Rusio
Commune in Corsica, France
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Rusio is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.
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| Coordinates: 42°21′45″N 9°15′41″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Corsica |
| Department | Haute-Corse |
| Arrondissement | Corte |
| Canton | Golo-Morosaglia |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Ange Toussaint Rocchi[1] |
Area 1 | 8.58 km2 (3.31 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 65 |
| • Density | 7.6/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 2B264 /20244 |
| Elevation | 640–1,585 m (2,100–5,200 ft) (avg. 950 m or 3,120 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
Rusio has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Rusio is 13.2 °C (55.8 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,003.0 mm (39.49 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 22.9 °C (73.2 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.2 °C (41.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Rusio was 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) on 4 August 2017; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −10.5 °C (13.1 °F) on 27 February 2018.
| Climate data for Rusio (1991−2020 normals, extremes 2007−2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.5 (68.9) |
20.5 (68.9) |
24.5 (76.1) |
25.5 (77.9) |
33.5 (92.3) |
35.5 (95.9) |
38.0 (100.4) |
38.5 (101.3) |
34.0 (93.2) |
31.0 (87.8) |
23.0 (73.4) |
19.0 (66.2) |
38.5 (101.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.1 (48.4) |
9.5 (49.1) |
12.4 (54.3) |
16.5 (61.7) |
19.9 (67.8) |
25.2 (77.4) |
28.9 (84.0) |
29.1 (84.4) |
23.9 (75.0) |
18.9 (66.0) |
13.1 (55.6) |
10.2 (50.4) |
18.1 (64.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.2 (41.4) |
5.3 (41.5) |
7.9 (46.2) |
11.6 (52.9) |
14.8 (58.6) |
19.4 (66.9) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.9 (73.2) |
18.4 (65.1) |
14.2 (57.6) |
9.4 (48.9) |
6.4 (43.5) |
13.2 (55.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.3 (34.3) |
1.1 (34.0) |
3.4 (38.1) |
6.7 (44.1) |
9.7 (49.5) |
13.7 (56.7) |
16.5 (61.7) |
16.6 (61.9) |
12.8 (55.0) |
9.5 (49.1) |
5.7 (42.3) |
2.6 (36.7) |
8.3 (46.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.0 (21.2) |
−10.5 (13.1) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
0.0 (32.0) |
5.5 (41.9) |
9.5 (49.1) |
11.0 (51.8) |
5.0 (41.0) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
−10.5 (13.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 80.1 (3.15) |
94.6 (3.72) |
94.5 (3.72) |
67.0 (2.64) |
93.6 (3.69) |
49.1 (1.93) |
48.9 (1.93) |
35.1 (1.38) |
63.3 (2.49) |
113.1 (4.45) |
172.9 (6.81) |
90.8 (3.57) |
1,003 (39.49) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 8.1 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 6.0 | 7.8 | 10.3 | 7.7 | 89.0 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 99 | — |
| 1968 | 108 | +9.1% |
| 1975 | 100 | −7.4% |
| 1982 | 83 | −17.0% |
| 1990 | 57 | −31.3% |
| 1999 | 66 | +15.8% |
| 2008 | 77 | +16.7% |
