French depairtment From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Haute-Corse Cismonte | |
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Location o Upper Corsicae in Fraunce | |
Coordinates: 42°28′N 9°12′E | |
Kintra | Fraunce |
Region | Corsicae |
Prefectur | Bastia |
Subprefecturs | Calvi Corte |
Govrenment | |
• Preses o the General Cooncil | Joseph Castelli (syne November 2010) |
Area | |
• Total | 4666 km2 (1,802 sq mi) |
Population (1999) | |
• Total | 141,603 |
• Rank | 93rd |
• Density | 30/km2 (79/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Depairtment nummer | 2B |
Arrondissements | 3 |
Cantons | 30 |
Communes | 236 |
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuars, an lochs, ponds, an glaciers lairger than 1 km2 |
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.
The depairtment is surroondit on three sides bi the Mediterranean Sea an on the sooth bi the depairtment o Corse-du-Sud.
The indwallers o the entire island o Corsica are cried Corsicans.
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.
The Preses o the General Cooncil is Joseph Castelli, who haes held the office syne 2010.
Pairty | seats | |
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• | Left Radical Pairty | 9 |
• | Miscellaneous Left | 7 |
Union for a Popular Muivement | 5 | |
Miscellaneous Right | 5 | |
• | Socialist Pairty | 3 |
MoDem | 1 | |
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