Upper Corsica
Haute-Corse is a 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 territorial elections coinciding with the dissolution of the separate councils.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Pierre Bona, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Pierre Bona, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: department of France with 185,000 residents
- Description: French department in Corsica
- Also known as: “2B”, “Alta Corsica”, “Cismonte”, “Corsica suprana”, “Haute Corse”, and “Haute-Corse”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Francardo train station and Église de l’Annonciation de Prato-di-Giovellina.
Francardo train station
Railway station
Photo: Pierre Bona, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Francardo train station is a railway station.
Église de l’Annonciation de Prato-di-Giovellina
Church
Photo: Pierre Bona, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Église de l’Annonciation de Prato-di-Giovellina is a church.
Chapelle San Nicolao de Castiglione
Church
Photo: Pierre Bona, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chapelle San Nicolao de Castiglione is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Popolasca and Piedigriggio.
Popolasca
Village
Photo: Pierre Bona, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Popolasca is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.
Piedigriggio
Village
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Piedigriggio is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. Piedigriggio is situated 3½ km north of Upper Corsica.
Ponte Leccia
Village
Photo: Pierre Bona, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ponte Leccia is a French village, part of the municipality of Morosaglia, in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica. Its name in Corsican language is U Ponte à a Leccia. Ponte Leccia is situated 6 km northeast of Upper Corsica.
Upper Corsica
- Location: Corsica, France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Upper Corsica” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Haute-Corse”
- Albanian: “Haute-Corse”
- Arabic: “كورسيكا العليا”
- Aragonese: “Alta Corcega”
- Armenian: “Վերին Կորսիկա”
- Arpitan: “Hôta-Corse”
- Asturian: “Alta Córcega”
- Azerbaijani: “Yuxarı Korsika”
- Basque: “Korsika Garaia”
- Belarusian: “Верхняя Корсіка”
- Belarusian: “Верхняя Корсыка”
- Belarusian: “дэпартамент Верхняя Корсіка”
- Belarusian: “дэпартамент Корсіка Верхняя”
- Belarusian: “Корсіка Верхняя”
- Bengali: “হোতে-কোর্স”
- Breton: “Korsika-Uhel”
- Bulgarian: “От Корс”
- Catalan: “Alta Còrsega”
- Cebuano: “Haute-Corse”
- Chechen: “Лакха Корсика”
- Chinese: “Haute-Corse”
- Chinese: “上歌斯嘉”
- Chinese: “上科西嘉”
- Chinese: “上科西嘉省”
- Chuvash: “Тури Корсика”
- Corsican: “2B”
- Corsican: “Alta Corsica”
- Corsican: “Cismonte”
- Corsican: “Corsica suprana”
- Croatian: “Haute-Corse”
- Czech: “Haute-Corse”
- Danish: “Haute-Corse”
- Dutch: “2B”
- Dutch: “Haute-Corse”
- Dutch: “Hoog-Corsica”
- Esperanto: “Haute-Corse”
- Estonian: “Haute-Corse’i departemang”
- Finnish: “Haute-Corse”
- French: “Corse-du-Haut”
- French: “Département de la Haute-Corse”
- French: “FR-2B”
- French: “Haute Corse”
- French: “Haute-Corse”
- Galician: “Alta Córsega”
- Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთი კორსიკა”
- German: “Cismonte”
- German: “Département Haute-Corse”
- German: “Haute Corse”
- German: “Haute-Corse”
- German: “Oberkorsika”
- Greek: “Άνω Κορσική”
- Gujarati: “હૌટ-કૉર્સ”
- Hakka Chinese: “Haute-Corse”
- Hebrew: “קורסיקה עילית”
- Hindi: “ओट-कोरसे”
- Hungarian: “Haute-Corse”
- Indonesian: “Haute-Corse”
- Interlingua: “Departimento Haute-Corse”
- Irish: “Haute-Corse”
- Italian: “Alta Corsica”
- Italian: “Cismonte”
- Italian: “Corsica settentrionale”
- Japanese: “オート＝コルス県”
- Japanese: “上コルシカ県”
- Kannada: “ಹಾಟ್-ಕೋರ್ಸ್”
- Kazakh: “Жоғарғы Корсика”
- Kongo: “Haute-Corse”
- Korean: “오트코르스주”
- Ladin: “Haute-Corse”
- Ladino: “Haute Corse”
- Latin: “Corsica Superior”
- Latvian: “Augškorsika”
- Limburgan: “Haute-Corse”
- Lithuanian: “Aukštutinė Korsika”
- Lombard: “Haute-Corse”
- Low German: “Haute-Corse”
- Luxembourgish: “Departement Haute-Corse”
- Luxembourgish: “Haute-Corse”
- Macedonian: “Горна Корзика”
- Malagasy: “Haute-Corse”
- Malay: “Haute-Corse”
- Marathi: “ऑत-कॉर्स”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Haute-Corse”
- Narom: “Corse-du-Ĥâot”
- Narom: “Ĥâote-Corse”
- Northern Frisian: “Haute-Corse”
- Northern Sami: “Haute-Corse”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Haute-Corse”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Haute-Corse”
- Norwegian: “Haute-Corse”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Nauta Corsega”
- Ossetian: “Уæллаг Корсикæ”
- Pampanga: “Haute-Corse”
- Persian: “کرس شمالی”
- Picard: “Heute-Corse”
- Piemontese: “Àuta Còrsica”
- Piemontese: “Cismonte”
- Piemontese: “Dipartiment ëd l’Àuta Còrsica”
- Polish: “Górna Korsyka”
- Portuguese: “Alta Córsega”
- Romanian: “departamentul Haute-Corse”
- Romanian: “Haute-Corse”
- Russian: “Верхняя Корсика”
- Sardinian: “Còssiga Arta”
- Scots: “Cismonte”
- Scots: “Haute-Corse”
- Scots: “Upper Corsicae”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Haute-Corse”
- Serbian: “Горња Корзика”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Haute-Corse”
- Sinhala: “හෞටේ-කොර්ස්”
- Slovak: “Haute-Corse”
- Slovenian: “Haute-Corse”
- Spanish: “Alta Córcega”
- Spanish: “Cismonte”
- Swahili: “Haute-Corse”
- Swedish: “Haute-Corse”
- Tajik: “Департаменти Корсика Верхняя”
- Tajik: “Департаменти Корсикаи Боло”
- Tamil: “ஹூட் -கோர்ஸ்”
- Telugu: “హాట్-కోర్స్”
- Thai: “จังหวัดโอต-กอร์ส”
- Turkish: “Haute-Corse”
- Ukrainian: “Верхня Корсика”
- Urdu: “بالائی-کورس”
- Uzbek: “Haute-Corse”
- Venetian: “Alta Còrsega”
- Vietnamese: “Haute-Corse”
- Waray (Philippines): “Haute-Corse”
- Welsh: “Haute-Corse”
- Western Frisian: “Cismonte”
- Western Frisian: “Haute-Corse”
- Western Frisian: “Heech-Korsika”
- Western Frisian: “Opper-Korsika”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع ہاؤتے کورسے”
- Wu Chinese: “上科西嘉”
- Wu Chinese: “上科西嘉省”
- Yue Chinese: “上歌斯嘉”
- Yue Chinese: “上歌斯嘉省”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Prato-di-Giovellina and Francardo.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cima Tonda and Croce d’Arbitro.
Corsica: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Ajaccio, Bastia, Bonifacio, and Calvi.
Curious Places to Discover
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