Corsica
Upper Corsica
Arrondissement of Bastia

Bastia

Bastia is a city on the island of . The small fortifications and pleasant harbour-side areas make for a nice stroll. It is a small city and good for pedestrians.
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  • Type: Town with 48,800 residents
  • Description: French commune, city and prefecture of Haute-Corse, Corsica
  • Also known as: “Bastìa”
  • Postal codes: 20200, 20200, 20600, and 20600
Photo: Miguel2b, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bastia museum and Palais des Gouverneurs.

Museum
Photo: Sailko, CC BY 3.0.

Castle
Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a castle.

Church
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Cathédrale St Marie is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Bastia on the island of . It has been listed since 2000 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San-Martino-di-Lota.

Village
Photo: Pierre Bona, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or , is a commune in the French department of , collectivity and island of . is situated 4 km north of Bastia.

Bastia

Latitude
42.6994° or 42° 41′ 58″ north
Longitude
9.4509° or 9° 27′ 3″ east
Population
48,800
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
IATA airport code
BIA
United Nations Location Code
FR BIA
Open location code
8FJFMFX2+Q9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 33029028
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3034640
Wiki­data ID
Q134698
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Bastia” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Bastia”
  • Albanian: “Bastia”
  • Arabic: “باستيا”
  • Aragonese: “Bastia”
  • Armenian: “Բաստիա”
  • Arpitan: “Bastia”
  • Asturian: “Bastia”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bastiya limanı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bastiya”
  • Bambara: “Bastia”
  • Basque: “Bastia”
  • Bavarian: “Bastia”
  • Belarusian: “Бастыя”
  • Breton: “Bastia”
  • Breton: “Bastìa”
  • Cajun French: “Bastia”
  • Catalan: “Bastia”
  • Catalan: “Bàstia”
  • Cebuano: “Bastia”
  • Chechen: “Бастия”
  • Chinese: “Bastia”
  • Chinese: “巴斯提亞”
  • Chinese: “巴斯蒂亚”
  • Chinese: “巴斯蒂亞”
  • Chuvash: “Бастия”
  • Corsican: “Bastia”
  • Corsican: “Bastìa”
  • Corsican: “Cità di Bastia”
  • Corsican: “Cità di Bastìa”
  • Croatian: “Bastia”
  • Czech: “Bastia”
  • Danish: “Bastia”
  • Dutch: “Bastia”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “باستيا”
  • Esperanto: “Bastia”
  • Estonian: “Bastia”
  • Faroese: “Bastia”
  • Finnish: “Bastia”
  • French: “Bastia”
  • French: “Cardo”
  • French: “Espace urbain de Bastia”
  • Friulian: “Bastia”
  • Galician: “Bastia”
  • German: “Bastia”
  • German: “Bastìa”
  • Greek: “Μπαστιά”
  • Hebrew: “בסטיה”
  • Hungarian: “Bastia”
  • Icelandic: “Bastia”
  • Ido: “Bastia”
  • Indonesian: “Bastia”
  • Interlingua: “Bastia”
  • Interlingue: “Bastia”
  • Irish: “Bastia”
  • Italian: “Bastia”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Bastia”
  • Japanese: “バスティア”
  • Kabyle: “Bastia”
  • Kalaallisut: “Bastia”
  • Kazakh: “Бастия”
  • Kongo: “Bastia”
  • Korean: “바스티아”
  • Kurdish: “Bastia”
  • Ladin: “Bastia”
  • Latin: “Bastia”
  • Latin: “Mantinum”
  • Latvian: “Bastiā”
  • Latvian: “Bastja”
  • Ligurian: “Bastia”
  • Limburgan: “Bastia”
  • Lithuanian: “Bastija”
  • Lithuanian: “Bastja”
  • Lombard: “Bastia”
  • Low German: “Bastia”
  • Luxembourgish: “Bastia”
  • Macedonian: “Бастија”
  • Mainfränkisch: “Bastia”
  • Malagasy: “Bastia”
  • Malay: “Bastia”
  • Marathi: “बास्तिया”
  • Mazanderani: “بستیا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bastia”
  • Minangkabau: “Bastia”
  • Narom: “Bastia”
  • Neapolitan: “Bastia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bastia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bastia”
  • Norwegian: “Bastia”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Bastia”
  • Ossetian: “Басти”
  • Papiamento: “Bastia”
  • Persian: “باستیا”
  • Persian: “بستیا”
  • Picard: “Bastia”
  • Piemontese: “Bastia”
  • Polish: “Bastia”
  • Portuguese: “Bastia”
  • Prussian: “Bastia”
  • Romagnol: “Bastia”
  • Romanian: “Bastia”
  • Romansh: “Bastia”
  • Russian: “Бастия”
  • Sardinian: “Bastia”
  • Scots: “Bastia”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Bastia”
  • Serbian: “Bastia”
  • Serbian: “Бастија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bastia, Korzika”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bastia”
  • Sicilian: “Bastia”
  • Sicilian: “Bastìa”
  • Slovak: “Bastia”
  • Slovenian: “Bastia”
  • South Azerbaijani: “باستیا”
  • Spanish: “Bastia”
  • Swahili: “Bastia”
  • Swedish: “Bastia”
  • Swedish: “Bastìa”
  • Swiss German: “Bastia”
  • Tatar: “Бастия”
  • Thai: “บัสตียา”
  • Turkish: “Bastia”
  • Twi: “Bastia”
  • Ukrainian: “Бастія”
  • Urdu: “باستیا”
  • Venetian: “Bastia”
  • Vietnamese: “Bastia”
  • Vlaams: “Bastia”
  • Volapük: “Bastia”
  • Walloon: “Bastia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bastia”
  • Welsh: “Bastia”
  • Wolof: “Bastia”
  • Wu Chinese: “巴斯蒂亚”
  • Yue Chinese: “巴斯提亞”
  • Zulu: “Bastia”
  • “Bastia”

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