Haute-Corse
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| Haute-Corse | |
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| Coat of arms of the Haute-Corse department | |
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| Administration | |
| Department number: | 2B |
| Region: | Corsica |
| Prefecture: | Bastia |
| Subprefectures: | Calvi Corte |
| Arrondissements: | 3 |
| Cantons: | 30 |
| Communes: | 236 |
| President of the General Council: | Paul Giacobbi PRG |
| Statistics | |
| Population | Ranked 93rd |
| -1999 | 141,603 |
| Population density: | 30/km2 |
| Land area¹: | 4666 km2 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2. | |
Haute-Corse (Corsican: Corsica suprana) (English: Upper Corsica) is a French department. It constitutes the northern part of the island of Corsica.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Geography
The department is surrounded on three sides by the Mediterranean Sea and on the south by the department of Corse-du-Sud.
[edit] Demographics
The inhabitants of the entire island of Corsica are called Corsicans.
[edit] Culture and Politics
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.
[edit] 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 | |
[edit] See also
- Cantons of the Haute-Corse department
- Communes of the Haute-Corse department
- Arrondissements of the Haute-Corse department
[edit] External links
- (French) General Council website
- (English) Haute-Corse at the Open Directory Project
- (French) University of Corsica website
- (English) Corsica Isula
- (French) website for manage stay in Corsica (for leisure or business)
