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Bastia is a commune in the 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.
Haute-Corse is 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. However, even though its administrative powers were ceded to the new territorial collectivity, it continues to remain an administrative department in its own right. In 2019, it had a population of 181,933.
Calvi is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.
The 3 arrondissements of the Haute-Corse department are:
- Arrondissement of Bastia, with 27 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 87,776 in 2016.
- Arrondissement of Calvi, with 51 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 29,576 in 2016.
- Arrondissement of Corte, with 158 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 58,800 in 2016.
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 87,776 (2016), and its area is 473.8 km2 (182.9 sq mi).
Cap Corse, a geographical area of Corsica, is a 40 kilometres (25 mi) long peninsula located at the northern tip of the island. At the base of it is the second largest city in Corsica, Bastia. Cap Corse is also a Communauté de communes comprising 18 communes. The area of the Communauté de communes is 305.7 km2, and its population was 6,706 in 2019.
Asco is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.
Antisanti is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.
Moïta is a commune in the Haute-Corse department, on the island of Corsica, France.
Morosaglia is a commune in the Haute-Corse department, on the island of Corsica, France. Since 2015, it is the seat of the canton of Golo-Morosaglia.
Volpajola is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.
The Canton of Bastia-1 is one of the 15 cantons of the Haute-Corse department, France. Since the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the communes of the canton of Bastia-1 are:
The Canton of Bastia-2 is one of the 15 cantons of the Haute-Corse department, France. Since the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the communes of the canton of Bastia-2 are:
The Canton of Bastia-3 is one of the 15 cantons of the Haute-Corse department, France. Since the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the communes of the canton of Bastia-3 are:
The Canton of Bastia-4 is one of the 15 cantons of the Haute-Corse department, France. Since the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the communes of the canton of Bastia-4 are:
The Canton of Bastia-5, also known as Lupino or Lupinu, is a former canton of the arrondissement of Bastia, in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica France. It had 8,144 inhabitants (2012). It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It comprised part of the commune of Bastia.
The Canton of Bastia-6 (Furiani-Montésoro) is a former canton of the arrondissement of Bastia, in the Haute-Corse department, France. It had 14,541 inhabitants (2012). It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015.
The Canton of La Conca-d'Oro is a former canton of the arrondissement of Bastia, in the Haute-Corse department, France. It had 4,997 inhabitants (2012). It was created 18 August 1973 by the decree 73-825. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015.
Gilles Simeoni is a lawyer in France and a politician. He was mayor of Bastia from 2014 to 2016 and has been president of the executive council of Corsica since 2015. Notably, Simeoni served as the Corsican nationalist Yvan Colonna's lawyer at his trial for the assassination of Claude Érignac.
The Departmental Council of Haute-Corse was the deliberative assembly of the French department of Haute-Corse, a decentralized territorial collectivity from 1976 to 2017. Its headquarters were in Bastia. Following the territorial reform of 2015, the two departmental councils of Corsica merged on January 1, 2018 with the Territorial Collectivity of Corsica, which already exercised the powers of a region with special status, to form the Collectivity of Corsica.
