Haute-Corse
Haute-Corse Cismonte | |
|---|---|
 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[eedit | eedit soorce]
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[eedit | eedit soorce]
The depairtment is surroondit on three sides bi the Mediterranean Sea an on the sooth bi the depairtment o Corse-du-Sud.
Demographics[eedit | eedit soorce]
The indwallers o the entire island o Corsica are cried Corsicans.
Cultur an politics[eedit | eedit soorce]
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.
General Cooncil[eedit | eedit soorce]
The Preses o the General Cooncil is Joseph Castelli, who haes held the office syne 2010.
| Pairty | seats | |
|---|---|---|
| • | Left Radical Pairty | 9 |
| • | Miscellaneous Left | 7 |
| Union for a Popular Muivement | 5 | |
| Miscellaneous Right | 5 | |
| • | Socialist Pairty | 3 |
| MoDem | 1 | |
Tourism[eedit | eedit soorce]
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Calvi seen frae Notre-Dame de la Serra -
Sant'Antonino, ane o the maist bonnie veelages o Fraunce -
Désert des Agriates -
Restonica Gorge
See an aw[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Cantons o the Haute-Corse depairtment
- Communes o the Haute-Corse depairtment
- Arrondissements o the Haute-Corse depairtment
Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]
- (in French) General Cooncil wabsteid Archived 2014-12-16 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Inglis) Haute-Corse at Curlie
- (in French) Varsity o Corsicae wabsteid
- (in Inglis) Corsica Isula