Calenzana
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Commune of Calenzana |
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| Location | |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Corse |
| Department | Haute-Corse |
| Arrondissement | Calvi |
| Canton | Calenzana |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 0 m–2,144 m (avg. 250 m) |
| Land area¹ | 182.77 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
1,722 |
| - Density | 9/km² (1999) |
| 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: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Calenzana is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.
In 1732 it was the site of an uprising by Corsican nationalists against the island's Genoese rulers.
It is now best known as the starting (or finishing) point of the GR 20 long distance walk.
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