Calacuccia () is a
commune
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in the
Haute-Corse
Haute-Corse (; co, Corsica suprana , or ; en, Upper Corsica) is (as of 2022) an administrative department of France, consisting of the northern part of the island of Corsica. The corresponding departmental territorial collectivity merged wi ...
department
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of
France
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on the island of
Corsica
Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of ...
.
It contains the
Lac de Calacuccia
Lac de Calacuccia is a reservoir in the Haute-Corse department of France formed by damming the Golo river.
It provides hydroelectric power and water for irrigation in the dry season.
Location
The Lac de Calacuccia is formed by damming the Golo ...
, a hydroelectric reservoir, just south of the village of Calacuccia.
Geography
Climate
Calacuccia has a
warm-summer mediterranean climate
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(
Köppen climate classification
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''Csb''). The average annual temperature in Calacuccia is . The average annual rainfall is with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Calacuccia was on 23 July 1983; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 11 February 2012.
Population
See also
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Communes of the Haute-Corse department
The following is a list of the 236 Communes of France, communes of the Haute-Corse Departments of France, department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):
References
Communes of Haute-Corse
Haute-Corse communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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