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| Haute-Corse | |
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| Coat of Arms of Haute-Corse | |
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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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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.
Geography
The department is surrounded on three sides by the Mediterranean Sea and on the south by the department of Corse-du-Sud.
Demographics
The inhabitants of the entire island of Corsica are called Corsicans.
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.
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 | |
See also
- Cantons of the Haute-Corse department
- Communes of the Haute-Corse department
- Arrondissements of the Haute-Corse department
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)
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