Cap Corse
Cap Corse (; co, Capicorsu, ; it, Capo Corso, ), a geographical area of Corsica, is a long peninsula located at the northern tip of the island. At the base of it is the second largest city in Corsica, Bastia. Cap Corse is also a Communauté de communes comprising 18 communes.CC du Cap Corse (N° SIREN : 200042943)
BANATIC, accessed 7 April 2022. The area of the ''Communauté de communes'' is 305.7 km², and its population was 6,706 in 2019.Comparateur de territoire

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Brando, Haute-Corse
Brando ( co, Brandu) is a French commune in the Haute-Corse department, island of Corsica. Population See also *Torra d'Erbalunga *Torra di Sacru See also *Communes of the Haute-Corse department The following is a list of the 236 Communes of France, communes of the Haute-Corse Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):

Rogliano, Haute-Corse
Rogliano (; ; co, Ruglianu, link=no) is a commune in the French department of Haute-Corse, Corsica. It was the seat of the former canton of Capobianco, which consisted of the 10 northernmost communes of Corsica. The people of Rogliano are called Roglianais, feminine Roglianaises. Administratively, Rogliano replaces two historic communes, San-Columbano in the south and Chiapella in the north. Geography Rogliano is to the north of Bastia at the northeast corner of Cap Corse. The commune is actually a cluster of eight hamlets on the slopes and heights of Monte Poggio above Macinaggio Bay, the one from which the commune takes its name being located up a winding road from the port, the Chemin de l'Imperatrice (Route D80), which is named after the empress, Eugénie. Forced to stop there by a storm in 1869 she found the road so bad she personally ordered it reconstructed. The other hamlets are Bettolacce, Olivo, Magna, Soprana, Vignale, Sottana and Campiano. The commune borders t ...
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Ptolemy
Claudius Ptolemy (; grc-gre, Πτολεμαῖος, ; la, Claudius Ptolemaeus; AD) was a mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist, who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were of importance to later Byzantine, Islamic, and Western European science. The first is the astronomical treatise now known as the '' Almagest'', although it was originally entitled the ''Mathēmatikē Syntaxis'' or ''Mathematical Treatise'', and later known as ''The Greatest Treatise''. The second is the ''Geography'', which is a thorough discussion on maps and the geographic knowledge of the Greco-Roman world. The third is the astrological treatise in which he attempted to adapt horoscopic astrology to the Aristotelian natural philosophy of his day. This is sometimes known as the ''Apotelesmatika'' (lit. "On the Effects") but more commonly known as the '' Tetrábiblos'', from the Koine Greek meaning "Four Books", or by its Latin equivalent ''Quadrip ...
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Folk Etymology
Folk etymology (also known as popular etymology, analogical reformation, reanalysis, morphological reanalysis or etymological reinterpretation) is a change in a word or phrase resulting from the replacement of an unfamiliar form by a more familiar one. The form or the meaning of an archaic, foreign, or otherwise unfamiliar word is reinterpreted as resembling more familiar words or morphemes. The term ''folk etymology'' is a loan translation from German language, German ''Volksetymologie'', coined by Ernst Förstemann in 1852. Folk etymology is a Productivity (linguistics), productive process in historical linguistics, language change, and social relation, social interaction. Reanalysis of a word's history or original form can affect its spelling, pronunciation, or meaning. This is frequently seen in relation to loanwords or words that have become archaic or obsolete. Examples of words created or changed through folk etymology include the English dialectal form wikt:sparrowgrass ...
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Santa-Maria-di-Lota
Santa-Maria-di-Lota is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. Demographics Population Religion The principal religion practiced is Catholicism. History Santa-Maria-di-Lota was once called Santa Maria del Mandriale. Politics Guy Armanet has been mayor of the town since 2008. Before him, Henri Sisco, of the Radical Party of the Left, served as mayor from 1978 to 2008. See also *Communes of the Haute-Corse department The following is a list of the 236 Communes of France, communes of the Haute-Corse Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):

San-Martino-di-Lota
San-Martino-di-Lota (French form) or San Martino di Lota (Italian form; co, San Martinu di Lota), is a commune in the French department of Haute-Corse, collectivity and island of Corsica. Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Corse department The following is a list of the 236 Communes of France, communes of the Haute-Corse Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):

Patrimonio
Patrimonio (; ; co, Patrimoniu, ) is a commune in the French department of Upper Corsica, collectivity and island of Corsica. The inhabitants are known as ''patrimoniens'' and ''patrimoniennes'' in French, ''patrimuninchi'' (singular: ''patrimunincu'', ''patrimuninca'') in Corsican, and ''patrimoniesi'' (singular: ''patrimoniese'') in Italian. Geography Located 12 km from Bastia and 4 km from the micro-region of Saint-Florent, this wine-growing commune is the gateway to the Cap Corse (peninsula at the northernmost point of Corsica). History The village of Patrimonio is known for the quality of its AOC (quality-controlled designation of origin) wines and for its guitar nights. The festival lasts for a week. Population Sights * A menhir (or standing stone) found in a vine in 1964 by two labourers, the Gilormini brothers from Patrimonio. (The menhir is called "U Nativu".) * St. Martin's Church (San Martinu) * The small Santa Maria chapel See also *Communes of the H ...
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Farinole
Farinole () is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. The village is located between the mountains and the sea between Saint-Florent and Negro with the two hamlets of Sparagaggio and Bracolaccia. It has good views of the gulf and the Désert des Agriates. The village has two sandy beaches and a pebble beach. Population See also * Torra di Ferringule *Communes of the Haute-Corse department The following is a list of the 236 Communes of France, communes of the Haute-Corse Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):

Canton Of Cap Corse
The Canton of Cap Corse (french: canton du Cap Corse, co, cantone di u Capicorsu) is an administrative division of the French department of Haute-Corse, Corsica. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in San-Martino-di-Lota. It consists of the following communes: #Barrettali #Brando #Cagnano # Canari #Centuri # Ersa #Farinole #Luri # Meria #Morsiglia #Nonza # Ogliastro #Olcani # Olmeta-di-Capocorso #Patrimonio #Pietracorbara #Pino #Rogliano # Sisco #San-Martino-di-Lota #Santa-Maria-di-Lota Santa-Maria-di-Lota is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. Demographics Population Religion The principal religion practiced is Catholicism. History Santa-Maria-di-Lota was once called Santa Maria del ... # Tomino References Cantons of Haute-Corse {{HauteCorse-geo-stub ...
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Sisco, Haute-Corse
Sisco (; co, Siscu) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. It takes its name from the Ruisseau de Sisco, which flows through the commune and enters the Tyrrhenian Sea in the village of Sisco. Geography Climate Sisco has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification ''Csa''). The average annual temperature in Sisco is . The average annual rainfall is with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in February, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Sisco was on 6 August 2017; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 1 February 1979. Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Corse department The following is a list of the 236 Communes of France, communes of the Haute-Corse Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):
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Pietracorbara
Pietracorbara (; co, A Petra Curbara) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. It takes its name from the Pietracorbara stream. Population See also * Tour de Castellare *Communes of the Haute-Corse department The following is a list of the 236 Communes of France, communes of the Haute-Corse Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):

Cagnano
Cagnano (; co, Cagnanu) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Corse department *Torra di l'Osse The Tower of l'Osse or Tower of Losso ( co, Torra di Losso) is a Genoese tower located in the commune of Cagnano (Haute-Corse) on the Corsica. The tower lies on the east coast of Cap Corse. The construction of the tower was begun in March 1599 ... References Communes of Haute-Corse Haute-Corse communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{HauteCorse-geo-stub ...
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