The arrondissement of Bastia (french: link=no, arrondissement de Bastia; co, link=no, circundariu di Bastìa) is an

arrondissement An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands. Europe France The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements' ...

of France 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 ...

department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

in the territorial collectivity of

Corsica Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of ...

. It has 27 communes. Its population is 87,776 (2016), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Bastia, and their INSEE codes, are: #

Barrettali Barrettali (; co, Barettali; it, Barrettali) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. Among the villages in the commune is the hamlet of Minerbio. Population Personalities *Ange Leccia (b. 1952 in Miner ...

(2B030) # Bastia (2B033) # Biguglia (2B037) #

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(2B043) # Cagnano (2B046) #

Canari Canari may refer to: *Canari, Haute-Corse, a commune in France * River Canari, in Dominica *Cañari, an ethnic group in Ecuador See also *Canari noir, a red wine grape * Canaris (disambiguation) *Canary (disambiguation) Canary originally referre ...

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(2B086) # Ersa (2B107) #

Furiani Furiani (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department, on the island of Corsica, France. Population See also * Communes of the Haute-Corse department * Tour de Furiani * Railway stations in Corsica The railways in Corsica (part of Fra ...

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Lucciana Lucciana (, , ) is a French commune in the department of Upper Corsica, collectivity and island of Corsica. Geography Situated on the eastern coast of Corsica nearly to the south of Bastia, the commune extends itself to the mountainous summi ...

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Luri Luri may refer to: * Luri people or Lurs, an Iranian people * Luri language, Western Iranian language continuum spoken by the Lurs * Luri language (Nigeria), dialect of the Afro-Asiatic language Polci * Luri, Haute-Corse, commune in France * Luri ...

(2B152) # Meria (2B159) #

Morsiglia Morsiglia ( co, Mursiglia) 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 the Haute-Corse depart ...

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Nonza Nonza 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 Department ...

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Ogliastro Ogliastro is a Communes of France, commune in the Haute-Corse Departments of France, department of France on the island of Corsica. Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Corse department * Tour d'Albo References

Communes of ...

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Olcani Olcani (; co, Olchini) 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 Haut ...

(2B184) #

Olmeta-di-Capocorso Olmeta-di-Capocorso ( co, Olmeta di Capicorsu) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. The commune is on the west coast of the Cap Corse peninsula. The Olmeta river flows through the commune and enters the ...

(2B187) # Pietracorbara (2B224) # Pino (2B233) #

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(2B261) # San-Martino-di-Lota (2B305) # Santa-Maria-di-Lota (2B309) # Sisco (2B281) #

Tomino Tomino (; co, Tuminu) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. Population See also * Macinaggio *Communes of the Haute-Corse department The following is a list of the 236 communes of the Haute-Cor ...

(2B327) # Vignale (2B350) #

Ville-di-Pietrabugno Ville-di-Pietrabugno (; co, E Ville di Petrabugnu) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. Population See also * Tour de Toga *Communes of the Haute-Corse department The following is a list of the ...

(2B353)

History

The arrondissement of Bastia was created as part of the department Golo in 1800. Between 1811 and 1976 it was an arrondissement of the department Corse, since 1976 it has been an arrondissement of the department

.Historique de la Haute-Corse
/ref> On 1 January 2010, the four cantons of Alto-di-Casaconi, Fiumalto-d'Ampugnani, Campoloro-di-Moriani and Vescovato that previously belonged to the arrondissement of Bastia were added to the

arrondissement of Corte The arrondissement of Corte (french: arrondissement de Corte; co, circundariu di Corti) is an arrondissement of France in the Haute-Corse department in the territorial collectivity of Corsica. It has 158 communes. Its population is 58,800 (2016), ...

, and the two cantons of Le Haut-Nebbio and La Conca-d'Oro to the

arrondissement of Calvi The arrondissement of Calvi ( co, link=no, circundariu di Calvi) is an arrondissement of France in the Haute-Corse department in the territorial collectivity of Corsica. It has 51 communes. Its population is 29,576 (2016), and its area is . Com ...

. As a result of the reorganisation of the

cantons of France The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the France, French Republic's Departments of France, departments and Arrondissements of France, arrondissements. Apart from their role as organizational units in relation to certain aspects ...

which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Bastia were, as of January 2015:Populations légales 2012: 2B Haute-Corse
INSEE # Bastia-1 # Bastia-2 # Bastia-3 # Bastia-4 # Bastia-5 (Lupino) # Bastia-6 (Furiani-Montésoro) #

# Capobianco # Sagro-di-Santa-Giulia # San-Martino-di-Lota

Sub-prefects

Robert Miguet Robert Miguet (born 30 December 1929 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne) is a French civil servant. He was a student of the Lycée Pierre-de-Fermat in Toulouse. He is a graduate of Institut d’études politiques de Toulouse (IEP Toulouse). Career * ...

: 1972-1974 : sub-prefect of Bastia

References

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