Avapessa

Avapessa is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.

Avapessa
Commune
A general view of Avapessa
Location of Avapessa
Avapessa Show map of France Avapessa Show map of Corsica
Coordinates: 42°33′44″N 8°53′43″E
Country	France
Region	Corsica
Department	Haute-Corse
Arrondissement	Calvi
Canton	Calvi
Intercommunality	CC Calvi Balagne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marie-Josée Salvatori[1]
Area 1	3.29 km2 (1.27 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	81
• Density	25/km2 (64/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	2B025 /20225
Elevation	173–800 m (568–2,625 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

View of the valley

Avapessa is located some 12 km in a direct line east of Calvi and 8 km south by south-east of Algajola. Access to the commune is by road D71 from Cateri in the north which passes through the heart of the commune slightly west of the village and continues south-east to Muro. Access to the village is by the Tuvo road which branches off the D71. The commune is rugged in the west with a high country landscape while in the east there is more farmland.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[4]

From	To	Name	Party
2001	2008	Christian Reboul	DVD
2008	2026	Marie-Josée Salvatori	DVG

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Avapessiens or Avapessiennes in French.^[5]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1800 252 —     1806 271 +1.22% 1821 246 −0.64% 1831 263 +0.67% 1836 275 +0.90% 1841 281 +0.43% 1846 299 +1.25% 1851 287 −0.82% 1856 305 +1.22% 1861 282 −1.56% 1866 259 −1.69% 1872 239 −1.33% 1876 250 +1.13% 1881 234 −1.31% 1886 257 +1.89% 1891 244 −1.03% 1896 235 −0.75% 1901 210 −2.22%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 196 −1.37% 1911 180 −1.69% 1921 160 −1.17% 1926 174 +1.69% 1931 147 −3.32% 1936 131 −2.28% 1946 110 −1.73% 1954 111 +0.11% 1962 107 −0.46% 1968 73 −6.17% 1975 70 −0.60% 1982 57 −2.89% 1990 65 +1.66% 1999 65 +0.00% 2007 81 +2.79% 2012 85 +0.97% 2017 82 −0.72%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7]

Skycrane fire fighting at Avapessa

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Corse department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Google Maps
4. List of Mayors of France (in French)
5. Le nom des habitants du 2B - Haute-Corse, habitants.fr
6. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Avapessa, EHESS (in French).
7. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Avapessa official website Archived 27 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
• Avapessa on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)