Cervione

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Commune in Corsica, France

Coat of arms

Location of Cervione

(2020–2026) Marc-Antoine Nicolaï^[1]Area

11.45 km² (4.42 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,172 • Density190/km² (490/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

2B087 /20221

Elevation0–934 m (0–3,064 ft)
(avg. 380 m or 1,250 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cervione (French pronunciation: [tʃɛʁvjɔne]; Corsican: Cervioni) is a commune of the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. It is home to the Saint Erasmus cathedral, which was completed in 1745, and is an example of the baroque style.^[3]

Geography

The town of Cervione is located to the east of Corsica island. It is the main ancient core of population between Bastia and Aleria which are the two most populated closer city. It dominate the oriental plain at the place where it is narrowest.

Cervione's hinterland is the Castaniccia a wet region with a lot of ancient villages and hamlets in the slot of Monte San Petrone (1767) the highest top of the shist part of Corsica (the quart of the north east of the island).

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,400	—
1975	1,450	+0.50%
1982	1,254	−2.05%
1990	1,334	+0.78%
1999	1,452	+0.95%
2007	1,628	+1.44%
2012	1,719	+1.09%
2017	2,189	+4.95%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Tourist attractions stage 1 - Porto-Vecchio > Bastia - Tour de France 2013". Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE