Calenzana
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Commune of Calenzana View of Calenzana from GR 20 |
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| Location | |
| Longitude | 08° 51' 21" E |
| Latitude | 42° 30' 31" N |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Région | Corse |
| Département | Haute-Corse |
| Arrondissement | Calvi |
| Canton | Calenzana |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 0 m–2,144 m (avg. 250 m) |
| Land area¹ | 182.77 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
1,722 |
| - Density (1999) | 9/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 2B049/ 20214 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Calenzana is a village and commune in northern Corsica 13km inland from Calvi with a population of 1,722. It is located in the Haute-Corse département of France.
In 1732 it was the site of an uprising by Corsican nationalists against the Genoese occupiers.
It is now best known as the starting (or finishing) point of the GR20 long distance walk.
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