Arrondissement of Calvi


The arrondissement of Calvi is an arrondissement of France in the Haute-Corse department in the territorial collectivity of Corsica. It has 51 communes. Its population is 29,576, and its area is.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Calvi, and their INSEE codes, are:
  1. Algajola
  2. Aregno
  3. Avapessa
  4. Barbaggio
  5. Belgodère
  6. Calenzana
  7. Calvi
  8. Cateri
  9. Corbara
  10. Costa
  11. Farinole
  12. Feliceto
  13. Galéria
  14. L'Île-Rousse
  15. Lama
  16. Lavatoggio
  17. Lumio
  18. Manso
  19. Mausoléo
  20. Moncale
  21. Montegrosso
  22. Monticello
  23. Murato
  24. Muro
  25. Nessa
  26. Novella
  27. Occhiatana
  28. Oletta
  29. Olmeta-di-Tuda
  30. Olmi-Cappella
  31. Palasca
  32. Patrimonio
  33. Pietralba
  34. Piève
  35. Pigna
  36. Pioggiola
  37. Poggio-d'Oletta
  38. Rapale
  39. Rutali
  40. Saint-Florent
  41. San-Gavino-di-Tenda
  42. Sant'Antonino
  43. Santa-Reparata-di-Balagna
  44. Santo-Pietro-di-Tenda
  45. Sorio
  46. Speloncato
  47. Urtaca
  48. Vallecalle
  49. Vallica
  50. Ville-di-Paraso
  51. Zilia

    History

The arrondissement of Calvi was created as part of the department Golo in 1800. In 1811 it became an arrondissement of the department Corse. It was disbanded in 1926 and restored in 1943. Since 1976 it has been an arrondissement of the department Haute-Corse. On 1 January 2010, it gained the two cantons of Le Haut-Nebbio and La Conca-d'Oro from the arrondissement of Bastia.
As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Calvi were, as of January 2015:
  1. Belgodère
  2. Calenzana
  3. Calvi
  4. La Conca-d'Oro
  5. Le Haut-Nebbio
  6. L'Île-Rousse

    Sub-prefects