Rouffach | |
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| Coordinates:47°57′30″N7°17′54″E / 47.9583°N 7.2983°E /47.9583; 7.2983 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Haut-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Thann-Guebwiller |
| Canton | Wintzenheim |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Rouffach, Vignobles et Châteaux |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Jean-Pierre Toucas[1] |
Area 1 | 40.05 km2 (15.46 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 4,186 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 68287 /68250 |
| Elevation | 195–980 m (640–3,215 ft) (avg. 210 m or 690 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Rouffach (French pronunciation:[ʁufak]ⓘ; German and Alsatian:Rufach) is acommune in theHaut-Rhindepartment inGrand Est in north-easternFrance.
Rouffach lies along theAlsatian wine route (Route des Vins d'Alsace).Itsvineyards produce one of the finestAlsatian wines: theGrand CruVorbourg [fr].
Rouffach is situated on theLauch River, 15 km (9.3 mi) south ofColmar and 28 km (17 mi) north ofMulhouse, on the vineyards of the eastern foothills of theVosges Mountains. The most important transportation routes between the towns are the N83 (Lyon–Strasbourg) and the railway line Strasbourg-Mulhouse-Basel.
Rouffach has anoceanic climate (Köppen climate classificationCfb). The average annual temperature in Rouffach is 11.2 °C (52.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 629.0 mm (24.76 in) with May as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 20.3 °C (68.5 °F), and lowest in January, at around 1.9 °C (35.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Rouffach was 39.3 °C (102.7 °F) on 13 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −17.5 °C (0.5 °F) on 13 January 1987.
| Climate data for Rouffach (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1986−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 18.8 (65.8) | 21.5 (70.7) | 26.2 (79.2) | 29.5 (85.1) | 34.0 (93.2) | 37.7 (99.9) | 38.0 (100.4) | 39.3 (102.7) | 33.5 (92.3) | 29.1 (84.4) | 23.1 (73.6) | 17.2 (63.0) | 39.3 (102.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 4.6 (40.3) | 6.9 (44.4) | 11.2 (52.2) | 15.8 (60.4) | 20.1 (68.2) | 23.5 (74.3) | 25.6 (78.1) | 25.3 (77.5) | 20.7 (69.3) | 15.4 (59.7) | 9.1 (48.4) | 5.2 (41.4) | 15.3 (59.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.9 (35.4) | 3.5 (38.3) | 7.1 (44.8) | 11.0 (51.8) | 15.2 (59.4) | 18.4 (65.1) | 20.3 (68.5) | 19.9 (67.8) | 15.9 (60.6) | 11.4 (52.5) | 6.2 (43.2) | 2.7 (36.9) | 11.2 (52.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.8 (30.6) | 0.1 (32.2) | 3.0 (37.4) | 6.2 (43.2) | 10.3 (50.5) | 13.3 (55.9) | 15.0 (59.0) | 14.6 (58.3) | 11.0 (51.8) | 7.5 (45.5) | 3.2 (37.8) | 0.1 (32.2) | 7.0 (44.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −17.5 (0.5) | −14.7 (5.5) | −12.5 (9.5) | −3.5 (25.7) | 0.2 (32.4) | 4.2 (39.6) | 7.4 (45.3) | 6.0 (42.8) | 2.0 (35.6) | −4.4 (24.1) | −10.2 (13.6) | −17.0 (1.4) | −17.5 (0.5) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 35.6 (1.40) | 30.5 (1.20) | 37.6 (1.48) | 40.8 (1.61) | 76.0 (2.99) | 63.2 (2.49) | 67.8 (2.67) | 69.8 (2.75) | 55.7 (2.19) | 62.4 (2.46) | 42.6 (1.68) | 47.0 (1.85) | 629.0 (24.76) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.9 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 8.5 | 11.3 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 10.2 | 7.7 | 9.7 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 105.9 |
| Source:Météo France[3] | |||||||||||||
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 5,053 | — |
| 1975 | 4,768 | −0.83% |
| 1982 | 4,615 | −0.46% |
| 1990 | 4,303 | −0.87% |
| 1999 | 4,187 | −0.30% |
| 2007 | 4,664 | +1.36% |
| 2012 | 4,561 | −0.45% |
| 2017 | 4,518 | −0.19% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
in pago qui vocatur Rubiaco (charter, 662),Rubiacum 12th century,Rufiacum 13th century. In records of the diocese of Strasbourg it is called Upper Mundat.
The name derives from the Gallo-Roman male's nameRubbius orRubius ending with Celtic suffix-āko >-acum (cf. Welsh-og).
Similar place-names in France :Royat (Rubiacum 1147),Robiac (Robiaco 1119).
In the 5th century, the walled village (oppidum) beneath the stronghold of Isenburg was a residence of theMerovingian kings. According to pious legend[5] recorded in the chronicle ofEbersmunster, the son of KingDagobert II gave the city toArbogast,bishop of Strasbourg, in the 7th century, after the bishop had re-awakened his son Sigebert from death in a hunting incident.[6] More certainly the fief was one of the most ancient belonging to Strasbourg.[7] It finally became the main town of an episocopalfief, which also includedEguisheim. The city quickly developed and a wall was built around it.
The golden age ended abruptly with theThirty Years' War, when the town was devastated by the Swedes.Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria held court in the city when he was in Alsace.[8] At the end of the war, when Alsace was conquered byFrance, the fief was abolished. The city again achieved prosperity, chiefly due to wine growing and the production ofkirsch from the cherry orchards connected with the chateau, and because it was spared during the following wars.
During the time ofNazi annexation, aNationalpolitische Erziehungsanstalt (National Political Institute of Education, NEPA, popularly known asNapola) was housed in a formersanatorium of the city (as of October 1940).
Rouffach is a station on theRomanesque Route of Alsace (Route Romane d'Alsace).
Since 1964, Rouffach has been a partner of theGerman city ofBönnigheim inBaden-Württemberg.
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