildanger
- Rob Krier (born 1938) a Luxembourgish sculptor, architect and urban designer
- Octavie Modert (born 1966) a politician from Luxembourg
- Monica Semedo (born 1984), former TV presenter, now politician and Member of the European Parliament since 2019
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "Grevenmacher - Visit Luxembourg". www.visitluxembourg.com. Retrieved 2019年03月25日.
- ^ "Grevenmacher Accueil". www.grevenmacher.lu. Retrieved 2019年03月25日.
- ^ "Population by canton and municipality 2018". www.statistiques.public.lu. Statistics portal of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ^ "Grevenmacher Climate Normals 1991-2020". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Archived from the original on 2023年09月11日. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
- ^ "Population par canton et commune". statistiques.public.lu. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ "Le jumelage entre Grevenmacher et Aubière une amitié jeune de 35, voire de 36 ans...". grevenmacher.lu (in French). Grevenmacher. Archived from the original on 2019年08月21日. Retrieved 2019年09月03日.
External links
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- Media related to Grevenmacher at Wikimedia Commons
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