Avapessa
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::data[format=table title="Infobox French commune"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Avapessa |
| commune status | Commune |
| image | Avapessa Haute-Corse.jpg |
| caption | A general view of Avapessa |
| arrondissement | Calvi |
| canton | Calvi |
| INSEE | 2B025 |
| postal code | 20225 |
| mayor | Marie-Josée Salvatori |
| term | 2020–2026 |
| intercommunality | CC Calvi Balagne |
| coordinates | |
| elevation m | 150 |
| elevation min m | 173 |
| elevation max m | 800 |
| area km2 | 3.29 |
| population | |
| population date | |
| population footnotes | |
| :: |
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Avapessa is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.
Geography
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Avapessa-village.jpg" caption="View of the valley"] ::
Avapessa is located some 12 km in a direct line east of Calvi and 8 km south by south-east of Algajola. Access to the commune is by road D71 from Cateri in the north which passes through the heart of the commune slightly west of the village and continues south-east to Muro. Access to the village is by the Tuvo road which branches off the D71. The commune is rugged in the west with a high country landscape while in the east there is more farmland.
Neighbouring communes and villages
|width=auto |Centre = Avapessa |North = Cateri |Northeast = Aregno |East = Nessa |Southeast = Muro |South = Montegrosso |Southwest = |West = |Northwest = Lavatoggio
Administration
List of Successive Mayors ::data[format=table]
| From | To | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2008 | Christian Reboul | DVD |
| 2008 | 2026 | Marie-Josée Salvatori | DVG |
| :: |
Demography
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Avapessiens or Avapessiennes in French.
| align = none | cols = 2 | percentages = pagr | source = EHESS and INSEE |1800 |252 |1806 |271 |1821 |246 |1831 |263 |1836 |275 |1841 |281 |1846 |299 |1851 |287 |1856 |305 |1861 |282 |1866 |259 |1872 |239 |1876 |250 |1881 |234 |1886 |257 |1891 |244 |1896 |235 |1901 |210 |1906 |196 |1911 |180 |1921 |160 |1926 |174 |1931 |147 |1936 |131 |1946 |110 |1954 |111 |1962 |107 |1968 |73 |1975 |70 |1982 |57 |1990 |65 |1999 |65 |2007 |81 |2012 |85 |2017 |82 ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Skycrane_CH-54_in_corsica.jpg" caption="Skycrane fire fighting at Avapessa"] ::
References
References
- (2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
- [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Avapessa,+France/@42.5567395,8.8934395,3413m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x12d0c11dd1f9c3bb:0x40819a5fd955690?hl=en Google Maps]
- fr
- [https://www.habitants.fr/haute-corse-2B Le nom des habitants du 2B - Haute-Corse], habitants.fr
- {{Cassini-Ehess. 2128. Avapessa
- [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-2B025#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
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