Avapessa

Avapessa

A general view of Avapessa
Avapessa

Coordinates: 42°33′44″N 8°53′43″E / 42.5622°N 8.8953°ECoordinates: 42°33′44″N 8°53′43″E / 42.5622°N 8.8953°E
Country France
Region Corsica
Department Haute-Corse
Arrondissement Calvi
Canton Belgodère
Intercommunality Calvi Balagne
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2020) Marie-Josée Salvatori
Area1 3.29 km2 (1.27 sq mi)
Population (2010)2 77
 • Density 23/km2 (61/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 2B025 / 20225
Elevation 173–800 m (568–2,625 ft)
(avg. 150 m or 490 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Avapessa is a French commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Avapessiens or Avapessiennes.[1]

Geography

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.[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages[2]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[3]

From To Name Party Position
2001 2008 Christian Reboul DVD
2008 2020 Marie-Josée Salvatori DVG

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 77 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger communes that have a sample survey every year.[Note 1]

Evolution of the Population (See database)
1793 1800 1806 1821 1831 1836 1841 1846 1851
- 252 271 246 263 275 281 299 287
1856 1861 1866 1872 1876 1881 1886 1891 1896
305 282 259 239 250 234 257 244 235
1901 1906 1911 1921 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954
210 196 180 160 174 147 131 110 111
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2010 -
107 73 70 57 65 65 - 77 -

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Skycrane fire fighting at Avapessa

See also

External links

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force in 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

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