Aiti (in Corsican ''Àiti'', pronounced �aː.i.di is a

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in the

Haute-Corse Haute-Corse (; co, Corsica suprana , or ; en, Upper Corsica) is (as of 2022) an administrative department of France, consisting of the northern part of the island of Corsica. The corresponding departmental territorial collectivity merged wi ...

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on the island of

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. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Aïtinchi''.

Geography

Aiti is some 15 km north of Corte and about 25 km inland from the east coast of Corsica. The Highway N193 from Corte goes north passing near the eastern border of the commune however the commune can only be accessed from this side by the D39 from Francardo a tortuous and circuitous road. The commune can also be accessed from the eastern side from San-Lorenzo on the Highway D39 which has a small connecting road across a bridge to the D39 road which enters the commune from the south and is another tortuous and circuitous route to the village of Aiti. Other than some short mountain access roads there are no other roads in the commune.Google Maps
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Relief

Aiti occupies the northern part of the mountain chain in the west of the massif of ''Monte San Petrone'' (1,767 m) which is separated by the Casaluna Valley. The commune lies "below the hill" (''Cismonte'' in Corsican), or "Corsican Shale" in the north-east of the island along the edge of the

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 ...

shale which continues to the San Petrone mountains and ends south of Castagnicia. These mountains are a block of lustrous shale from the

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period during the uplift of the Alps on the

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bedrock at the end of the

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era. The highest point in the commune is the ''Cima a l'Orzale'' (1,121 m) south of the town and the lowest point is next to the Golo river (238 m) to the north-west. The commune is mountainous with the hills of Castagnicia to the west. It occupies a small portion of a low-lying area called "Cuvette de Ponte Leccia" (Ponte Leccia Basin) which is one of a series of central low-lying areas stretching from

L'Île-Rousse L'Île-Rousse (; co, Lìsula, , or , ; it, Isola Rossa, ; ) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. It was founded in 1758 by Pasquale Paoli to create a port that would not be in the hands of the Geno ...

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through

Ponte Leccia Ponte Leccia (; or Ponte-Leccia) is a French village, part of the municipality (''commune'') of Morosaglia, in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica. Its name in Corsican language is U Ponte à a Leccia. Geography Situated at the confluence be ...

, Corte, and Cateraggio. It includes many small valleys where streams flow to the Golo or the Casaluna.

Hydrography

The western border of the commune is the Callasima River which flows north to join the Golo River near Ponte-Leccia. Several streams run through the commune, emerging from either side of the valley. The main streams are Poggie, Coticcio (fed by the Campo and Riduri), and Fossa Ceca.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of AitiList of Mayors of France

Population

Gallery

File:Aiti Corse 2.jpg, Aiti File:Aiti église Saint-Etienne.jpg, The Church of Saint-Stephen File:Aiti quartier sud du village.jpg, The area south of the village File:Aiti église St-Etienne façade NO.jpg, Facade of the Church of Saint-Stephen

References

External links

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