Haute-Corse

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Haute-Corse Corsica suprana / Cismonte / Alta Corsica  (Corsican) Upper Corsica
Department
Cismonte
Coat of arms
Location of Haute-Corse in France
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
Country	France
Region	Corsica
Prefecture	Bastia
Subprefectures	Calvi Corte
Government
• President of the General Council	François Ravier
Area 1
• Total	4,666 km2 (1,802 sq mi)
Population  (2017)
• Total	177,689
• Rank	93rd
• Density	38/km2 (99/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
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: [ot kɔʁs] (listen); Corsican: Corsica suprana [ˈkorsiɡa suˈprana], Cismonte [tʃiˈzmɔntɛ]^[a] or Alta Corsica; English: Upper Corsica) is (as of 2019) an administrative department of France, consisting of the northern part of the island of Corsica. The corresponding departmental territorial collectivity merged with that of Corse-du-Sud on 1 January 2018, forming the single territorial collectivity of Corsica, with territorial elections coinciding with the dissolution of the separate councils.^[1] However, even though its administrative powers were ceded to the new territorial collectivity, it continues to remain an administrative department in its own right. The people living in the department are called Supranacci.

History[]

Map of Haute-Corse

The department was formed on 1 January 1976, when the department of Corsica was divided into Upper Corsica (Haute-Corse) and Southern Corsica (Corse-du-Sud). The department corresponds exactly to the former department of Golo, which existed between 1793 and 1811.

On 6 July 2003, a 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.

On 1 January 2018, Haute Corse's administrative powers were abandoned and were ceded to the new territorial collectivity of Corsica.

Geography[]

The department was surrounded on three sides by the Mediterranean Sea and on the south by the department of Corse-du-Sud.

Politics[]

Current National Assembly representatives[]

Tourism[]

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  Bastia

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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

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

• (in French) General Council website
• (in English) Haute-Corse at Curlie
• (in French) University of Corsica website
• (in English) Corsica Isula