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Haute-Corse
Coat of arms of the Haute-Corse department
Location
Administration
Department number:2B
Region: Corsica
Prefecture:Bastia
Subprefectures:Calvi
Corte
Arrondissements:3
Cantons:30
Communes:236
President of the General Council:Paul Giacobbi
Statistics
PopulationRanked 93rd
 -1999141,603
Population density:30/km
Land area:4666 km
French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km.
Haute-Corse is a French department. It constitutes the northern part of the island of Corsica.

History

The department was formed on September 15, 1975, when the department of Corse was divided into Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud. The department corresponds exactly to the former department of Golo which existed between 1793 and 1811.

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Map of Corsica

Geography

The department is surrounded on three sides by the Mediterranean Sea and on the south by the department of Corse-du-Sud.

Demographics

The inhabitants of the entire island of Corsica are called Corsicans.

Culture

The Corsicans are a fiercely independent people. However, a July 6, 2003 referendum on increased autonomy was voted down by a very thin majority: 50.98 percent against to 49.02 percent for. This was a major setback for French Minister of the Interior Nicolas Sarkozy, who had hoped to use Corsica as the first step in his decentralization policies.

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Collectivité territoriale de Corse

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Administration
Capital Ajaccio
Arrondissements 5
Cantons 52
Communes 360
Statistics
Land area1 8,680 km²
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Commune of
Bastia

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Commune of
Calvi

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Longitude 08° 45' 25" E
Latitude 42° 34' 07" N

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Country  France
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Commune of
Corte

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The 3 arrondissements of the Haute-Corse department are:
  1. Arrondissement of Bastia, (prefecture of the Haute-Corse department: Bastia) with 16 cantons and 94 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 85,717 in 1990, and was 92,640 in 1999, an increase of 8.08%.

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The following is a list of the 30 cantons of the Haute-Corse department, in France, sorted by arrondissement:

Arrondissement of Bastia (16 cantons)

  • Alto-di-Casaconi
  • Bastia 1st Canton
  • Bastia 2nd Canton
  • Bastia 3rd Canton
  • Bastia 4th Canton

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The following is a list of the 236 communes of the Haute-Corse département in France.

  • (CAB) Communauté d'agglomération de Bastia, created in 2002.

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only, excluding overseas departments and territories, as well as former French colonies and protectorates. Algeria and its départements, although they were an integral part of metropolitan France until 1962, are not included in the figures.
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Rank Department Population (2006) Size (km²) Density (pop./km²)
2 Paris 2,164,000 105 20,605
4 Rhône 1,646,000 3,249 507
6 Seine-Saint-Denis 1,459,000 236 6,182
8 Yvelines 1,395,000 2,284 611
10 Val-de-Marne 1,279,000 245 5,220
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Distances shorter than 109 m
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estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.[1] Estuaries are often associated with high rates of biological productivity. An estuary is where the river meets the sea.
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Motto
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
Anthem
"La Marseillaise"


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Collectivité territoriale de Corse

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Administration
Capital Ajaccio
Arrondissements 5
Cantons 52
Communes 360
Statistics
Land area1 8,680 km²
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September 15 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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Corse-du-Sud

Coat of arms of the Corse-du-Sud department
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Administration
Department number: 2A
Region: Corse
Prefecture: Ajaccio
Subprefectures: Sartène
Arrondissements: 2
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