Olmeta-di-Capocorso
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| region | Corsica | |
| Department | Upper Corsica | |
| Arrondissement | Bastia | |
| Canton | Cap Corse | |
| Community association | Cap Corse | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 46 ′ N , 9 ° 22 ′ E | |
| height | 0-1,306 m | |
| surface | 21.57 km 2 | |
| Residents | 142 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 7 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 20217 | |
| INSEE code | 2B187 | |
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Olmeta-di-Capocorso is a municipality in the French department of Haute-Corse on the Mediterranean island of Corsica . It belongs to the canton of Cap Corse in the Arrondissement of Bastia . The residents call themselves Olmetais .
geography
Olmeta-di-Capocorso is located on the Cap Corse and borders the Ligurian Sea to the west and the Gulf of Saint-Florent to the southwest. The settlement area is an average of 200 meters above sea level and consists of the villages of Olmeta and Marine de Negru. The neighboring communities are Nonza in the northwest, Olcani in the north, Brando in the east, Santa-Maria-di-Lota in the southeast and Farinole in the south.
Attractions
- Town Hall ( Mairie ), built around the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries
- Saint-Césaire church
- Tour de Negro , built in 1559/60
- Grotta Scritta with paintings that are assigned to the Bronze Age
- Pont à deux arches
- Chapelle confrérie Sainte-Croix , built in the 16th century
- Saint-Érasme church at 523 m. ü. M., built in the 11th century
- Chapel Saint-Roch resp. San Roccu, built in the 16th century
- Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs chapel, dated 1693
- Chapelle de l'Annonciation
- five chapels ("Chapelles funéaires familiales")
Saint-Césaire church
Tour de Negro
Pont à deux arches
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2012 |
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| Residents | 217 | 210 | 175 | 126 | 104 | 112 | 132 | 144 |
Web links
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