Wincrange
Wincrange
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Coat of arms of Wincrange Coat of arms | |
| Map of Luxembourg with Wincrange highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red Map of Luxembourg with Wincrange highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red | |
| Coordinates: Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 611: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
| Country | File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg |
| Canton | Clervaux |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Lucien Meyers (CSV) |
| Area | |
• Total | 113.36 km2 (43.77 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 1st of 100 |
| Highest elevation | 528 m (1,732 ft) |
| • Rank | 11th of 100 |
| Lowest elevation | 350 m (1,150 ft) |
| • Rank | 100th of 100 |
| Population (2025) | |
• Total | 5,002 |
| • Rank | 44th of 100 |
| • Density | 44.12/km2 (114.3/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 101st of 100 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| LAU 2 | LU0000502 |
| Website | wincrange.lu |
Wincrange (French pronunciation: [vɛ̃kʁɑ̃ʒ]; Luxembourgish: Wëntger; German: Wintger) is a commune and village in northern Luxembourg, in the canton of Clervaux. The commune is the largest in Luxembourg by geographic area.
Wincrange was formed on 1 January 1978 from the former communes of Asselborn, Boevange, Hachiville, and Oberwampach, all in Clervaux canton. The law creating Wincrange was passed on 31 October 1977.[2]
As of 2025[update], the village of Wincrange, which lies in the centre of the commune, has a population of 239.[3]
Geography
[edit | edit source]Climate
[edit | edit source]Wincrange has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The annual average temperature is 8.8 °C (47.8 °F), the hottest month is July, 17.0 °C (62.6 °F), and the coldest month is January, 1.2 °C (34.2 °F). The annual precipitation is 819.2 millimetres (32.25 in), of which December is the wettest with 90.2 millimetres (3.55 in), while April is the driest with only 48.3 millimetres (1.90 in). The extreme temperature throughout the year ranged from −21.7 °C (−7.1 °F) on 24 December 2001 to 37.9 °C (100.2 °F) on 25 July 2019.
| Climate data for Wincrange (Asselborn), 1991-2020 normals | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 12.5 (54.5) |
20.3 (68.5) |
21.9 (71.4) |
23.3 (73.9) |
29.6 (85.3) |
33.4 (92.1) |
37.9 (100.2) |
36.5 (97.7) |
32.4 (90.3) |
26.9 (80.4) |
20.4 (68.7) |
13.7 (56.7) |
37.9 (100.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.2 (37.8) |
4.4 (39.9) |
8.7 (47.7) |
13.2 (55.8) |
17.3 (63.1) |
20.4 (68.7) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.2 (72.0) |
18.0 (64.4) |
12.8 (55.0) |
7.1 (44.8) |
3.9 (39.0) |
12.8 (55.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.2 (34.2) |
1.7 (35.1) |
4.7 (40.5) |
8.4 (47.1) |
12.1 (53.8) |
15.2 (59.4) |
17.0 (62.6) |
16.5 (61.7) |
12.8 (55.0) |
9.0 (48.2) |
4.7 (40.5) |
2.0 (35.6) |
8.8 (47.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −1.5 (29.3) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
0.7 (33.3) |
3.2 (37.8) |
7.0 (44.6) |
9.9 (49.8) |
11.8 (53.2) |
11.4 (52.5) |
8.4 (47.1) |
5.7 (42.3) |
2.2 (36.0) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
4.7 (40.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −19.7 (−3.5) |
−18.4 (−1.1) |
−17.6 (0.3) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
3.2 (37.8) |
0.8 (33.4) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
−14.1 (6.6) |
−21.7 (−7.1) |
−21.7 (−7.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 74.9 (2.95) |
61.0 (2.40) |
59.7 (2.35) |
48.3 (1.90) |
68.2 (2.69) |
70.5 (2.78) |
64.9 (2.56) |
80.6 (3.17) |
63.7 (2.51) |
67.5 (2.66) |
69.7 (2.74) |
90.2 (3.55) |
819.2 (32.25) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 12.8 | 11.2 | 11.0 | 9.1 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 9.4 | 11.5 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 132.7 |
| Source: NOAA[4] | |||||||||||||
Populated places
[edit | edit source]The commune consists of the following villages:
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Notes:
a - partly shared with the former commune of Boevange
b - partly shared with the former commune of Asselborn
Notable people
[edit | edit source]- Johan Caspar von Cicignon (ca 1625 in Oberwampach - 1696), a soldier and military engineer who spent most of his career with Denmark–Norway.
Population
[edit | edit source]References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
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