Haute-Corse department

Upper Corsica
region	Corsica
prefecture	Bastia
Sub-prefecture (s)	Calvi Corte
Residents	177,689 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	38 inhabitants per km²
surface	4,665.49 km²
Arrondissements	3
Community associations	12
Cantons	30th
Communities	236
President of the Department Council	Joseph Castelli (2010-)
ISO-3166-2 code	FR-2B
Location of the Haute-Corse department in the Corsica region

The French Haute-Corse department [ otkɔʀs ] ( "Upper Corsica", Corsican Corsica Suprana or Cismonte ) was from 1976 to 2017 one of the two Corsican departments . It was located in the north of the Mediterranean island of Corsica and was designated as No. 20b in the alphabetical order of the departments. The department is still used for statistical purposes.

history

It was created on September 15, 1975 when the island of Corsica was divided into two departments. Since the license plate number 20 corresponded to the former entire department of Corse , the department of Haute-Corse was assigned the license plate number 2B and the department Corse-du-Sud the number plate 2A . The Corsican license plates therefore do not correspond to the typology of the French departments. The department's postcode prefix 20 was retained, but the third digit was set to 2 (and in the Corse-du-Sud department to 1), which resulted in some changes. As a result of Corsica's change of status, the departments were abolished on January 1, 2018 and their administration was merged with that of the region.

geography

In the northeast of the department lies the Cap Corse , a peninsula.

coat of arms

Description: In silver, a black Moor's head with a fluttering white forehead band.

Cities

• Bastia (prefecture)
• Calvi
• Corte

Megaliths

Registered in the department:

• 57 menhirs
• 18 stone circles (cercles)
• 16 statue menhirs
• 14 stone boxes (coffres)
• 8 dolmens

climate

(Measuring station: Bastia; in the higher parts of the island there are sometimes very different climatic conditions.)

maritime climate data	J	F.	M.	A.	M.	J	J	A.	S.	O	N	D.
mean maximum temperature	13	14th	15th	17th	21st	25th	28	28	25th	21st	17th	14th
mean low temperature	5	5	6th	8th	11	15th	18th	18th	15th	12	8th	6th
Number of very sunny days	4th	3	5	5	5	7th	14th	10	8th	6th	4th	4th
Number of days with an overcast sky	10	9	10	8th	6th	3	1	1	4th	6th	9	10
Number of rainy days	7th	7th	8th	6th	5	3	2	3	5	7th	8th	8th
Rainfall in mm	70	85	70	60	43	30th	12	35	50	105	95	95
Water temperature near the coast	14th	13	12	14th	16	19th	24	24	23	22nd	19th	17th

Days per year with

• Rainfalls over 1 mm: 70
• Frost: 5
  • First frost: January 9th
  • Last frost: February 12th
• Snow: 2
• Thunderstorm: 38
• Hail: 5

(As of 1991)

Administrative division

Communes and arrondissements in the Haute-Corse department

Arrondissement	Cantons	Communities	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE
Bastia	7th	27	88,725	473.77	187	2B2
Calvi	5	51	29,850	1,338.44	22nd	2B5
Corte	7th	158	59.114	2,853.28	21st	2B3
Haute-Corse department	15th	236	177,689	4,665.49	38	2 B

See also:

• List of communes in the Haute-Corse department
• List of cantons in the Haute-Corse department
• List of associations of municipalities in the Haute-Corse department

Web links

Commons : Haute-Corse department  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Inventaire des mégalithes de Haute-Corse Description French.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Inventaire des mégalithes de Haute-Corse [1]
2. ↑ Climate data from: Jean-Noël Darde: Plages et côtes de France. Éditions Balland, Paris 1991.

Coordinates: 42 ° 27 '  N , 9 ° 12'  E