Editing Bas-Rhin (section)

== Geography ==
The [[Rhine]] has always been of great historical and economic importance to the area, and it forms the eastern border of Bas-Rhin. The area is also home to some of the foothills of the [[Vosges Mountains]].

To the north of Bas-Rhin lies the [[Palatinate forest]] ''(Pfälzerwald)'' in the German [[States of Germany|State]] of [[Rhineland-Palatinate]], and the German [[Länder of Germany|State]] of [[Baden-Württemberg]] lies to the east.  To the south lies the department of [[Haut-Rhin]], the town of [[Colmar]] and southern [[Alsace]], and to the west the department of [[Moselle (department)|Moselle]]. On its south-western corner, Bas-Rhin also joins the departments of [[Vosges (department)|Vosges]] and [[Meurthe-et-Moselle]].

===Principal towns===

The most populous commune is [[Strasbourg]], the prefecture. As of 2021, there are 7 communes with more than 15,000 inhabitants:<ref name=pop2021/>

{| class=wikitable
! Commune
! Population (2021)
|-
| [[Strasbourg]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 291,313
|-
| [[Haguenau]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 35,715
|-
| [[Schiltigheim]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 34,129
|-
| [[Illkirch-Graffenstaden]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 27,118
|-
| [[Lingolsheim]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 20,266
|-
| [[Sélestat]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 19,300
|-
| [[Bischheim, Bas-Rhin|Bischheim]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 17,939
|}

=== Climate ===

The Bas-Rhin has a continental-type climate, characterised by cold, dry winters and hot, stormy summers, due to the western protection provided by the [[Vosges]].  The average annual temperature is {{convert|10.4|°C|0}} in the lowlands (Entzheim) and {{convert|7|°C|0}} on high ground.  The annual maximum temperature is high ({{convert|30|°C|0}}).  The average rainfall is {{convert|700|mm|2|abbr=on}} per year.

Established according to data from the Infoclimat station at Strasbourg-Entzheim (the airport), over the period from 1961 to 1990.

{| class=wikitable
| Lowest temperature
| -23.2&nbsp;°C
|-
| Coldest day
| 2 January 1971
|-
| Highest temperature
| 37.4&nbsp;°C
|-
| Hottest day
| 2 July 1952
|-
| Highest 24-hour rainfall
| 62.9&nbsp;mm
|-
| Wettest day
| 23 May 1978
|-
| Wettest year
| 1987 (811.1mm)
|-
| Dryest year
| 1949 (392.6mm)
|-
|}

{{Meteo France
|Town=Strasbourg
|Strasbourg=no
|Sunshine=1,693
|Rain=665
|Snow=29
|Storm=29
|Fog=56
}}

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{{Weather box
|location = Strasbourg
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
|Jan high C = 4.5
|Feb high C = 6.4
|Mar high C = 11.4
|Apr high C = 15.7
|May high C = 20.2
|Jun high C = 23.4
|Jul high C = 25.7
|Aug high C = 25.4
|Sep high C = 21.0
|Oct high C = 15.3
|Nov high C = 8.8
|Dec high C = 5.2
|year high C = 15.3
|Jan mean C = 1.9
|Feb mean C = 2.9
|Mar mean C = 7.0
|Apr mean C = 10.5
|May mean C = 15.0
|Jun mean C = 18.1
|Jul mean C = 20.1
|Aug mean C = 19.8
|Sep mean C = 15.8
|Oct mean C = 11.2
|Nov mean C = 5.8
|Dec mean C = 2.8
|year mean C = 10.9
|Jan low C = -0.8
|Feb low C = -0.6
|Mar low C = 2.5
|Apr low C = 5.2
|May low C = 9.8
|Jun low C = 12.8
|Jul low C = 14.5
|Aug low C = 14.1
|Sep low C = 10.6
|Oct low C = 7.1
|Nov low C = 2.8
|Dec low C = 0.4
|year low C = 6.5
|Jan precipitation mm = 32.2
|Feb precipitation mm = 34.5
|Mar precipitation mm = 42.8
|Apr precipitation mm = 45.9
|May precipitation mm = 81.9
|Jun precipitation mm = 71.6
|Jul precipitation mm = 72.7
|Aug precipitation mm = 61.4
|Sep precipitation mm = 63.5
|Oct precipitation mm = 61.5
|Nov precipitation mm = 47.0
|Dec precipitation mm = 50.0
|year precipitation mm = 665.0
|Jan precipitation days = 8.4
|Feb precipitation days = 8.1
|Mar precipitation days = 9.1
|Apr precipitation days = 9.2
|May precipitation days = 11.5
|Jun precipitation days = 10.7
|Jul precipitation days = 10.8
|Aug precipitation days = 9.9
|Sep precipitation days = 8.6
|Oct precipitation days = 9.5
|Nov precipitation days = 9.3
|Dec precipitation days = 9.8
|year precipitation days = 114.9
|unit precipitation days = 1&nbsp;mm
|Jan sun = 58
|Feb sun = 84
|Mar sun = 135
|Apr sun = 180
|May sun = 202
|Jun sun = 224
|Jul sun = 229
|Aug sun = 220
|Sep sun = 164
|Oct sun = 99
|Nov sun = 55
|Dec sun = 43
|year sun = 1693
|source 1 = [http://www.lameteo.org/index.php/climatologie/1658-normales-climatiques-1981-2010-strasbourg Meteorological data for Strasbourg - 150m altitude, from 1981 to 2010] January 2015 {{in lang|fr}}
}}
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