Calvi

Calvi is a city on the island of and the biggest tourist centre of the island, despite not having much to see or do. Because of the Corsica's strategic location, Calvi has a rich and chequered history.
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  • Type: Town with 5,750 residents
  • Description: commune in Haute-Corse, France
  • Also known as: Calvi, Haute-Corse
  • Postal codes: 20260 and 20260

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gare de Calvi and Calvi Cathedral.

Railway station
is a railway station.

Church
is a former Roman Catholic church located in Calvi on the island of , . It was the episcopal seat of the Bishop of Sagona, which in 1801 was succeeded by the Bishopric of Ajaccio. The cathedral is a national monument.

Church
is a church in Calvi, , . The building was classified as a Historic Monument in 1988.

Calvi

Latitude
42.5677° or 42° 34′ 4″ north
Longitude
8.7591° or 8° 45′ 33″ east
Population
5,750
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
IATA airport code
CLY
United Nations Location Code
FR CLY
Open location code
8FJCHQ95+3J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 51318353
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3029090
Wiki­data ID
Q202439
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Calvi” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Calvi
  • Arabic: كالفي، اوت-كورس
  • Aragonese: Calvi
  • Arpitan: Calvi
  • Asturian: Calvi
  • Bambara: Calvi
  • Basque: Calvi
  • Bavarian: Calvi
  • Belarusian: Кальві
  • Breton: Calvi
  • Cajun French: Calvi
  • Catalan: Calvi
  • Cebuano: Calvi
  • Chechen: Кальви
  • Chinese: Calvi, Haute-Corse
  • Chinese: Calvi
  • Chinese: 卡尔维
  • Chinese: 卡爾維
  • Corsican: Calbi
  • Corsican: Calvi
  • Croatian: Calvi
  • Czech: Calvi
  • Danish: Calvi
  • Dutch: Calvi (Corsica)
  • Dutch: Calvi
  • Egyptian Arabic: كالفى
  • Esperanto: Calvi
  • Estonian: Calvi
  • Faroese: Calvi
  • Finnish: Calvi
  • French: Calvi
  • Friulian: Calvi
  • Galician: Calvi
  • German: Calvi - Korsika
  • German: Calvi
  • Greek: Καλβί
  • Hebrew: קלווי
  • Hungarian: Calvi
  • Icelandic: Calvi
  • Ido: Calvi
  • Indonesian: Calvi, Prancis
  • Indonesian: Calvi
  • Interlingua: Calvi
  • Interlingue: Calvi
  • Irish: Calvi
  • Italian: Calvi
  • Jamaican Creole English: Calvi
  • Japanese: カルヴィ
  • Kabyle: Calvi
  • Kalaallisut: Calvi
  • Kazakh: Кальви
  • Kongo: Calvi
  • Korean: 칼비
  • Kurdish: Calvi, Haute-Corse
  • Kurdish: Calvi
  • Ladin: Calvi
  • Latin: Calvi
  • Latin: Calvium
  • Latvian: Calvi
  • Ligurian: Calvi
  • Limburgan: Calvi
  • Lithuanian: Calvi
  • Lombard: Calvi
  • Low German: Calvi
  • Luxembourgish: Calvi
  • Mainfränkisch: Calvi
  • Malagasy: Calvi
  • Malay: Calvi, Haute-Corse
  • Malay: Calvi
  • Min Nan Chinese: Calvi
  • Minangkabau: Calvi
  • Narom: Calvi
  • Neapolitan: Calvi
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Calvi
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Calvi
  • Norwegian: Calvi
  • Occitan (post 1500): Calvi
  • Papiamento: Calvi
  • Persian: کلوی، ات-کرس
  • Picard: Calvi
  • Piemontese: Calvi
  • Polish: Calvi
  • Portuguese: Calvi
  • Prussian: Calvi
  • Romagnol: Calvi
  • Romanian: Calvi
  • Romansh: Calvi
  • Russian: Кальви
  • Sardinian: Calvi
  • Scots: Calvi
  • Scottish Gaelic: Calvi
  • Serbian: Calvi
  • Serbian: Kalvi
  • Serbian: Калви
  • Serbo-Croatian: Calvi
  • Sicilian: Calvi
  • Slovak: Calvi
  • Slovenian: Calvi
  • Spanish: Calvi
  • Swahili: Calvi
  • Swedish: Calvi
  • Swiss German: Calvi
  • Tatar: Кальви (Югары Корсика)
  • Tatar: Кальви
  • Turkish: Calvi, Haute-Corse
  • Turkish: Calvi
  • Ukrainian: Кальві
  • Venetian: Calvi
  • Vietnamese: Calvi, Haute-Corse
  • Vietnamese: Calvi
  • Vlaams: Calvi
  • Volapük: Calvi
  • Walloon: Calvi
  • Waray (Philippines): Calvi, Haute-Corse
  • Waray (Philippines): Calvi
  • Welsh: Calvi
  • Wolof: Calvi
  • Yue Chinese: Calvi
  • Zulu: Calvi
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