Bergheim, Haut-Rhin

Bergheim (French pronunciation: [bɛʁɡaim] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.^[3]

Bergheim
Commune
Porte Haute (Upper Gate) in Bergheim
Coat of arms
Location of Bergheim
Bergheim Show map of France Bergheim Show map of Grand Est
Coordinates: 48°12′21″N 7°21′45″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Colmar-Ribeauvillé
Canton	Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines
Intercommunality	Pays de Ribeauvillé
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Elisabeth Schneider[1]
Area 1	19.16 km2 (7.40 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,061
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	68028 /68750
Elevation	172–733 m (564–2,405 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is a completely fortified town and has a late-medieval church, as well as surviving towers and walls. The entire population was wiped out by two wars and the plague in the 17th-18th centuries. To replace the population, thousands of people from other countries were invited to immigrate to Bergheim. The majority of people who immigrated at that times were Swiss, German, Hungarian, Austrian, or Romanian.

The city economy is based on tourism and the viticulture that surrounds the town. It is a member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (The Most Beautiful Villages of France) Association.

Geography

Climate

Bergheim has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Bergheim is 11.0 °C (51.8 °F). The average annual rainfall is 677.6 mm (26.68 in) with May as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 20.0 °C (68.0 °F), and lowest in January, at around 2.0 °C (35.6 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Bergheim was 38.9 °C (102.0 °F) on 13 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −16.9 °C (1.6 °F) on 20 December 2009.

Climate data for Bergheim (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1987−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	17.0 (62.6)	20.8 (69.4)	25.4 (77.7)	29.5 (85.1)	33.5 (92.3)	36.9 (98.4)	37.3 (99.1)	38.9 (102.0)	31.8 (89.2)	28.7 (83.7)	23.0 (73.4)	20.1 (68.2)	38.9 (102.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	4.7 (40.5)	6.8 (44.2)	11.0 (51.8)	15.0 (59.0)	19.8 (67.6)	22.8 (73.0)	24.9 (76.8)	24.8 (76.6)	20.2 (68.4)	14.9 (58.8)	8.4 (47.1)	4.9 (40.8)	14.9 (58.8)
Daily mean °C (°F)	2.0 (35.6)	3.5 (38.3)	7.2 (45.0)	10.6 (51.1)	15.1 (59.2)	18.0 (64.4)	20.0 (68.0)	19.8 (67.6)	15.7 (60.3)	11.2 (52.2)	5.6 (42.1)	2.4 (36.3)	11.0 (51.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−0.7 (30.7)	0.2 (32.4)	3.3 (37.9)	6.2 (43.2)	10.4 (50.7)	13.2 (55.8)	15.0 (59.0)	14.8 (58.6)	11.2 (52.2)	7.5 (45.5)	2.8 (37.0)	−0.1 (31.8)	7.0 (44.6)
Record low °C (°F)	−15.8 (3.6)	−15.3 (4.5)	−11.1 (12.0)	−2.5 (27.5)	1.6 (34.9)	4.5 (40.1)	7.6 (45.7)	7.0 (44.6)	2.3 (36.1)	−3.3 (26.1)	−8.8 (16.2)	−16.9 (1.6)	−16.9 (1.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	40.7 (1.60)	48.1 (1.89)	47.5 (1.87)	45.2 (1.78)	70.3 (2.77)	65.9 (2.59)	69.7 (2.74)	62.3 (2.45)	53.3 (2.10)	64.0 (2.52)	52.7 (2.07)	57.9 (2.28)	677.6 (26.68)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	9.0	9.1	10.0	9.4	11.1	10.4	9.7	9.6	8.4	10.1	10.3	10.1	117.2
Source: Meteociel[4]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,753	—
1975	1,703	−0.41%
1982	1,774	+0.59%
1990	1,802	+0.20%
1999	1,830	+0.17%
2007	1,860	+0.20%
2012	1,941	+0.86%
2017	2,121	+1.79%
Source: INSEE[5]

Gallery

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  Bergheim synagogue

See also

• Communes of the Haut-Rhin department