Berus Explained

Type:Ortsteil
Municipality:Überherrn
Image Coa:Berus Wappen.png
Coordinates:49.2639°N 6.6944°W
State:Saarland
District:Saarlouis
Elevation:316
Area:11.80
Population:2053
Stand:2010-12-31
Postal Code:66802
Area Code:06836

Berus is a village in the municipality of Überherrn in the district of Saarlouis, Saarland, southwestern Germany. Until December 1973, Berus was a municipality of its own.

Geography and climate

The old centre of the village is situated on a spur of the Saargau overlooking the Saar valley, on the very border to Lorraine (France). The highest position is on 377 m absolute altitude. (Sauberg/French broadcast station Europe 1)

Berus has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The average annual temperature in Berus is . The average annual rainfall is with December 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 Berus was on 25 July 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 2 February 1956.