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Calvi is a town located in Haute-Corse, a region in the island of Corsica, France. It is notable as an administrative and geographic unit within the French commune system.
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Place details
- Locality
- Calvi
- Region
- Corse
- Country
- France
- Population
- 5,477
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Calvi
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Calvi
- Population
- +5788
- Area
- +31.2
- Elevation
- +89
- Shares border with
- Lumio
- Official website
- www.villedecalvi.fr
- Image
- Northwest side of the Citadel of Calvi, Corsica, France (52723823056).jpg
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Calvi (/ˈkælvi/ KAL-vee, French: [kalvi], Italian: [ˈkalvi], Corsican: [ˈkalvi]) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. It is the seat of the Canton of Calvi and of the Arrondissement of Calvi.
According to legend, Christopher Columbus supposedly came from Calvi, which at the time was part of the Genoese Empire. Because the often subversive elements of the island gave its inhabitants a bad reputation, he would have been expected to mask his exact birthplace.