Galéria
Galéria | |
|---|---|
 The harbour in Galéria | |
Location of Galéria | |
  Galéria Location within France  Galéria Location within Corsica | |
| Coordinates: 42°24′36″N 8°38′57″E / 42.41°N 8.6492°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Corsica |
| Department | Haute-Corse |
| Arrondissement | Calvi |
| Canton | Calvi |
| Intercommunality | Calvi Balagne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Marie Seïte[1] |
Area 1 | 135.16 km2 (52.19 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 395 |
| • Density | 2.92/km2 (7.57/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 2B121 /20245 |
| Elevation | 0–1,717 m (0–5,633 ft) (avg. 29 m or 95 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Galéria (French pronunciation: [ɡaleʁja]) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.
Geography
Climate
Galéria has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Galéria is 15.8 °C (60.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 741.0 mm (29.17 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 24.2 °C (75.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around 9.0 °C (48.2 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Galéria was 42.0 °C (107.6 °F) on 5 July 1993; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −4.5 °C (23.9 °F) on 2 March 2005.
| Climate data for Galéria (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1977−2014) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.0 (71.6) |
24.0 (75.2) |
32.0 (89.6) |
30.0 (86.0) |
34.5 (94.1) |
36.5 (97.7) |
42.0 (107.6) |
41.0 (105.8) |
37.5 (99.5) |
31.1 (88.0) |
29.5 (85.1) |
25.0 (77.0) |
42.0 (107.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 13.8 (56.8) |
14.1 (57.4) |
16.1 (61.0) |
18.7 (65.7) |
23.0 (73.4) |
26.9 (80.4) |
30.7 (87.3) |
30.4 (86.7) |
26.5 (79.7) |
22.6 (72.7) |
17.8 (64.0) |
14.7 (58.5) |
21.3 (70.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.0 (48.2) |
9.1 (48.4) |
10.9 (51.6) |
13.1 (55.6) |
17.2 (63.0) |
20.9 (69.6) |
24.2 (75.6) |
24.1 (75.4) |
20.5 (68.9) |
17.2 (63.0) |
13.0 (55.4) |
10.0 (50.0) |
15.8 (60.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.2 (39.6) |
4.1 (39.4) |
5.8 (42.4) |
7.5 (45.5) |
11.5 (52.7) |
15.0 (59.0) |
17.7 (63.9) |
17.7 (63.9) |
14.5 (58.1) |
11.8 (53.2) |
8.3 (46.9) |
5.3 (41.5) |
10.3 (50.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.0 (24.8) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
1.0 (33.8) |
4.5 (40.1) |
5.0 (41.0) |
8.0 (46.4) |
9.0 (48.2) |
6.0 (42.8) |
2.5 (36.5) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 67.1 (2.64) |
52.8 (2.08) |
58.6 (2.31) |
73.5 (2.89) |
45.5 (1.79) |
33.5 (1.32) |
7.5 (0.30) |
22.9 (0.90) |
69.2 (2.72) |
102.7 (4.04) |
124.2 (4.89) |
83.5 (3.29) |
741.0 (29.17) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.5 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 7.3 | 5.2 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 5.2 | 8.1 | 9.1 | 8.4 | 68.2 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 350 | — |
| 1975 | 311 | −1.67% |
| 1982 | 306 | −0.23% |
| 1990 | 305 | −0.04% |
| 1999 | 302 | −0.11% |
| 2007 | 340 | +1.49% |
| 2012 | 327 | −0.78% |
| 2017 | 338 | +0.66% |
| 2023 | 395 | +2.63% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
See also
References
- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ "Normales et records pour Galeria-Gend (2B)". Meteociel. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
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