Calenzana
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| region | Corsica | |
| Department | Upper Corsica | |
| Arrondissement | Calvi | |
| Canton | Calvi | |
| Community association | Calvi Balagne | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 31 ' N , 8 ° 51' E | |
| height | 0-2,144 m | |
| surface | 182.77 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,342 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 13 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 20214 | |
| INSEE code | 2B049 | |
| Website | www.calenzana.com | |
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Calenzana ( Corsican Calinzana ) is a municipality with 2342 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the French department of Haute-Corse and in the canton of Calvi . It is in the Balagne .
location
Calenzana is located about twelve kilometers southeast of Calvi at an altitude of 275 meters on the edge of the coastal plain on the slope of Monte Grosso (1937 m). The airport Aéroport Calvi-Sainte Catherine is nearby . The municipality of Moncale is an enclave in the municipal area of Calenzana, which is over 180 km² .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
| Residents | 1050 | 1061 | 1478 | 1623 | 1535 | 1722 | 1757 | 2342 |
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Attractions
The former collegiate church of Saint-Blaise was built according to plans by the Milanese architect Domenico Baina between 1691 and 1701 with a bell tower in the late Baroque style. Inside it shows a ceiling fresco with St. Blaise . In the choir there is a baroque altar from 1767 with a marble balustrade. The side chapels on both sides of the choir are domed and look exaggerated by the trompe l'oeil painting. An extensive renovation took place in 2007.
In the same square opposite is the St. Croix Chapel. The prayer room with the original choir stalls is used by the brotherhoods of St. Antoine and St. Restitude. Restituta von Afrika was named patron saint of Calenzana and Balagne in 1984 by Pope John Paul II .
The statue menhir of Luzzipeu stands in the office of the Chapelle Santa Ristituta (Sainte Restitude), near the road D 151, about 1.5 km northeast of Calenzana.
Others
Calenzana is known as the northern end point of the GR 20 mountain hiking trail as well as the Mare e monti nord . On the outskirts of Calvi there is a gîte rural with a campsite for hikers and information about the Corsica Regional Nature Park (French: Parc naturel régional de Corse).
literature
- Dorling Kindersley Vis-à-vis: Corsica
- Michelin Guide Corsica, 1st edition, Munich 2008
