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Haute-Corse

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Haute-Corse

Cismonte
Coat of airms o Haute-Corse
Coat airms
Location o Upper Corsicae in Fraunce
Location o Upper Corsicae in Fraunce
Coordinates: 42°28′N 9°12′E / 42.467°N 9.200°E / 42.467; 9.200Coordinates: 42°28′N 9°12′E / 42.467°N 9.200°E / 42.467; 9.200
KintraFraunce
RegionCorsicae
PrefecturBastia
SubprefectursCalvi
Corte
Govrenment
 • Preses o the General CooncilJoseph Castelli (syne November 2010)
Area
 • Total4666 km2 (1,802 sq mi)
Population
 (1999)
 • Total141,603
 • Rank93rd
 • Density30/km2 (79/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Depairtment nummer2B
Arrondissements3
Cantons30
Communes236
^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

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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.

Cairt o Haute-Corse

Geografie

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

Demographics

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

Cultur an politics

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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

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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

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