Editing Haute-Corse

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'''Haute-Corse''' ({{IPA|fr|ot kɔʁs|lang|LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Haute-Corse.wav}}; {{langx|co|Corsica suprana}} {{IPA|co|ˈkorsiɡa zuˈprana|}}, {{lang|co|Cismonte}} {{IPA|co|tʃiˈzmɔnte|}}{{efn|Also Italian: {{IPA|it|tʃiˈzmonte|}}.}} or {{lang|co|Alta Corsica}}; {{langx|en|'''Upper Corsica'''}}) is a [[Departments of France|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 [[2017 Corsican territorial election|territorial elections]] coinciding with the dissolution of the separate councils.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|author=Morgane Rubetti|title=Corse : cinq questions pour comprendre les élections territoriales|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/2017/12/01/01002-20171201ARTFIG00034-corse-cinq-questions-pour-comprendre-les-elections-territoriales.php|newspaper=[[Le Figaro]]|date=1 December 2017|access-date=2 December 2017}}</ref> 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.<ref name=pop2019>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/6011060/dep2b.pdf Populations légales 2019: 2B Haute-Corse], INSEE</ref>

== History ==
[[File:Haute-Corse department relief location map.jpg|thumb|left|Map of Haute-Corse]]

The department was formed on 1 January 1976, when the department of Corsica was divided into Upper Corsica (''Haute-Corse'') and Southern Corsica (''[[Corse-du-Sud]]''). The department corresponds exactly to the former department of Golo, which existed between 1793 and 1811.

On 6 July 2003, a referendum on increased autonomy was voted down by a very thin majority: 50.98 percent against to 49.02 percent for. This was a major setback for French Minister of the Interior [[Nicolas Sarkozy]], who had hoped to use Corsica as the first step in his decentralization policies.

On 1 January 2018, Haute-Corse's administrative powers were partly ceded to the new territorial collectivity of Corsica.

== Geography ==
The department is surrounded on three sides by the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and on the south by the department of Corse-du-Sud. Rivers include the [[Abatesco]], [[Golo (river)|Golo]] and [[Tavignano]].

===Principal towns===

The most populous commune is [[Bastia]], the prefecture. As of 2019, there are 7 communes with more than 5,000 inhabitants:<ref name=pop2019/>

{| class=wikitable
! Commune
! Population (2019)
|-
| [[Bastia]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 48,503
|-
| [[Borgo, Haute-Corse|Borgo]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 8,832
|-
| [[Biguglia]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 7,810
|-
| [[Corte, Haute-Corse|Corte]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 7,485
|-
| [[Lucciana]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 6,007
|-
| [[Calvi, Haute-Corse|Calvi]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 5,774
|-
| [[Furiani]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 5,608
|}

== Demographics ==
The people living in the department are called ''Supranacci''. Most people of the department lives on coastal areas throughout highway.
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=DEP-2B#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|graph-pos = right
|1968 |115702
|1975 |125284
|1982 |131574
|1990 |131563
|1999 |141603
|2007 |159847
|2012 |170828
|2017 |177689
}}

==Politics==

The current [[Prefect (France)|prefect]] of Haute-Corse is François Ravier, who took office on 3 June 2019.<ref name=prefet/>

===Current National Assembly representatives===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Constituency!!Member<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/|title=Assemblée nationale ~ Les députés, le vote de la loi, le Parlement français|first=Assemblée|last=Nationale|website=Assemblée nationale}}</ref>!!Party
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Pè a Corsica}}" |
| [[Haute-Corse's 1st constituency]]
| [[Michel Castellani]]
| [[Femu a Corsica]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Pè a Corsica}}" |
| [[Haute-Corse's 2nd constituency]]
| [[François-Xavier Ceccoli]]
| [[The Republicans (France)|Les Republicans]]
|}

==Tourism==
<gallery>
File:VP-nuit.jpg|[[Bastia]]
File:Depuis la Serra.jpg|[[Calvi, Haute-Corse|Calvi]] seen from Notre-Dame de la Serra
File:Sant'Antonino Vi1JPG.jpg|[[Sant'Antonino, Haute-Corse|Sant'Antonino]], one of the [[Les Plus Beaux Villages de France|most beautiful villages of France]]
File:Saleccia 2004 1.jpg|[[Agriates Desert|Désert des Agriates]]
File:Riviere-restonica.jpg|[[Restonica]] Gorge
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Cantons of the Haute-Corse department]]
*[[Communes of the Haute-Corse department]]
*[[Arrondissements of the Haute-Corse department]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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* {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.haute-corse.gouv.fr/ Prefecture website]
* {{in lang|en}} [http://www.corsica-isula.com/ Corsica Isula ]

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[[Category:Departments of Corsica]]
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