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Corte
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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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Corti
- Demonym
- cortenesi
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Corte
- 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
- Patron saint
- Saint Theophilus of Corte
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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
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-95-45-23-00
- fax number
- +33-4-95-46-32-37
- P12749
- Robert Huber
- 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.