Aghione

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Aghione |commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |image = Aghione Entry.JPG |caption = The road into Aghione |image coat of arms = |arrondissement = Corte |canton = Ghisonaccia |INSEE = 2B002 |postal code = 20270 |mayor = André Casanova<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}</ref> |term = 2020–2026 |intercommunality = [[Communauté de communes de l'Oriente|Oriente]] |coordinates = {{coord|42.1125|9.4014|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 66 |elevation min m = 17 |elevation max m = 459 |area km2 = 33.88 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }}

'''Aghione''' ([[Corsican language|Corsican]]: ''Aghjone'') is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Haute-Corse]] [[Departments of France|department]] of [[France]] on the island of [[Corsica]].

==Geography==

Aghion is located on the eastern plains of [[Corsica]] 5 km west of [[Aleria]]. It can be accessed by the D343 road which comes from the National Highway N198 in the south east and passes west through the southern plain of the commune to Maison Pierraggi in the west and continues on to [[Vezzani]] in the [[Tagnone]] Valley {{convert|25|km}} away. From the D343 the D443 branches north at the hamlet of Samuleto and continues to the village before continuing north by a tortuous mountain route to [[Casevecchie]].<ref name=Google>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Aghione,+France/@42.093404,9.4064091,13527m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x12d9e30e249b54e3:0x72ac26f825e9ce7f?hl=en Google Maps]</ref>

The commune is watered by the Tagnone, a tributary of [[Tavignano]] that separates an area of hills to the north from the plain, which is larger in area, to the south. There is a large dam with a large lake in the south of the commune.<ref name=Google/>

===Neighbouring communes and villages=== {{Geographic location |width=auto |Centre = Aghion |North = [[Casevecchie]] |Northeast = Campo al-Quarcio |East = Calviani |Southeast = Vadina |South = Aristone |Southwest = Saint-Antoine |West = Maison Pierragi |Northwest = Teppa }} <ref name=Google/>

==History== During the [[Second World War]] Aghione aerodrome was used by the [[306th Fighter Wing]] of the [[15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force|15th US Air Force]] from 10 to 21 August 1944 to support [[Operation Dragoon]] (the Invasion of Southern France).

==Administration== [[File:Aghione Mairie.JPG|thumb|left|The Town Hall]] {{incomplete list|date=April 2021}} '''List of Successive Mayors of Aghione'''<ref>[http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=7648 List of Mayors of France] {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" |- ! From !! To !! Name !! Party |- | 2001 || 2008 || Jean Bladovini || [[Miscellaneous right|DVD]] |- | 2008 || 2026 || André Casanova || [[Miscellaneous right|DVD]] |}

==Population==

The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Aghionais'' or ''Aghionaises'' in French.<ref>[https://www.habitants.fr/haute-corse-2B Le nom des habitants du 2B - Haute-Corse], habitants.fr</ref>

{{Historical populations | align = none | cols = 2 | percentages = pagr | source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|156|Aghione}}</ref> and INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-2B002#tableau-POPREF_G1 Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023], INSEE</ref> |1866 |287 |1881 |428 |1901 |404 |1921 |213 |1936 |176 |1946 |185 |1954 |100 |1962 |87 |1968 |93 |1975 |279 |1982 |317 |1990 |282 |1999 |245 |2007 |234 |2012 |230 |2017 |241 |2023 |258 }}

==Economy== The commune of Aghione is predominantly agricultural. The hills are used for grazing goats, sheep, and pigs; while the plain is planted with vines and fruit trees (kiwifruit, Mandarins). There is no farm of significant size located in the commune. In particular the grapes are collected by neighbouring wineries - mainly by the [[Aleria]] cooperative.

There are no longer any trades or services in the commune. The people find everything necessary at [[Aleria]] (10 km away) or [[Ghisonaccia]] (20 km away).

The commune has no access to the sea yet is close by (Alzitone is 5 kilometres from the coast). Aghione has no tourist facilities and does not have any second homes.

==Sites and monuments== [[File:Aghione Puzzichello.JPG|thumb|The abandoned sulphurous water spring at Puzzichello]] [[File:Aghione Church.JPG|thumb|Aghione Church]]

*The [[sulphurous water]] spring of '''Puzzichello''' (site now abandoned) *'''Alzitone Reservoir''' (artificial lake) *An old '''[[Chemins de fer de la Corse|railway line]]''' on the eastern plain

==See also== *[[Communes of the Haute-Corse department]]

==References== {{Reflist|2}}

==External links== *[http://www.aghione.fr/ Official website of Aghione] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128105801/https://aghione.fr/ |date=28 November 2020 }} {{in lang|fr}} *[http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil?c=9.4014,42.1125&z=7.92265E-5&l=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.3D$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS@aggregate(1)&l=ADMINISTRATIVEUNITS.BOUNDARIES$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes Aghione on Géoportail], [[Institut géographique national|National Geographic Institute]] (IGN) website {{in lang|fr}}

[[Category:Communes of Haute-Corse]]