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Corte

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Also known as Corte, Haute-Corse, Corte, Corsica, Corti, Corti, Corsica

French commune in Haute-Corse, Corsica

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Corte is a commune and human settlement located in the Haute-Corse department of France, on the island of Corsica. It serves as the capital of the arrondissement of Corte and the canton of Corte, and has also been the capital of the Corsican Republic. The municipality shares borders with Soveria, Guagno, Letia, and Orto. Its official name is Corte, also known as Corti.

The area covers 149.27 square kilometers and sits at an elevation of 2626 meters above sea level. The population is recorded as 7,819, comprising 3,495 males and 3,951 females. Corte is twinned with Nuoro. The local postal code is 20250, and the dialing code is 495. Saint Theophilus of Corte is the patron saint of the community.

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Place details

Locality
Corte
Region
Corse
Country
France
Population
7,217

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Air quality

36US AQIGood
PM2.5
6.5 µg/m³
PM10
9.5 µg/m³
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Official name
Corti
Demonym
cortenesi
Country
France
Official language
Corsican
Population
7819
Area
149.27
Elevation
1219
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Body of water
Restonica
Shares border with
Venaco
Official website
www.mairie-corte.fr
Image
Aerial view of Corte, Corsica, France (52723814411).jpg
Dialing code
495
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topic's main category
Category:Corte, Haute-Corse
twinned administrative body
Nuoro
category for people born here
Q8059324
category of associated people
Category:People from Corte, Haute-Corse
postal code
20250
associated electoral district
canton of Corte
male population
3495
female population
3951
located in/on physical feature
Corsica
email address
mailto:[email protected]
phone number
+33-4-95-45-23-00
fax number
+33-4-95-46-32-37
Commons gallery
Corte (Haute-Corse)
Commons category
Corte (Haute-Corse)
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Travel guide

Understand

Corte (Corsican: Corti) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of Corsica. It is the fourth-largest city in Corsica (after Ajaccio, Bastia, and Porto-Vecchio).

Do

Hiking and snow sports. Canyoning in the surrounding mountains and streams. Among the possible destinations are . , , .

Sleep

There are two campsites in Corte:

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Encyclopedic overview

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

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

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Corte” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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