Country France Department Haute-Corse Time zone CET (UTC+1) Population 212 (1999) Arrondissement Calvi, Haute-Corse | Region Corsica Canton Calvi Area 14.01 km² Local time Sunday 12:03 AM | |
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Intercommunality Communauté de communes de Calvi Balagne Weather 8°C, Wind SW at 11 km/h, 83% Humidity | ||
Zilia is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.
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Map of 20214 Zilia, France
Geography
The municipality is part of the canton of Calenzana. Its area is 1401ha which includes 700ha of woods. The village itself is situated at an altitude of 278m at the foot of the Monte Grosso (1 938 m) 7 km north-east of Calvi, the capital.
One road, the D 151, serves the village and links it directly to Calenzana and Montegrosso.
History
Zilia is known for both vineyards as well a mineral spring which was operated before 1914 and again recently. The water sells throughout the island under the name of Zilia bottled water, both flat and carbonated.
The village suffered a huge fire on the night of 31 June 2005 at Calenzana and destroyed 1500ha of vegetation including many old olive trees in Balagne.