Lucelle () is a

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in the

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in north-eastern

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. The commune comprises the French part of the hamlet of

Lucelle Lucelle (german: Lützel) is a village situated on the Franco- Swiss border. It is divided between the two countries, the northern half (47 inhabitants in 1999) being part of the commune of Lucelle, Haut-Rhin, in the Haut-Rhin department, the sou ...

, the other part being part of

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, in the Swiss

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Geography

Climate

Lucelle has a

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(

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''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Lucelle is . The average annual rainfall is with May 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 Lucelle was on 20 July 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 20 December 2009.

Geography

Climate

See also