Pietralba
Pietralba (French pronunciation: [pjɛtʁalba]; Corsican: Petralba) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.
Pietralba  | |
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![]() 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 | 496 | 
| • Density | 13/km2 (33/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)  | 
| Average high °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)  | 
| Average low °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% | 
References
    
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
 - "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
 - "Climate of Pietralba 1981-2010" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
 
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