Calenzana (; co, Calinzana) is a

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

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 ...

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on the island of Corsica. In 1732 it was the site of an uprising by Corsican nationalists against the island's

Genoese Genoese may refer to: * a person from Genoa * Genoese dialect, a dialect of the Ligurian language * Republic of Genoa (–1805), a former state in Liguria See also * Genovese, a surname * Genovesi, a surname * * * * * Genova (disambiguati ...

rulers. It is now best known as the starting (or finishing) point of the

GR 20 The GR 20 (or ''fra li monti'') is a GR footpath that crosses the Mediterranean island of Corsica running approximately north–south, described by the outdoor writer Paddy Dillon as "one of the top trails in the world". The whole trail is a ...

long distance walk. The commune contains the

Étang de Crovani The Étang de Crovani ( co, Stagnu di Diana) is a coastal lagoon beside the Mediterranean Sea on the west coast of the Haute-Corse department on the French island of Corsica. Location The Étang de Crovani is on the west coast of Haute-Corse in ...

, a coastal lagoon, that lies behind the Crovani beach (or Argentella beach) on Crovani bay.

Population

Monuments

Église Saint-Blaise de Calenzana Église Saint-Blaise de Calenzana is a church in Calenzana, Haute-Corse, Corsica. The building was classified as a Historic Monument A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or whic ...