Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines (; ; ) is a commune in the

Haut-Rhin Haut-Rhin (); Alsatian: ''Owerelsàss'' or '; , . is a department in the Grand Est region, France, bordering both Germany and Switzerland. It is named after the river Rhine; its name means Upper Rhine. Haut-Rhin is the smaller and less pop ...

department in

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in north-eastern

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. It is part of the

arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé The arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé is an arrondissement of France in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region. It has 98 communes. Its population is 211,178 (2021), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissemen ...

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were operating in the village until 1849.

Geography

Climate

Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines has an

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(

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''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines is . The average annual rainfall is with July 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 Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines was on 25 July 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 20 December 2009.

Notable residents

Maurice Burrus, a tobacco magnate and noted philatelist, was a resident. His home there, the Château Burrus, is a French

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References

Communes of Haut-Rhin {{HautRhin-geo-stub

Geography

Climate

Notable residents

See also

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