Aghione is a

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in the

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on the island of

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. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Aghionais'' or ''Aghionaises''

Geography

Aghion is located on the eastern plains of

5 km west of Aleria. It can be accessed by the D343 road which comes from the National Highway N198 in the south east and passes west through the southern plain of the commune to Maison Pierraggi in the west and continues on to

Vezzani Vezzani is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the 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 Departme ...

in the

Tagnone The Tagnone is a small river in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. It is a tributary of the river Tavignano. Course The Tagnone is long. It crosses the communes of Aghione, Aléria, Pietroso and Vezzani. The Tagnone rises in the c ...

Valley away. From the D343 the D443 branches north at the hamlet of Samuleto and continues to the village before continuing north by a tortuous mountain route to

Casevecchie Casevecchie is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the 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 Depar ...

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/ref> The commune is watered by the Tagnone, a tributary of

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that separates an area of hills to the north from the plain, which is larger in area, to the south. There is a large dam with a large lake in the south of the commune.

Neighbouring communes and villages

History

During the

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Aghione aerodrome was used by the 306th Fighter Wing of the 15th US Air Force from 10–21 August 1944 to support

Operation Dragoon Operation Dragoon (initially Operation Anvil) was the code name for the landing operation of the Allied invasion of Provence (Southern France) on 15August 1944. Despite initially designed to be executed in conjunction with Operation Overlord, th ...

(the Invasion of Southern France).

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of AghioneList of Mayors of France

Population

Economy

The commune of Aghione is predominantly agricultural. The hills are used for grazing goats, sheep, and pigs; while the plain is planted with vines and fruit trees (kiwifruit, Mandarins). There is no farm of significant size located in the commune. In particular the grapes are collected by neighbouring wineries - mainly by the Aleria cooperative. There are no longer any trades or services in the commune. The people find everything necessary at Aleria (10 km away) or

Ghisonaccia Ghisonaccia (; co, Ghisunaccia) is a Communes of France, commune of the Haute-Corse Departments of France, department of France on the island of Corsica. Population See also * Communes of the Haute-Corse department * Railway stations in Co ...

(20 km away). The commune has no access to the sea yet is close by (Alzitone is 5 kilometres from the coast). Aghione has no tourist facilities and does not have any second homes.

Sites and Monuments

*The Sulphurous water source of Puzzichello (site now abandoned) *Alzitone Reservoir (artificial lake) *An old

railway line Rail terminology is a form of technical terminology. The difference between the American term ''railroad'' and the international term ''railway'' (used by the International Union of Railways and English-speaking countries outside the United Sta ...

on the eastern plain

References

External links

Official website of Aghione

Aghione on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website {{authority control Communes of Haute-Corse