Berus is a village in the municipality of

Überherrn Überherrn () is a municipality in the district of Saarlouis, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated along the river Bist on the border with France, approx. southwest of Saarlouis, and west of Saarbrücken Saarbrücken (; Rhenish Franconian: ...

in the district of Saarlouis,

Saarland Saarland (, ; ) is a state of Germany in the southwest of the country. With an area of and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, and the smallest in ...

, southwestern

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. Until December 1973, Berus was a municipality of its own.

Geography and climate

The old centre of the village is situated on a spur of the Saargau overlooking the Saar valley, on the very border to

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(

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). The highest position is on 377 m absolute altitude. (Sauberg/French broadcast station

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) Berus has an

oceanic climate An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen climate classification, Köppen classification represented as ''Cfb'', typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of co ...

(

Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bernd Köppen (1951–2014), German pianist and composer * Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan * Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author ...

''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Berus is . The average annual rainfall is with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Berus was on 25 July 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 2 February 1956.

References

Former municipalities in Saarland Villages in Saarland {{Saarland-geo-stub