Canale-di-Verde (French form) or Canale di Verde (, ) is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
French department
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety-s ...
of
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 ...
, collectivity and island 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 ...
.
Administration
Since 2015, Canale-di-Verde is part of the
canton of Castagniccia The Canton of Castagniccia (french: canton de la Castagniccia, link=no, ) is a canton of the Haute-Corse department, Corsica, France, named after the natural region of Castagniccia ().
It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came ...
, together with 36 other communes.
Geography
Canale di Verde is to the east of
Moïta
Moïta (; it, Moita, link=no ; co, Mòita, link=no) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department, on the island of Corsica, France.
Administration
Moïta was the seat of the former canton of Moïta-Verde, which included 13 other communes: A ...
, but as the crow flies, on an escarpment hanging over the Plaine Orientale. The commune, which culminates at la punta di a Campana, extends between the sea on the one hand and the torrent of
Allistro
The Alistro (french: Rivière d'Alistro, co, Alistru) is a small coastal river in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France.
It enters the Tyrrhenian Sea from the east of the island.
Course
The Alistro is long and flows through the commun ...
on the other, at the mouth of which is found a ruined
Genoese tower
The Genoese towers in Corsica (french: tours génoises de Corse, co, torri ghjenuvesi di Corsica, singular : , also ; it, torri genovesi di Corsica) are a series of coastal defences constructed by the Republic of Genoa between 1530 and 1620 to s ...
of the same name. The reservoir of Peri there is used to irrigate of vines.
Population
See also
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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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Tour d'Alistro
The Tower of Alistru ( co, Torra d'Alistru) is a ruined Genoese tower located in the commune of Canale-di-Verde on the east coast of the Corsica.
The tower was built in the second half of the 16th century. It was one of a series of coastal def ...
- a
Genoese tower
The Genoese towers in Corsica (french: tours génoises de Corse, co, torri ghjenuvesi di Corsica, singular : , also ; it, torri genovesi di Corsica) are a series of coastal defences constructed by the Republic of Genoa between 1530 and 1620 to s ...
in the commune
References
Communes of Haute-Corse
Haute-Corse communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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