Sisco, Haute-Corse

Sisco
Commune
The church of Saint-Martin, in Sisco
Location of Sisco
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Coordinates: 42°49′01″N9°26′12″E / 42.8169°N 9.4367°E / 42.8169; 9.4367
Country	France
Region	Corsica
Department	Haute-Corse
Arrondissement	Bastia
Canton	Cap Corse
Intercommunality	Cap Corse
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Ange-Pierre Vivoni [1]
Area 1	24.96 km2 (9.64 sq mi)
Population  (2022) [2]	1,172
• Density	47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	2B281 /20233
Elevation	0–1,324 m (0–4,344 ft) (avg. 500 m or 1,600 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sisco (French pronunciation: [sisko] ; Corsican : Siscu) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. It takes its name from the Ruisseau de Sisco, which flows through the commune and enters the Tyrrhenian Sea in the village of Sisco.

Geography

Climate

Sisco has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Sisco is 17.1 °C (62.8 °F). The average annual rainfall is 772.3 mm (30.41 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.4 °C (77.7 °F), and lowest in February, at around 10.3 °C (50.5 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Sisco was 36.0 °C (96.8 °F) on 6 August 2017; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −3.0 °C (26.6 °F) on 1 February 1979.

Climate data for Cape Sagro, Sisco (1991–2020 averages, extremes 1979−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	21.2 (70.2)	22.9 (73.2)	25.0 (77.0)	25.7 (78.3)	30.6 (87.1)	34.3 (93.7)	36.0 (96.8)	36.0 (96.8)	31.0 (87.8)	29.0 (84.2)	26.0 (78.8)	23.4 (74.1)	36.0 (96.8)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	13.2 (55.8)	13.2 (55.8)	15.0 (59.0)	17.3 (63.1)	21.1 (70.0)	25.0 (77.0)	28.0 (82.4)	28.7 (83.7)	25.2 (77.4)	21.3 (70.3)	17.1 (62.8)	14.3 (57.7)	20.0 (68.0)
Daily mean °C (°F)	10.6 (51.1)	10.3 (50.5)	12.1 (53.8)	14.4 (57.9)	18.1 (64.6)	21.8 (71.2)	24.8 (76.6)	25.4 (77.7)	22.1 (71.8)	18.6 (65.5)	14.6 (58.3)	11.8 (53.2)	17.1 (62.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	8.0 (46.4)	7.4 (45.3)	9.2 (48.6)	11.5 (52.7)	15.0 (59.0)	18.7 (65.7)	21.6 (70.9)	22.2 (72.0)	19.0 (66.2)	15.9 (60.6)	12.1 (53.8)	9.3 (48.7)	14.2 (57.6)
Record low °C (°F)	−3.0 (26.6)	−2.5 (27.5)	−0.5 (31.1)	2.5 (36.5)	5.0 (41.0)	7.0 (44.6)	11.0 (51.8)	14.0 (57.2)	9.8 (49.6)	5.6 (42.1)	1.5 (34.7)	−2.0 (28.4)	−3.0 (26.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	56.2 (2.21)	61.8 (2.43)	62.2 (2.45)	71.4 (2.81)	52.4 (2.06)	38.2 (1.50)	11.5 (0.45)	22.5 (0.89)	70.0 (2.76)	110.6 (4.35)	123.9 (4.88)	89.6 (3.53)	772.3 (30.41)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	6.5	7.0	7.0	7.1	5.4	3.2	1.4	2.1	5.3	8.2	10.0	8.3	71.4
Source: Météo-France [3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	485	—
1968	497	+2.5%
1975	501	+0.8%
1982	514	+2.6%
1990	616	+19.8%
1999	743	+20.6%
2008	947	+27.5%

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Corse department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France . Retrieved 8 September 2022.