Quenza
Commune in Corsica, France
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Quenza (Corsican pronunciation: [ˈkwɛnt͡sa], French: [kwɛntsa]) is a commune in the department of Corse-du-Sud, island and collectivity of Corsica, France.
Quenza | |
|---|---|
 The church of Saint-Georges, in Quenza | |
 Location of Quenza | |
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| Coordinates: 41°46′00″N 9°08′22″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Corsica |
| Department | Corse-du-Sud |
| Arrondissement | Sartène |
| Canton | Sartenais-Valinco |
| Intercommunality | l'Alta Rocca |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Roselyne Balesi[1] |
Area 1 | 95.67 km2 (36.94 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 200 |
| • Density | 2.1/km2 (5.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 2A254 /20122 |
| Elevation | 134–2,134 m (440–7,001 ft) (avg. 805 m or 2,641 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
Quenza has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa) closely bordering on a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb). The average annual temperature in Quenza is 12.9 °C (55.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,395.1 mm (54.93 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 22.3 °C (72.1 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.2 °C (41.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Quenza was 38.0 °C (100.4 °F) on 3 August 2017; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −7.3 °C (18.9 °F) on 7 February 2012.
| Climate data for Quenza (1991−2020 normals, extremes 2009−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 18.9 (66.0) |
21.1 (70.0) |
22.4 (72.3) |
28.0 (82.4) |
30.7 (87.3) |
36.5 (97.7) |
37.8 (100.0) |
38.0 (100.4) |
33.0 (91.4) |
28.4 (83.1) |
23.9 (75.0) |
20.6 (69.1) |
38.0 (100.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.9 (48.0) |
9.5 (49.1) |
12.2 (54.0) |
16.2 (61.2) |
19.2 (66.6) |
24.1 (75.4) |
27.7 (81.9) |
28.5 (83.3) |
23.2 (73.8) |
18.9 (66.0) |
13.5 (56.3) |
10.2 (50.4) |
17.7 (63.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.2 (41.4) |
5.4 (41.7) |
7.7 (45.9) |
11.3 (52.3) |
14.1 (57.4) |
18.5 (65.3) |
21.7 (71.1) |
22.3 (72.1) |
17.8 (64.0) |
14.1 (57.4) |
9.6 (49.3) |
6.5 (43.7) |
12.9 (55.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.6 (34.9) |
1.3 (34.3) |
3.2 (37.8) |
6.4 (43.5) |
9.0 (48.2) |
13.0 (55.4) |
15.7 (60.3) |
16.1 (61.0) |
12.4 (54.3) |
9.3 (48.7) |
5.7 (42.3) |
2.7 (36.9) |
8.0 (46.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −5.7 (21.7) |
−7.3 (18.9) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
0.7 (33.3) |
4.7 (40.5) |
8.7 (47.7) |
7.7 (45.9) |
4.6 (40.3) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
−7.3 (18.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 157.8 (6.21) |
153.4 (6.04) |
139.2 (5.48) |
79.3 (3.12) |
92.1 (3.63) |
65.0 (2.56) |
37.3 (1.47) |
26.1 (1.03) |
79.2 (3.12) |
123.0 (4.84) |
245.9 (9.68) |
196.8 (7.75) |
1,395.1 (54.93) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 12.3 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 6.1 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 6.0 | 8.3 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 100.4 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 307 | — |
| 1975 | 302 | −0.23% |
| 1982 | 229 | −3.88% |
| 1990 | 214 | −0.84% |
| 1999 | 215 | +0.05% |
| 2009 | 210 | −0.24% |
| 2014 | 191 | −1.88% |
| 2020 | 195 | +0.35% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
