Avapessa | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Calvi |
Canton: | Calvi |
Insee: | 2B025 |
Postal Code: | 20225 |
Mayor: | Marie-Josée Salvatori[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CC Calvi Balagne |
Coordinates: | 42.5622°N 8.8953°W |
Elevation M: | 150 |
Elevation Min M: | 173 |
Elevation Max M: | 800 |
Area Km2: | 3.29 |
Avapessa is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.
Avapessa is located some 12 km in a direct line east of Calvi and 8 km south by south-east of Algajola. Access to the commune is by road D71 from Cateri in the north which passes through the heart of the commune slightly west of the village and continues south-east to Muro. Access to the village is by the Tuvo road which branches off the D71. The commune is rugged in the west with a high country landscape while in the east there is more farmland.[2]
List of Successive Mayors[3]
From | To | Name | Party | |
---|---|---|---|---|
2001 | 2008 | Christian Reboul | ||
2008 | 2026 | Marie-Josée Salvatori |
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Avapessiens or Avapessiennes in French.[4]