Oderen

Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Oderen

(2020–2026) Jean-Marie Grunenwald^[1]Area

19.12 km² (7.38 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,242 • Density65/km² (170/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

68247 /68830

Elevation445–1,264 m (1,460–4,147 ft)
(avg. 460 m or 1,510 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Oderen (French pronunciation: [odəʁən] ^ⓘ; German: Odern) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Geography

Climate

Oderen has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb) closely bordering on a subarctic climate (Dfc). The average annual temperature in Oderen is 6.0 °C (42.8 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,523.3 mm (59.97 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 14.2 °C (57.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around −1.5 °C (29.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Oderen was 30.3 °C (86.5 °F) on 7 August 2015; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −20.4 °C (−4.7 °F) on 20 December 2009.

Climate data for Le Markstein, Oderen (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1994−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	13.7 (56.7)	17.1 (62.8)	18.7 (65.7)	21.8 (71.2)	25.4 (77.7)	30.2 (86.4)	30.2 (86.4)	30.3 (86.5)	25.2 (77.4)	22.6 (72.7)	17.7 (63.9)	14.0 (57.2)	30.3 (86.5)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	0.9 (33.6)	1.2 (34.2)	3.5 (38.3)	7.9 (46.2)	12.5 (54.5)	16.0 (60.8)	17.4 (63.3)	17.4 (63.3)	13.1 (55.6)	9.8 (49.6)	4.2 (39.6)	1.3 (34.3)	8.8 (47.8)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−1.5 (29.3)	−1.3 (29.7)	0.9 (33.6)	4.8 (40.6)	9.2 (48.6)	12.5 (54.5)	14.0 (57.2)	14.2 (57.6)	10.2 (50.4)	7.1 (44.8)	2.0 (35.6)	−0.9 (30.4)	6.0 (42.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−3.8 (25.2)	−3.7 (25.3)	−1.8 (28.8)	1.7 (35.1)	6.0 (42.8)	9.1 (48.4)	10.7 (51.3)	11.0 (51.8)	7.3 (45.1)	4.5 (40.1)	−0.3 (31.5)	−3.2 (26.2)	3.2 (37.8)
Record low °C (°F)	−14.9 (5.2)	−18.9 (−2.0)	−16.5 (2.3)	−9.5 (14.9)	−3.5 (25.7)	−0.5 (31.1)	3.4 (38.1)	1.8 (35.2)	−1.1 (30.0)	−8.3 (17.1)	−14.0 (6.8)	−20.4 (−4.7)	−20.4 (−4.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	139.5 (5.49)	131.5 (5.18)	128.8 (5.07)	86.2 (3.39)	121.7 (4.79)	105.3 (4.15)	128.8 (5.07)	123.0 (4.84)	119.3 (4.70)	140.1 (5.52)	133.9 (5.27)	165.2 (6.50)	1,523.3 (59.97)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	12.2	12.6	13.0	12.1	13.6	12.1	13.1	12.1	11.4	12.6	13.7	14.1	152.5
Source: Meteociel^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Normales et records pour Markstein Crete (68)". Meteociel. Retrieved 15 June 2022.