Corte, Haute-Corse

Corte

Corti
Corte Corti
Subprefecture and commune
	Citadel
	Coat of arms
	Location of Corte
	Corte Corte
	Coordinates: 42°18′23″N 9°09′05″E / 42.3064°N 9.1514°E
Country	France
Region	Corsica
Department	Haute-Corse
Arrondissement	Corte
Canton	Corte
Intercommunality	Centre Corse
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Antoine Sindali
Area 1	149.27 km2 (57.63 sq mi)
Population (2008)	6,779
• Density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	2B096 /20250
Elevation	299–2,626 m (981–8,615 ft) ; (avg. 486 m or 1,594 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Corte (French: [kɔʁ.te] ; Italian pronunciation: [ˈkorte],^[1] Corsican: Corti) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. It is the fourth-largest commune in Corsica after Ajaccio, Bastia, and Porto-Vecchio.

Administration

Corte is a subprefecture of the Haute-Corse department.

History

Corte was the capital of the Corsican independent state during the period of Pasquale Paoli.

During World War I, German prisoners of war were kept in the Citadel.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1800	2,092	—
1806	3,073	+46.9%
1821	2,735	−11.0%
1831	3,282	+20.0%
1836	3,587	+9.3%
1841	3,505	−2.3%
1846	4,599	+31.2%
1851	4,719	+2.6%
1856	4,676	−0.9%
1861	5,754	+23.1%
1866	6,094	+5.9%
1872	5,426	−11.0%
1876	5,018	−7.5%
1881	5,136	+2.4%
1886	5,002	−2.6%
1891	5,029	+0.5%
1896	5,000	−0.6%
1901	5,425	+8.5%
1906	5,188	−4.4%
1911	5,211	+0.4%
1921	5,094	−2.2%
1926	5,267	+3.4%
1931	5,396	+2.4%
1936	6,014	+11.5%
1946	5,310	−11.7%
1954	5,033	−5.2%
1962	5,066	+0.7%
1968	4,948	−2.3%
1975	5,230	+5.7%
1982	5,177	−1.0%
1990	5,693	+10.0%
1999	6,329	+11.2%
2008	6,779	+7.1%

Sights

Sites of interest include the Fortress (A citadella), the Museum of Corsica (Museu di a Corsica), and the University of Corsica (Università di Corsica).

Transport

National roads lead to Ajaccio and Bastia.

Corte is also linked to Ajaccio, Bastia and Calvi by the Chemin de fer de la Corse (Corsican Railway), and is served by trains running between Ajaccio and Calvi, and Ajaccio and Bastia.

Climate

Corte has a mediterranean climate, sometimes alpine during the winter, with 52 summer days and 56 frost days.

Climate data for Corte
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	11.3 (52.3)	11.2 (52.2)	13.5 (56.3)	17.1 (62.8)	22.4 (72.3)	25.2 (77.4)	30.4 (86.7)	29.5 (85.1)	25 (77)	19.3 (66.7)	12.4 (54.3)	9.7 (49.5)	18.9 (66.0)
Daily mean °C (°F)	6.5 (43.7)	6.2 (43.2)	8.4 (47.1)	11.8 (53.2)	15.9 (60.6)	19.7 (67.5)	21.1 (70.0)	21.0 (69.8)	18.1 (64.6)	12.6 (54.7)	7.6 (45.7)	5.8 (42.4)	12.9 (55.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	1.1 (34.0)	1.1 (34.0)	3.2 (37.8)	6.1 (43.0)	9.4 (48.9)	13 (55)	11.4 (52.5)	12 (54)	11.1 (52.0)	5.9 (42.6)	2.8 (37.0)	1.7 (35.1)	6.6 (43.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	67 (2.6)	78 (3.1)	70 (2.8)	56 (2.2)	44 (1.7)	29 (1.1)	12 (0.5)	29 (1.1)	52 (2.0)	93 (3.7)	95 (3.7)	87 (3.4)	712 (27.9)
Source: infoclimat.fr

Education

Corte has become a major university town in Corsica since the Pasquale Paoli University opened up again in 1980s.

Personalities

Corte was the birthplace of Joseph Bonaparte (1768–1844), the eldest brother of the French Emperor Napoleon I, who made him King of Naples (1806–1808) and Spain (1808–1813).

Gallery

Panorama
Citadel
Church
La Citadelle
Place Gaffori, with the statue of General Ghjuvan Petru Gaffori in front of his former home
Fountain at the beginning of the boardwalk called Rampe Sainte Croix from the Cours Paoli to the Chapel of Sainte Croix
House of birth of Joseph Bonaparte (1768)
Corte Panorama created from three images recorded at the bridge over the Restonica, pont vieux