The arrondissement of Sartène () is an

arrondissement An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, and certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands. Europe France The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissem ...

of France in the

Corse-du-Sud Corse-du-Sud (; , or ; ) is (as of 2019) an administrative department of France, consisting of the southern part of the island of Corsica. The corresponding departmental territorial collectivity merged with that of Haute-Corse on 1 January ...

department in the

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. It has 43

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. Its population is 41,724 (2021), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Sartène, and their

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s, are: # Altagène (2A011) #

Arbellara Arbellara (; in Corsican language, Corsican ''Arbiddali'', pronounced r.bi.ˈɖːaː.li is a Communes of France, commune in the Corse-du-Sud Departments of France, department of France on the island of Corsica. It is part of the micro-region ...

(2A018) #

Argiusta-Moriccio Argiusta-Moriccio (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, French department of Corse-du-Sud, collectivity and island of Corsica. Geography Argiusta-Moriccio is located 6 km north-east of Petreto-Bicchisano and 8 ...

(2A021) #

Aullène Aullène (; ; ) is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica. Geography Aullène is located some 35 km in a direct line (68 km by road) south-east of Ajaccio, 20 km in a direct line (36 k ...

(2A024) #

Belvédère-Campomoro Belvédère-Campomoro (; , ; or ) is a Communes of France, commune in the France, French Departments of France, department of Corse-du-Sud on the island of Corsica. Geography Neighborhoods, hamlets, localities and gaps It is composed of ...

(2A035) # Bilia (2A038) # Bonifacio (2A041) # Carbini (2A061) #

Cargiaca Cargiaca is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica. Geography Cargiaca is just to the east of Mont Peloso (). Population See also *Communes of the Corse-du-Sud department The following is a list of ...

(2A066) # Casalabriva (2A071) # Conca (2A092) #

Figari Figari (; also ) is a commune in the French department of Corse-du-Sud on the island of Corsica, France. Geography The village of Figari is to the southeast of Sartène, to the southwest of Porto-Vecchio and to the north of Bonifacio. ...

(2A114) # Foce (2A115) # Fozzano (2A118) # Giuncheto (2A127) #

Granace Granace is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica. Population See also *Communes of the Corse-du-Sud department The following is a list of the 124 Communes of France, communes of the departments of ...

(2A128) # Grossa (2A129) #

Lecci Lecci is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica. Its name comes from the Italian word for holly oak, which was an important resource for many years. Population Sights *Torra di San Benedettu * Torra di ...

(2A139) # Levie (2A142) # Loreto-di-Tallano (2A146) # Mela (2A158) # Moca-Croce (2A160) #

Monacia-d'Aullène Monacia-d'Aullène (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Corse-du-Sud Departments of France, department of France on the island of Corsica. It is part of the canton of Grand Sud. Geography Monacia-d'Aullène is west northwest of Figa ...

(2A163) #

Olmeto Olmeto is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica. Population Archaeological sites There are two archaeological sites in the commune: Cuntorba and Figa la Sarra. See also * Tour de la Calanca * Tour de ...

(2A189) # Olmiccia (2A191) # Petreto-Bicchisano (2A211) #

Pianottoli-Caldarello Pianottoli-Caldarello (; ; ) is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica.Porto-Vecchio Porto-Vecchio (, ; or ; , , or (South)) is a commune in the French department of Corse-du-Sud, on the island of Corsica. Porto-Vecchio is a medium-sized port city placed on a good harbor, the southernmost of the marshy and alluvial east ...

(2A247) #

Propriano Propriano (; , ) is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica. It is situated on the Valinco Gulf. Population Transport * Railway stations in Corsica - stillborn branch See also * Communes of ...

(2A249) #

Quenza Quenza (, ) is a commune in the department of Corse-du-Sud, island and collectivity of Corsica, France. Geography Climate Quenza has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification ''Csa'') closely bordering on a warm-sum ...

(2A254) # Sainte-Lucie-de-Tallano (2A308) #

San-Gavino-di-Carbini San-Gavino-di-Carbini is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica. Population See also *Communes of the Corse-du-Sud department The following is a list of the 124 Communes of France, communes of the d ...

(2A300) # Santa-Maria-Figaniella (2A310) #

Sari-Solenzara Sari-Solenzara (; ; formerly in , , ) is a commune and municipality in the French department of Corse-du-Sud, on the island of Corsica. It is delineated by several natural borders: the Tyrrhenian Sea to its east, the River Solenzara to its nor ...

(2A269) #

Sartène Sartène (; ; or ) is a commune in the department of Corse-du-Sud on the island of Corsica, France. Its history dates back to medieval times and granite buildings from the early 16th century still line some of the streets. One of the ma ...

(2A272) #

Serra-di-Scopamène Serra-di-Scopamène is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica. It takes its name from the Scopamène river, which flows through the commune. Population See also *Communes of the Corse-du-Sud departm ...

(2A278) # Sollacaro (2A284) # Sorbollano (2A285) #

Sotta Sotta () is a commune in the French department of Corse-du-Sud, on the island of Corsica. It is one of communes in the canton of Grand Sud. Geography Sotta is to the northeast of the commune of Figari on the road to Porto-Vecchio; it was c ...

(2A288) # Viggianello (2A349) #

Zérubia Zérubia is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica. Population See also *Communes of the Corse-du-Sud department *Tour de Corse The Tour de Corse is a rally first held in 1956 on the island of Cor ...

(2A357) #

Zonza Zonza (; ) is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica. Geography Zonza is located in the mountain chain of Barocagio-Marghese which extends to the south of the Incudine massif. This mountainous area exten ...

(2A362) #

Zoza Zoza is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica. Geography The river Rizzanese runs through the village which is located 88 km from Ajaccio. Population See also *Communes of the Corse-du-Sud depart ...

(2A363)

History

The arrondissement of Sartène was created as part of the department

Liamone Liamone was a department of the French island of Corsica between 1793 and 1811. It was located in the southern and western parts of the island, and its capital was Ajaccio. Liamone was created in 1793 by the division of the former department of ...

in 1800. Between 1811 and 1976 it was an arrondissement of the department

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, since 1976 it has been an arrondissement of the department

.Historique de la Corse-du-Sud
/ref> In March 2017 it lost the commune Olivese to the arrondissement of Ajaccio. 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 Sartène were, as of January 2015: # Bonifacio # Figari # Levie # Olmeto # Petreto-Bicchisano # Porto-Vecchio # Sartène # Tallano-Scopamène

References

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