Pietralba
Commune in Corsica, France
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Pietralba (French pronunciation: [pjɛtʁalba]; Corsican: Petralba) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.
Pietralba | |
|---|---|
 The village of Pietralba | |
 Location of Pietralba | |
  Pietralba  Pietralba | |
| Coordinates: 42°32′51″N 9°11′11″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Corsica |
| Department | Haute-Corse |
| Arrondissement | Calvi |
| Canton | Golo-Morosaglia |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | José Sauli[1] |
Area 1 | 38.98 km2 (15.05 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 507 |
| • Density | 13.0/km2 (33.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 2B223 /20218 |
| Elevation | 251–1,520 m (823–4,987 ft) (avg. 450 m or 1,480 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
Climate
Pietralba has a mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Pietralba is 13.9 °C (57.0 °F). The average annual rainfall is 651.7 mm (25.66 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 22.8 °C (73.0 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.6 °C (43.9 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Pietralba was 38.4 °C (101.1 °F) on 3 August 2017; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −7.2 °C (19.0 °F) on 2 March 2005.
| Climate data for Pietralba (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1991−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.0 (71.6) |
20.6 (69.1) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.6 (81.7) |
34.4 (93.9) |
36.4 (97.5) |
38.3 (100.9) |
38.4 (101.1) |
34.2 (93.6) |
28.4 (83.1) |
24.2 (75.6) |
20.8 (69.4) |
38.4 (101.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.5 (50.9) |
11.2 (52.2) |
13.6 (56.5) |
16.2 (61.2) |
21.3 (70.3) |
25.1 (77.2) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.3 (82.9) |
23.8 (74.8) |
19.5 (67.1) |
14.3 (57.7) |
11.0 (51.8) |
18.6 (65.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.6 (43.9) |
6.8 (44.2) |
9.1 (48.4) |
11.6 (52.9) |
16.2 (61.2) |
19.7 (67.5) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.8 (73.0) |
18.7 (65.7) |
15.0 (59.0) |
10.4 (50.7) |
7.3 (45.1) |
13.9 (57.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.7 (36.9) |
2.3 (36.1) |
4.5 (40.1) |
6.9 (44.4) |
11.1 (52.0) |
14.4 (57.9) |
16.9 (62.4) |
17.2 (63.0) |
13.5 (56.3) |
10.5 (50.9) |
6.4 (43.5) |
3.6 (38.5) |
9.2 (48.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −5.0 (23.0) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
0.9 (33.6) |
5.8 (42.4) |
10.6 (51.1) |
10.4 (50.7) |
6.8 (44.2) |
1.5 (34.7) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 53.6 (2.11) |
33.8 (1.33) |
55.5 (2.19) |
67.1 (2.64) |
49.7 (1.96) |
39.0 (1.54) |
12.5 (0.49) |
21.1 (0.83) |
45.2 (1.78) |
72.0 (2.83) |
99.4 (3.91) |
102.8 (4.05) |
651.7 (25.66) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.4 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 7.9 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 5.6 | 7.9 | 9.5 | 9.1 | 71.5 |
| Source: Météo France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 363 | — |
| 1968 | 384 | +5.8% |
| 1975 | 368 | −4.2% |
| 1982 | 340 | −7.6% |
| 1990 | 244 | −28.2% |
| 1999 | 314 | +28.7% |
| 2008 | 435 | +38.5% |
