Volmunster | |
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 The church in Volmunster | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Volmunster | |
Volmunster Volmunster | |
| Coordinates: 49°07′21″N 7°21′24″E / 49.1225°N 7.3567°E / 49.1225; 7.3567 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Sarreguemines |
| Canton | Bitche |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Bitche |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean Michel Heckel1 |
Area 1 | 14.91 km2 (5.76 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)2 | 777 |
| • Density | 52.1/km2 (135/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 57732 /57720 |
| Elevation | 242–368 m (794–1,207 ft) (avg. 250 m or 820 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Volmunster (French pronunciation: [vɔlmœ̃stɛʁ]; German: Wolmünster; Lorraine Franconian: Wolminschter) is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.
The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche and to the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park.
Localities of the commune: Eschviller, Weiskirch.
Climate
| Climate data for Volmunster (2001–2020 averages) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 14.6 (58.3) |
21.5 (70.7) |
24.0 (75.2) |
28.5 (83.3) |
30.8 (87.4) |
35.0 (95.0) |
37.6 (99.7) |
37.4 (99.3) |
33.0 (91.4) |
26.9 (80.4) |
21.1 (70.0) |
15.7 (60.3) |
37.6 (99.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.8 (38.8) |
5.5 (41.9) |
10.0 (50.0) |
15.2 (59.4) |
18.7 (65.7) |
22.9 (73.2) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.0 (75.2) |
19.7 (67.5) |
14.5 (58.1) |
8.4 (47.1) |
4.6 (40.3) |
14.3 (57.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.4 (34.5) |
2.5 (36.5) |
5.9 (42.6) |
10.0 (50.0) |
13.6 (56.5) |
17.4 (63.3) |
19.3 (66.7) |
18.7 (65.7) |
14.8 (58.6) |
10.7 (51.3) |
5.8 (42.4) |
2.4 (36.3) |
10.2 (50.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.9 (30.4) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
1.7 (35.1) |
4.8 (40.6) |
8.4 (47.1) |
11.8 (53.2) |
13.7 (56.7) |
13.5 (56.3) |
9.8 (49.6) |
7.0 (44.6) |
3.1 (37.6) |
0.2 (32.4) |
6.0 (42.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −15.5 (4.1) |
−16.5 (2.3) |
−15.5 (4.1) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
2.7 (36.9) |
5.8 (42.4) |
4.0 (39.2) |
1.5 (34.7) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
−6.4 (20.5) |
−18.6 (−1.5) |
−18.6 (−1.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 67.0 (2.64) |
56.5 (2.22) |
55.6 (2.19) |
41.3 (1.63) |
70.1 (2.76) |
60.3 (2.37) |
66.2 (2.61) |
76.7 (3.02) |
55.3 (2.18) |
65.1 (2.56) |
66.7 (2.63) |
79.3 (3.12) |
760.1 (29.93) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 12.8 | 10.2 | 9.8 | 8.2 | 10.1 | 8.6 | 9.5 | 10.4 | 8.1 | 10.3 | 10.9 | 12.9 | 121.8 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 49.8 | 76.9 | 160.1 | 205.4 | 217.7 | 240.5 | 245.9 | 212.3 | 172.6 | 105.3 | 52.0 | 39.6 | 1,777.8 |
| Source: Meteociel3 | |||||||||||||
References
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- "Normals and records for Volmunster (57)" (in French). Meteociel. Retrieved 15 March 2026.