page_title: Haute-Corse
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Haute-Corse / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Blank physical map of the department of Haute-Corse, France, for geo-location purpose, with distinct boundaries for departments and arrondissements as they are since January 2010.The former version of the map shows the boundaries as they were until December 2009. Français&#160;: Carte physique vierge du département de Haute-Corse, France, destinée à la géolocalisation, avec limite distincte des départements et arrondissements tels que depuis janvier 2010.L'ancienne version de la carte montre le découpage administratif tel qu'il était jusqu'en décembre 2009. Scales: 1:520,000 (precision: 130 m) for the topography; 1:7,520,000 (precision: 1,880 m) for the bathymetry Equirectangular projection, WGS84 datum Standard meridian: 009° 03' E True scale parallel: 42° 25' 30" N Geographic limits of the map: West: 008° 24' E East: 009° 42' E North: 43° 06' N South: 41° 45' N
context_page_description: Haute-Corse is an administrative department of France, consisting of the northern part of the island of Corsica. The corresponding departmental territorial collectivity merged with that of Corse-du-Sud on 1 January 2018, forming the single territorial collectivity of Corsica, with territorial elections coinciding with the dissolution of the separate councils. The people living in the former department are called "Northerners".
context_section_description: The department was formed on 1 January 1976, when the department of Corsica was divided into Upper Corsica (Haute-Corse) and Southern Corsica (Corse-du-Sud). The department corresponds exactly to the former department of Golo, which existed between 1793 and 1811.
  On 6 July 2003, a referendum on increased autonomy was voted down by a very thin majority: 50.98 percent against to 49.02 percent for. This was a major setback for French Minister of the Interior Nicolas Sarkozy, who had hoped to use Corsica as the first step in his decentralization policies.
caption: Map of Haute-Corse
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