Corte, Haute-Corse

Corte
Corti
View of the citadel
View of the citadel
Coat of arms of Corte
Location of Corte
Map
Corte is located in France
Corte
Corte
Corte is located in Corsica
Corte
Corte
Coordinates: 42°18′23″N 9°09′05″E / 42.3064°N 9.1514°E / 42.3064; 9.1514
CountryFrance
RegionCorsica
DepartmentHaute-Corse
ArrondissementCorte
CantonCorte
IntercommunalityCentre Corse
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Xavier Poli[1]
Area
1
149.27 km2 (57.63 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
7,654
 • Density51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Cortenais(e) (French)
cortenese (Italian)
cortinese, curtinese (Corsican)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
2B096 /20250
Elevation299–2,626 m (981–8,615 ft)
(avg. 486 m or 1,594 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Corte (/ˈkɔːrt/, /ˈkɔːrti/; French: [kɔʁte]; Italian: [ˈkorte];[3] Corsican: Corti, [ˈkorti]) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department, on the island of Corsica, France.

It is the fourth-largest commune in Corsica after Ajaccio, Bastia, and Porto-Vecchio.

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ (in Italian) Entry corte in the Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia (DOP). Archived 18 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine

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