Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines (; ; gsw-als, Sànkriz) is a
commune
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in the
Haut-Rhin
Haut-Rhin (, ; Alsatian: ''Owerelsàss'' or '; german: Oberelsass, ) is a department in the Grand Est region of France, bordering both Germany and Switzerland. It is named after the river Rhine. Its name means ''Upper Rhine''. Haut-Rhin is the ...
department
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in
Grand Est
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Rhine Franconian: ''Groß Oschte''; german: Großer Osten ; en, "Great East") is an administrative region in Northeastern France. It superseded three former administrat ...
in north-eastern
France
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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 211,312 (2017), and its area is .
Composition
The communes of the arrondissement ...
.
Coal mines
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were operating in the village until 1849.
Geography
Climate
Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines has a
oceanic climate
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(
Köppen climate classification
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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
Maurice Jean Marie Burrus (8 March 1882 – 5 December 1959) was an Alsatian tobacco magnate, politician and philatelist. Originally from Alsace but residing in Switzerland, he was a deputy in the French parliament during the 1930s. His stamp col ...
, a tobacco magnate and noted philatelist, was a resident. His home there, the Château Burrus, is a French
monument historique
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.
See also
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Communes of the Haut-Rhin department
The following is a list of the 366 communes of the French department of Haut-Rhin.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):