Vescovato (; co, U Viscuvatu) is a
commune
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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 ...
department
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of
France
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on the 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 ...
.
Its name derives from the Italian term for "bishopric". () According to Lucien Auguste Letteron (a Corsican Historian), the name would originate from the Bishop of Mariana, Opizzu Cortincu (1218-1260 ?) who founded the new village.
Population
Personalities
*French
footballer
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Charles Orlanducci
Charles Orlanducci (born 28 October 1951 in Vescovato, Haute-Corse) is a French former professional footballer
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, born in Vescovato in 1951.
*French industrialist and entrepreneur Michel Pierucci, born in Vescovato in 1966. Involved in the political stage, where he was Director of the Businenss Chamber of Northern Corsica, and the opposition to the mayor. He is a non-affiliated right-winged politician.
*Joachim Murat, former Maréchal of France and once King of Naples, briefly hid out in Vescovato in August 1815 after Napoleon's ultimate defeat at Waterloo, before marching on Ajaccio.
*Joachin Pierucci, former industrialist, turned philanthropist. He was part of the France national team of Pétanque, from whom he received the Bronze Médaille des Sports and ran La Boule Dorée.
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):
References
External links
Official website
Communes of Haute-Corse
Haute-Corse communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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