Quenza

{{short description|Commune in Corsica, France}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Expand French|date=January 2009|Quenza|topic=geo}}

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Quenza

|commune status = Commune

|image = Eglise Saint Georges de Quenza 02.JPG

|caption = The church of Saint-Georges, in Quenza

|arrondissement = Sartène

|canton = Sartenais-Valinco

|INSEE = 2A254

|postal code = 20122

|mayor = Roselyne Balesi{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = l'Alta Rocca

|coordinates = {{coord|41.7667|9.1394|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 805

|elevation min m = 134

|elevation max m = 2134

|area km2 = 95.67

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Quenza ({{IPA|co|ˈkwɛnt͡sa}}, {{IPA|fr|kwɛntsa|lang}}) is a commune in the department of Corse-du-Sud, island and collectivity of Corsica, France.

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 {{cvt|12.9|C}}. The average annual rainfall is {{cvt|1395.1|mm}} with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around {{cvt|22.3|C}}, and lowest in January, at around {{cvt|5.2|C}}. The highest temperature ever recorded in Quenza was {{cvt|38.0|C}} on 3 August 2017; the coldest temperature ever recorded was {{cvt|-7.3|C}} on 7 February 2012.

{{Weather box|width=auto

|location = Quenza (1991−2020 normals, extremes 2009−present)

|single line = Y

|metric first = Y

|collapsed=y

|Jan record high C = 18.9

|Feb record high C = 21.1

|Mar record high C = 22.4

|Apr record high C = 28.0

|May record high C = 30.7

|Jun record high C = 36.5

|Jul record high C = 37.8

|Aug record high C = 38.0

|Sep record high C = 33.0

|Oct record high C = 28.4

|Nov record high C = 23.9

|Dec record high C = 20.6

|Jan record low C = -5.7

|Feb record low C = -7.3

|Mar record low C = -4.7

|Apr record low C = -4.5

|May record low C = 0.7

|Jun record low C = 4.7

|Jul record low C = 8.7

|Aug record low C = 7.7

|Sep record low C = 4.6

|Oct record low C = -0.2

|Nov record low C = -3.4

|Dec record low C = -6.6

|Jan high C = 8.9

|Feb high C = 9.5

|Mar high C = 12.2

|Apr high C = 16.2

|May high C = 19.2

|Jun high C = 24.1

|Jul high C = 27.7

|Aug high C = 28.5

|Sep high C = 23.2

|Oct high C = 18.9

|Nov high C = 13.5

|Dec high C = 10.2

|year high C = 17.7

|Jan mean C = 5.2

|Feb mean C = 5.4

|Mar mean C = 7.7

|Apr mean C = 11.3

|May mean C = 14.1

|Jun mean C = 18.5

|Jul mean C = 21.7

|Aug mean C = 22.3

|Sep mean C = 17.8

|Oct mean C = 14.1

|Nov mean C = 9.6

|Dec mean C = 6.5

|year mean C = 12.9

|Jan low C = 1.6

|Feb low C = 1.3

|Mar low C = 3.2

|Apr low C = 6.4

|May low C = 9.0

|Jun low C = 13.0

|Jul low C = 15.7

|Aug low C = 16.1

|Sep low C = 12.4

|Oct low C = 9.3

|Nov low C = 5.7

|Dec low C = 2.7

|year low C = 8.0

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 157.8

|Feb precipitation mm = 153.4

|Mar precipitation mm = 139.2

|Apr precipitation mm = 79.3

|May precipitation mm = 92.1

|Jun precipitation mm = 65.0

|Jul precipitation mm = 37.3

|Aug precipitation mm = 26.1

|Sep precipitation mm = 79.2

|Oct precipitation mm = 123.0

|Nov precipitation mm = 245.9

|Dec precipitation mm = 196.8

|year precipitation mm = 1395.1

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 12.3

|Feb precipitation days = 10.6

|Mar precipitation days = 10.6

|Apr precipitation days = 8.8

|May precipitation days = 8.6

|Jun precipitation days = 6.1

|Jul precipitation days = 3.1

|Aug precipitation days = 2.3

|Sep precipitation days = 6.0

|Oct precipitation days = 8.3

|Nov precipitation days = 12.3

|Dec precipitation days = 11.5

|year precipitation days = 100.4

|source 1 = Météo-France{{cite web

| url = https://donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr/FichesClim/FICHECLIM_20254006.pdf

| title=Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records

| language = fr

| publisher = Météo-France

| access-date = September 8, 2022}}}}

Population

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-2A254#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|1968 |307

|1975 |302

|1982 |229

|1990 |214

|1999 |215

|2009 |210

|2014 |191

|2020 |195

}}

See also

References

{{reflist}}

{{Commons category}}

{{Corse-du-Sud communes}}

{{authority control}}

Category:Communes of Corse-du-Sud

Category:Corse-du-Sud communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia

{{CorseSud-geo-stub}}