| Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason de la ville de Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines (68).svg |
| Arrondissement: | Colmar-Ribeauvillé |
| Canton: | Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines |
| Insee: | 68294 |
| Postal Code: | 68160 |
| Mayor: | Jean-Marc Burrus[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | Val d'Argent |
| Coordinates: | 48.2628°N 7.2261°W |
| Elevation M: | 316 |
| Elevation Min M: | 290 |
| Elevation Max M: | 980 |
| Area Km2: | 27.85 |
Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines (pronounced as /fr/; ; Swiss German; Alemannic; Alsatian: Sànkriz) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is part of the arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé.[2]
Coal mines were operating in the village until 1849.
Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines is . The average annual rainfall is with July 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 Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines was on 25 July 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 20 December 2009.
Maurice Burrus, a tobacco magnate and noted philatelist, was a resident.[3] His home there, the Château Burrus, is a French monument historique.[4]