Cargèse
Cargèse is a village in Corsica, to the north of Ajaccio. It sprawls from the top of a hill down to a small harbor. The town is best known for the Cargèse Institute for Physics, just outside to the south, which hosts conferences and summer schools.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Pierre Bona, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Pierre Bona, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 1,240 residents
- Description: French commune in Corse-du-Sud, Corsica
- Also known as: “Cargese”, “Cargèse / Carghjese”, and “Le Village de Cargèse”
- Postal code: 20130
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tour de Cargèse and Église Latine de Cargèse.
Tour de Cargèse
Ruins
The Tour de Cargèse is a ruined Genoese tower located in the commune of Cargèse on the French island of Corsica. It sits on the highest point of the Puntiglione headland at an elevation of 157 metres above the sea.
Église Latine de Cargèse
Church
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
Église Latine de Cargèse is a church.
Cargèse
- Categories: commune of France and locality
- Location: Arrondissement of Ajaccio, South Corsica, Corsica, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.1344° or 42° 8′ 4″ northLongitude
8.5942° or 8° 35′ 39″ eastPopulation
1,240Elevation
87 metres (285 feet)United Nations Location Code
FR CG3Open location code
8FJC4HMV+PMOpenStreetMap ID
node 1870197282OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Cargèse” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Cargèse”
- Arabic: “كارجيز”
- Aragonese: “Cargèse”
- Armenian: “Կարժեզ”
- Arpitan: “Cargèse”
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- Basque: “Cargèse”
- Bavarian: “Cargèse”
- Belarusian: “Каржэз”
- Breton: “Cargèse”
- Breton: “Carghjese”
- Cajun French: “Cargèse”
- Catalan: “Cargèse”
- Cebuano: “Cargèse”
- Chechen: “КагӀжез”
- Chinese: “Cargèse”
- Chinese: “卡尔热斯”
- Chinese: “卡爾熱斯”
- Corsican: “Carghjese”
- Corsican: “Carghjesi”
- Croatian: “Cargèse”
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- Danish: “Cargèse”
- Dutch: “Cargese”
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- German: “Cargèse”
- German: “Carghjese”
- Greek: “Καργκέζε”
- Hebrew: “קרז’ז”
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- Italian: “Cargèse”
- Italian: “Carghjese”
- Italian: “Carghjesi”
- Jamaican Creole English: “Cargèse”
- Japanese: “カルジェーズ”
- Japanese: “カルジェーゼ”
- Japanese: “カルジェゼ”
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- Kazakh: “Karjez”
- Kazakh: “Каржез”
- Kazakh: “كارجەز”
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- Serbian: “Karđeze”
- Serbian: “Карђезе”
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