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À quelle heure ouvre la boulangerie le lundi ?

À quelle heure ouvre la boulangerie le lundi ?
At what time does the bakery open on Monday?
From Lesson 41:Question words for time (quand, à quelle heure)·French

Questions & Answers about À quelle heure ouvre la boulangerie le lundi ?

Why use À quelle heure instead of just asking Quand ouvre la boulangerie?
À quelle heure asks for a specific time on the clock (like 7:00 or 8:30). Quand is a more general "when". Since you want to know the exact time the bakery unlocks its doors, À quelle heure is the most natural choice here.
Why does the verb ouvre come before la boulangerie?
In written or formal French questions, it is very common to swap the order and put the verb before the subject, especially after question phrases like À quelle heure. In spoken French, you might also hear people use est-ce que to keep the normal word order: À quelle heure est-ce que la boulangerie ouvre ?
Why does it say le lundi instead of just lundi?
Adding le before a day of the week in French means the action is a regular habit. So le lundi translates to "on Mondays" or "every Monday". Without the le, it would usually just mean "this coming Monday".
Why do we need À at the very beginning of the sentence?
Because you are asking "At what time". In French, you use the preposition À (at) to talk about the specific time an event happens. If you dropped it and just used quelle heure, it would be used for asking the current time, like in Quelle heure est-il ? (What time is it?).

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