Haute-Corse

Haute-Corse
Haute-Corse; Cismonte
	Depairtment
	Coat airms
	Location o Upper Corsicae in Fraunce
	Coordinates: 42°28′N 9°12′E / 42.467°N 9.200°ECoordinates: 42°28′N 9°12′E / 42.467°N 9.200°E
Kintra	Fraunce
Region	Corsicae
Prefectur	Bastia
Subprefecturs	Calvi; Corte
Govrenment
• Preses o the General Cooncil	Joseph Castelli (syne November 2010)
Area
• Total	4666 km2 (1,802 sq mi)
Population (1999)
• Total	141,603
• Rank	93rd
• Density	30/km2 (79/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Depairtment nummer	2B
Arrondissements	3
Cantons	30
Communes	236
	^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuars, an lochs, ponds, an glaciers lairger than 1 km2

Haute-Corse (French pronunciation: [ot kɔʁs]; Corsican: Cismonte, [tʃizˈmɔntɛ], or Corsica suprana, [ˈkorsiɡa suˈprana]; Scots: Upper Corsicae) is a depairtment o Fraunce componit o the northren pairt o the island o Corsicae.

History

The depairtment wis shapit on 15 September 1975, when the depairtment o Corsica wis dividit intae Upper Corsicae (Haute-Corse) an Soothren Corsicae (Corse-du-Sud). The depairtment corresponds exactly tae the umwhile depairtment o Golo, which existit atween 1793 an 1811.

Geografie

The depairtment is surroondit on three sides bi the Mediterranean Sea an on the sooth bi the depairtment o Corse-du-Sud.

Demographics

The indwallers o the entire island o Corsica are cried Corsicans.

Cultur an politics

The Corsicans are a fiercely unthirlt fowk. Housomeivver, a 6 Julie 2003 referendum on increasit autonomy wis votit doun bi a vera thin majority: 50.98 percent against tae 49.02 percent for. This wis a major setback for French Meenister o the Interior Nicolas Sarkozy, who haed howpit tae uise Corsicae as the first step in his decentralization policies.