Arrondissement Of Bastia
The arrondissement of Bastia (; ) is an arrondissement of France in the Haute-Corse department in the territorial collectivity of Corsica. It has 27 communes. Its population is 93,200 (2021), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Bastia, and their INSEE codes, are: # Barrettali (2B030) # Bastia (2B033) # Biguglia (2B037) # Borgo (2B042) # Brando (2B043) # Cagnano (2B046) # Canari (2B058) # Centuri (2B086) # Ersa (2B107) # Furiani (2B120) # Lucciana (2B148) # Luri (2B152) # Meria (2B159) # Morsiglia (2B170) # Nonza (2B178) # Ogliastro (2B183) # Olcani (2B184) # Olmeta-di-Capocorso (2B187) # Pietracorbara (2B224) # Pino (2B233) # Rogliano (2B261) # San-Martino-di-Lota (2B305) # Santa-Maria-di-Lota (2B309) # Sisco (2B281) # Tomino (2B327) # Vignale (2B350) # Ville-di-Pietrabugno (2B353) History The arrondissement of Bastia was created as part of the department Golo in 1800. Between 1811 and 1976 it was an arrondissement of the department Cor ...
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Bastia
Bastia ( , , , ; ) is a communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. It is located in the northeast of the island of Corsica at the base of Cap Corse. It also has the second-highest population of any commune on the island after Ajaccio and is the capital of the Bagnaja region and of the department. Bastia is the principal port of the island and its principal commercial town and is known for its wines. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Bastiais'' or ''Bastiaises''. The commune has been awarded three flowers by the ''National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom'' in the ''Competition of cities and villages in Bloom''. History Ancient times During the Roman Empire, the site of Cardo with the north-eastern district of the current commune of Bastia and Pietrabugno formed a Pieve: the oldest known administrative division. This territory was occupied by the Vanacimi people. Bastia did not exist. Neither Ptolemy, ...
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Furiani
Furiani (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department, on the island of Corsica, France. Population See also * Communes of the Haute-Corse department * Tour de Furiani * Stade Armand-Cesari and Stade Armand-Cesari disaster * Railway stations in Corsica The railways in Corsica (part of France) are metre gauge and are operated by Chemins de fer de la Corse. A list of stations follows. Maps * Today's Railways Europe, #214, pg 23 Open * Calvi, Haute-Corse, Calvi - terminus in northwest. * Cale ... References Communes of Haute-Corse Haute-Corse communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{HauteCorse-geo-stub ...
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Santa-Maria-di-Lota
Santa-Maria-di-Lota is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. Demographics Population Religion The principal religion practiced is Catholicism. History Santa-Maria-di-Lota was once called Santa Maria del Mandriale. Politics Guy Armanet has been mayor of the town since 2008. Before him, Henri Sisco, of the Radical Party of the Left, served as mayor from 1978 to 2008. See also *Communes of the Haute-Corse department The following is a list of the 236 Communes of France, communes of the Haute-Corse Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):

San-Martino-di-Lota
San-Martino-di-Lota (French form) or San Martino di Lota (Italian form; ), is a commune in the French department of Haute-Corse, collectivity and island of Corsica. Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Corse department The following is a list of the 236 Communes of France, communes of the Haute-Corse Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):

Rogliano, Haute-Corse
Rogliano (; ; or ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, French department of Haute-Corse, Corsica. It was the seat of the former canton of Capobianco, which consisted of the 10 northernmost communes of Corsica. The people of Rogliano are called Roglianais, feminine Roglianaises. Administratively, Rogliano replaces two historic communes, San-Columbano in the south and Chiapella in the north. Geography Rogliano is to the north of Bastia at the northeast corner of Cap Corse. The commune is actually a cluster of eight hamlets on the slopes and heights of Monte Poggio above Macinaggio Bay, the one from which the commune takes its name being located up a winding road from the port, the Chemin de l'Imperatrice (Route D80), which is named after the empress, Eugénie de Montijo, Eugénie. Forced to stop there by a storm in 1869 she found the road so bad she personally ordered it reconstructed. The other hamlets are Bettolacce, Olivo, Magna, Soprana, Vignal ...
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Pino, Haute-Corse
Pino (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. Geography The town of Pino is located in the Eastern "Alpine Corsica", a distinction limited to the northeast of the island, composed of various terrains, originating from a former oceanic crust called Liguro-Piedmontese ( a Tethys Ocean whose age is between -170 to -60 Ma) and its continental margins. In this part of Corsica, it is distinguished that the metamorphic schists or "lustrous schists" and the ophiolites of Cap Corse are of Jurassic and Cretaceous age. The commune occupies an "alveolus" in the western Cap Corse, a valley surrounded by mountains to the north, east, and south, which are also its territorial limits. Starting from the coast south of the , its boundaries follow a ridge line from Punta d'Alisgia (155 m), Punta Pastricciola (305 m), to Monte Popolu (520 m). It then follows the Cape ridge southwards over the Bocca di Santa Lucia pass (387 m), beneath which lies the Sa ...
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Pietracorbara
Pietracorbara (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. It takes its name from the Pietracorbara stream. Population See also * Tour de Castellare *Communes of the Haute-Corse department The following is a list of the 236 Communes of France, communes of the Haute-Corse Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):

Olmeta-di-Capocorso
Olmeta-di-Capocorso () is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. The commune is on the west coast of the Cap Corse peninsula. The Olmeta river flows through the commune and enters the sea in the village of Negru. Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Corse department The following is a list of the 236 Communes of France, communes of the Haute-Corse Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):

Olcani
Olcani (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Corse department The following is a list of the 236 Communes of France, communes of the Haute-Corse Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):

Ogliastro
Ogliastro is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Corse department The following is a list of the 236 Communes of France, communes of the Haute-Corse Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):

Nonza
Nonza () is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Corse department The following is a list of the 236 Communes of France, communes of the Haute-Corse Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):

Morsiglia
Morsiglia () is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. History From the 9th century to 1197, Morsiglia belonged to the lords of Pevere.lli, then belonging to the Avogari from 1198 to 1248 who ceded the land to Ansaldo da Mare. In 1348, after the death of Galeotto da Mare, known as "Giachetto", who was the great grandson of Ansaldo, his fief was divided between his children Babiano, Bartolomeo, and Nicolas, son of Crescione. Nicolas eventually inherited Morsiglia. The small fiefdom of Morsiglia only lasted for a short time until 1358, when a popular revolt led by Sambucuccio d'Alando expelled the lords from their fiefdoms and replaced them with Caporali. Morsiglia possessed a castle which was taken in 1558 by the Genoese with their defender Jean d'Ortinola, who was a supporter of France. The castle was almost completely destroyed. Around 1563 to 1583, Morsiglia was ravaged by Barbary pirates. Population See also *Communes of the Hau ...
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