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Vescovato, Haute Corse

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Haute-Corse

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area
  
17.52 km²

Local time
  
Sunday 4:36 PM

Region
  
Corsica

Canton
  
Vescovato

INSEE/Postal code
  
2B346 /20215

Population
  
2,316 (1999)

Arrondissement
  
Corte, Haute-Corse

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Weather
  
13°C, Wind E at 16 km/h, 88% Humidity

Vescovato (Corsican: U Vescuvatu) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.

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Map of 20215 Vescovato, France

Its name derives from the Italian term for "bishopric". (Italian: vescovado) 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.

Personalities

  • French footballer Charles Orlanducci, born in Vescovato in 1951.
  • French cheesemaker and restaurant owner Michel Pierucci, born in Vescovato in 1966. Involved in the political stage, where he is Director of the Commercial Chamber of Northern Corsica, and on the board of Vescovato's mayor.

    • References

    Vescovato, Haute-Corse Wikipedia
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