Editing Bastia (section)

===The city centre and outlying urban areas===
Today the city centre consists mainly of the citadel (also called ''Terra Nova''), the Palace of the Governors, the Old Port with its surrounding neighbourhood and the market place, and finally all the buildings along the Paoli Boulevard – the main commercial street of the city which stretches from the courthouse to the Avenue Maréchal Sebastiani.

In recent decades Bastia and its region have had strong demographic growth which has now grown beyond the municipal boundaries.
[[File:Cardu.JPG|thumb|The Village of Cardo]]
Bastia has several hamlets and districts that are, from north to south:
* '''Cardo''': a village northeast of the city, Cardo was one of the first inhabited places in the area.
* '''Le Fango''': an area which has developed recently on the mountainside. It includes in particular the prefecture of Haute-Corse, Bastia railway station, and the ''Lycée Giocante de Casabianca''.
* '''Gradiccia'''
* '''Saint Antoine'''
* '''Fort Lacroix'''
* '''La Citadelle'''
* '''Saint Joseph'''
* '''Monserato'''
* '''Lupino''': a district south of the city, the first to be developed mainly with social housing.
* '''Paese Novo''': a residential district overlooking ''Montesoro'' on the old "Imperial road" that bypasses the town via the heights. Bastia Hospital is located in this district.
* '''Montesoro''': another residential district south of Bastia. It has large groups of new buildings with many shops. Montesoro also has large schools: technical and vocational schools, and a secondary education college.
* '''Erbajolo''': another district at the southern end of town. It marks the beginning of the industrial zone south of Bastia agglomeration. It has the largest commercial area in the city (Hyper U) and a football stadium.