Haute-Corse

Haute-Corse (French: [ot kɔʁs] (listen); Corsican: Corsica suprana [ˈkorsiɡa suˈprana], Cismonte [tʃizˈmɔntɛ][lower-alpha 1] or Alta Corsica; English: Upper Corsica) is (as of 2019) an administrative department of France, consisting of the northern part of the island of Corsica. The corresponding departmental territorial collectivity merged with that of Corse-du-Sud on 1 January 2018, forming the single territorial collectivity of Corsica, with territorial elections coinciding with the dissolution of the separate councils.[1] However, even though its administrative powers were ceded to the new territorial collectivity, it continues to remain an administrative department in its own right. The people living in the department are called Supranacci.

Haute-Corse

Cismonte / Corsica suprana / Alta Corsica  (Corsican)

Upper Corsica
Department
Cismonte
Coat of arms
Location of Haute-Corse in France
Coordinates: 42°28′N 9°12′E
CountryFrance
RegionCorsica
PrefectureBastia
SubprefecturesCalvi
Corte
Government
 • President of the General CouncilFrançois Ravier
Area
 • Total4,666 km2 (1,802 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total177,689
 • Rank93rd
 • Density38/km2 (99/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Department number2B
Arrondissements3
Cantons15
Communes236
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2

History
Map of Haute-Corse

The department was formed on 1 January 1976, when the department of Corsica was divided into Upper Corsica (Haute-Corse) and Southern Corsica (Corse-du-Sud). The department corresponds exactly to the former department of Golo, which existed between 1793 and 1811.

On 6 July 2003, a referendum on increased autonomy was voted down by a very thin majority: 50.98 percent against to 49.02 percent for. This was a major setback for French Minister of the Interior Nicolas Sarkozy, who had hoped to use Corsica as the first step in his decentralization policies.

On 1 January 2018, Haute Corse's administrative powers were abandoned and were ceded to the new territorial collectivity of Corsica.

Geography

The department was surrounded on three sides by the Mediterranean Sea and on the south by the department of Corse-du-Sud.

Politics

Current National Assembly representatives
ConstituencyMember[2]Party
Haute-Corse's 1st constituency Michel Castellani Pè a Corsica
Haute-Corse's 2nd constituency Jean-Félix Acquaviva Pè a Corsica

Tourism

See also

Notes
  1. Also Italian: [tʃizˈmonte].

References
  1. Morgane Rubetti (1 December 2017). "Corse : cinq questions pour comprendre les élections territoriales". Le Figaro. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  2. http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/
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