Haute-Corse
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Haute-Corse | ||
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Location of Haute-Corse in France Location of Haute-Corse in France |
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Country | France | |
Region | Corsica | |
Prefecture | Bastia | |
Subprefectures | Calvi Corte |
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Government | ||
• President of the General Council | Joseph Castelli (since November 2010) | |
Area1 | ||
• Total | 4,666 km2 (1,802 sq mi) | |
Population (1999) | ||
• Total | 141,603 | |
• Rank | 93rd | |
• Density | 30/km2 (79/sq mi) | |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
Department number | 2B | |
Arrondissements | 3 | |
Cantons | 15 | |
Communes | 236 | |
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 |
Haute-Corse (French pronunciation: [ot.kɔʁs]; Corsican: Corsica suprana) (English: Upper Corsica) is a department of France consisting of the northern part of the island of Corsica.
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History
The department was formed on 15 September 1975, when the department of Corsica was divided into Upper Corsica (Haute-Corse) and South Corsica (Corse-du-Sud). The department corresponds exactly to the former department of Golo, which existed between 1793 and 1811.
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 people living in this subregion are called "Northeners" (Supranacci).
Culture and politics
The Corsicans are a fiercely independent people. However, a 6 July 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.
General Council
The President of the General Council is Paul Giacobbi, who has held the office since 1998.
Party | seats | |
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• | Left Radical Party | 9 |
• | Miscellaneous left | 7 |
• | Union for a Popular Movement | 5 |
• | Miscellaneous right | 5 |
• | Socialist Party | 3 |
• | MoDem | 1 |
Tourism
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Calvi seen from Notre-Dame de la Serra
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Sant'Antonino, one of the most beautiful villages of France
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Désert des Agriates
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Restonica Gorge
See also
- Cantons of the Haute-Corse department
- Communes of the Haute-Corse department
- Arrondissements of the Haute-Corse department
External links
- (French) General Council website
- (English) Haute-Corse at DMOZ
- (French) University of Corsica website
- (English) Corsica Isula
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- Departments of France
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- 1975 establishments in France
- Departments of Corsica
- Corsica region articles needing translation from French Wikipedia