The arrondissement of Calvi ( co, link=no, circundariu di Calvi) is an

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of France in the

Haute-Corse Haute-Corse (; co, Corsica suprana , or ; en, Upper Corsica) is (as of 2022) an administrative department of France, consisting of the northern part of the island of Corsica. The corresponding departmental territorial collectivity merged w ...

department in the

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of Corsica. It has 51

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. Its population is 29,576 (2016), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Calvi, and their

INSEE code The INSEE code is a numerical indexing code used by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) to identify various entities, including communes and '' départements''. They are also used as national identificati ...

s, are: # Algajola (2B010) #

Aregno Aregno ( co, Aregnu) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department on the island of Corsica, France. The village was previously part of the ''piève'' of ''Aregnu'' in the former Genovese province of Balagna. The inhabitants of the commune are kn ...

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Avapessa Avapessa is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Avapessiens'' or ''Avapessiennes''. Geography Avapessa is located some 12 km in a direct line east of C ...

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Barbaggio Barbaggio (; ; co, Barbaghju) is a commune in the French department of Haute-Corse on the island of Corsica. It is known for its wine, its scenery, and the prehistoric site of Strette. Geography Barbaggio is located on an inland plateau below C ...

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Belgodère Belgodère (; it, Belgodere; co, Bargudè) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. Population See also * Torra di Lozari *Communes of the Haute-Corse department The following is a list of the 236 ...

(2B034) # Calenzana (2B049) # Calvi (2B050) # Cateri (2B084) #

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(2B093) #

Costa Costa may refer to: Biology * Rib (Latin: ''costa''), in vertebrate anatomy * Costa (botany), the central strand of a plant leaf or thallus * Costa (coral), a stony rib, part of the skeleton of a coral * Costa (entomology), the leading edge of th ...

(2B097) #

Farinole Farinole () is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. The village is located between the mountains and the sea between Saint-Florent and Negro with the two hamlets of Sparagaggio and Bracolaccia. It has goo ...

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Feliceto Feliceto (; co, U Fulgetu) 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 the Haute-Corse depart ...

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Galéria Galéria () is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. Geography Climate Galéria has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification ''Csa''). The average annual temperature in Galéria ...

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L'Île-Rousse L'Île-Rousse (; co, Lìsula, , or , ; it, Isola Rossa, ; ) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. It was founded in 1758 by Pasquale Paoli to create a port that would not be in the hands of the Geno ...

(2B134) # Lama (2B136) # Lavatoggio (2B138) # Lumio (2B150) # Manso (2B153) # Mausoléo (2B156) # Moncale (2B165) # Montegrosso (2B167) #

Monticello Monticello ( ) was the primary plantation of Founding Father Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, who began designing Monticello after inheriting land from his father at age 26. Located just outside Charlottesville, V ...

(2B168) # Murato (2B172) #

Muro Muro, a word meaning wall in the Spanish, Portuguese Italian, Esperanto and Ido languages, may refer to: Places France * Muro, Haute-Corse, a commune in the ''département'' of Haute-Corse Italy * Muro Leccese, a municipality of the Province ...

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(2B175) # Novella (2B180) # Occhiatana (2B182) #

Oletta Oletta () is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. Geography Climate Oletta has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification ''Csa''). The average annual temperature in Oletta is . ...

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Olmeta-di-Tuda Olmeta-di-Tuda 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 the Haute-Corse department of Fran ...

(2B188) # Olmi-Cappella (2B190) #

Palasca Palasca () 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 the Haute-Corse department Department ...

(2B199) #

Patrimonio Patrimonio (; ; co, Patrimoniu, ) is a commune in the French department of Upper Corsica, collectivity and island of Corsica. The inhabitants are known as ''patrimoniens'' and ''patrimoniennes'' in French, ''patrimuninchi'' (singular: ''patrimu ...

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Pietralba Pietralba (; co, Petralba) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. Geography Climate Pietralba has a mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification ''Csa''). The average annual temperature in Pie ...

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Piève Piève (; it, Pieve; co, A Pieve) 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 the Haute-Cors ...

(2B230) # Pigna (2B231) # Pioggiola (2B235) #

Poggio-d'Oletta Poggio-d'Oletta 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 the Haute-Corse department Depar ...

(2B239) #

Rapale Rapale is a commune in the French Department of Haute-Corse on the island of Corsica. Geography Rapale is located in southern Nebbio. It is one of the 14 municipalities making up the Canton of Biguglia-Nebbio. Its territory stretches from t ...

(2B257) #

Rutali Rutali 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 the Haute-Corse department Department may ...

(2B265) # Saint-Florent (2B298) #

San-Gavino-di-Tenda San-Gavino-di-Tenda () 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 the Haute-Corse departme ...

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(2B296) # Santa-Reparata-di-Balagna (2B316) #

Santo-Pietro-di-Tenda Santo-Pietro-di-Tenda (French form) or Santo Pietro di Tenda (Italian form; co, Santu Petru di Tenda, link=no, also ) is a French commune in the Haute-Corse department on the island of Corsica. Population See also *Communes of the Haute- ...

(2B314) #

Sorio Sorio (; co, Soriu) 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 the Haute-Corse department D ...

(2B287) # Speloncato (2B290) # Urtaca (2B332) #

Vallecalle Vallecalle 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 the Haute-Corse department Department ...

(2B333) # Vallica (2B339) # Ville-di-Paraso (2B352) # Zilia (2B361)

History

The arrondissement of Calvi was created as part of the department Golo in 1800. In 1811 it became an arrondissement of the department

Corse Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the Regions of France, 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and ...

. It was disbanded in 1926 and restored in 1943. Since 1976 it has been an arrondissement of the department

.Historique de la Haute-Corse
/ref> On 1 January 2010, it gained the two cantons of Le Haut-Nebbio and La Conca-d'Oro from the arrondissement of Bastia. As a result of the reorganisation of the

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which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Calvi were, as of January 2015:Populations légales 2012: 2B Haute-Corse
INSEE # Belgodère # Calenzana # Calvi # La Conca-d'Oro # Le Haut-Nebbio #

Sub-prefects

* Pierre-Henry Maccioni : on 1 March 1982

References

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