Calacuccia | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Corte |
Canton: | Golo-Morosaglia |
Insee: | 2B047 |
Postal Code: | 20224 |
Mayor: | Mathieu Acquaviva[1] |
Term: | 2021 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | 42.3367°N 9.0181°W |
Elevation M: | 847 |
Elevation Min M: | 705 |
Elevation Max M: | 1760 |
Area Km2: | 18.77 |
Calacuccia (in French pronounced as /kalakutʃ(j)a/) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.It contains the Lac de Calacuccia, a hydroelectric reservoir, just south of the village of Calacuccia.
Calacuccia has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification 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.