Badonviller

Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Badonviller

(2020–2026) Bernard Muller^[1]Area

21.95 km² (8.47 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,571 • Density72/km² (190/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

54040 /54540

Elevation284–524 m (932–1,719 ft)
(avg. 404 m or 1,325 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Badonviller (French pronunciation: [badɔ̃vile]; German: Badenweiler) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in northeastern France.

Geography

Climate

Badonviller has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Badonviller is 10.2 °C (50.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,066.3 mm (41.98 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 18.9 °C (66.0 °F), and lowest in January, at around 1.9 °C (35.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Badonviller was 39.1 °C (102.4 °F) on 4 August 2022; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −22.0 °C (−7.6 °F) on 14 January 1960.

Climate data for Badonviller (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1959−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	18.5 (65.3)	22.0 (71.6)	26.3 (79.3)	29.5 (85.1)	33.5 (92.3)	36.4 (97.5)	38.9 (102.0)	39.1 (102.4)	33.0 (91.4)	27.8 (82.0)	24.0 (75.2)	21.0 (69.8)	39.1 (102.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	5.1 (41.2)	6.7 (44.1)	11.1 (52.0)	15.7 (60.3)	19.6 (67.3)	23.2 (73.8)	25.3 (77.5)	25.0 (77.0)	20.6 (69.1)	15.5 (59.9)	9.3 (48.7)	5.8 (42.4)	15.2 (59.4)
Daily mean °C (°F)	1.9 (35.4)	2.7 (36.9)	5.9 (42.6)	9.4 (48.9)	13.5 (56.3)	16.9 (62.4)	18.9 (66.0)	18.7 (65.7)	14.7 (58.5)	10.8 (51.4)	5.8 (42.4)	2.8 (37.0)	10.2 (50.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−1.3 (29.7)	−1.3 (29.7)	0.8 (33.4)	3.2 (37.8)	7.4 (45.3)	10.7 (51.3)	12.6 (54.7)	12.3 (54.1)	8.9 (48.0)	6.0 (42.8)	2.2 (36.0)	−0.1 (31.8)	5.1 (41.2)
Record low °C (°F)	−22.0 (−7.6)	−20.0 (−4.0)	−18.5 (−1.3)	−9.5 (14.9)	−4.0 (24.8)	−1.0 (30.2)	2.0 (35.6)	2.0 (35.6)	−2.5 (27.5)	−7.0 (19.4)	−13.0 (8.6)	−19.0 (−2.2)	−22.0 (−7.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	90.1 (3.55)	80.7 (3.18)	81.1 (3.19)	68.4 (2.69)	96.5 (3.80)	85.7 (3.37)	93.0 (3.66)	84.2 (3.31)	91.1 (3.59)	94.4 (3.72)	96.8 (3.81)	104.3 (4.11)	1,066.3 (41.98)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	14.6	12.8	11.9	10.8	12.7	11.2	11.4	10.9	10.8	12.8	13.9	15.2	148.8
Source: Météo-France^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,050	—
1975	1,920	−0.93%
1982	1,812	−0.82%
1990	1,660	−1.09%
1999	1,512	−1.03%
2009	1,617	+0.67%
2014	1,566	−0.64%
2020	1,559	−0.07%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Monument of the 358th Infantry Regiment
Military cemetery
Statue carved February 15, 1916
French flag in the military cemetery
Crosses in the military cemetery
Covered market

Personalities

It is the birth town of the astronomer Charles Messier (1730–1817).

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.
^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF). Météo-France. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE