{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Avapessa |commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |image = Avapessa Haute-Corse.jpg |caption = A general view of Avapessa |image coat of arms = |arrondissement = Calvi |canton = Calvi |INSEE = 2B025 |postal code = 20225 |mayor = Marie-Josée Salvatori<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&ndash;2026 |intercommunality = [[Communauté de communes de Calvi Balagne|CC Calvi Balagne]] |coordinates = {{coord|42.5622|8.8953|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 150 |elevation min m = 173 |elevation max m = 800 |area km2 = 3.29 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }}

'''Avapessa''' is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Haute-Corse]] [[Departments of France|department]] of [[France]] on the island of [[Corsica]].

==Geography== [[File:Avapessa-village.jpg|thumb|View of the valley]] Avapessa is located some 12&nbsp;km in a direct line east of [[Calvi, Haute-Corse|Calvi]] and 8&nbsp;km south by south-east of [[Algajola]]. Access to the commune is by road D71 from [[Cateri]] in the north which passes through the heart of the commune slightly west of the village and continues south-east to [[Muro, Haute-Corse|Muro]]. Access to the village is by the ''Tuvo'' road which branches off the D71. The commune is rugged in the west with a high country landscape while in the east there is more farmland.<ref name=Google>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Avapessa,+France/@42.5567395,8.8934395,3413m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x12d0c11dd1f9c3bb:0x40819a5fd955690?hl=en Google Maps]</ref>

===Neighbouring communes and villages=== {{Geographic location |width=auto |Centre = Avapessa |North = [[Cateri]] |Northeast = [[Aregno]] |East = [[Nessa, Haute-Corse|Nessa]] |Southeast = [[Muro, Haute-Corse|Muro]] |South = [[Montegrosso]] |Southwest = |West = |Northwest = [[Lavatoggio]] }} <ref name=Google/>

==Administration== {{incomplete list|date=April 2021}} '''List of Successive Mayors'''<ref>[http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=7669 List of Mayors of France] {{in lang|fr}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! From !! To !! Name !! Party |- | 2001 || 2008 || Christian Reboul || [[Miscellaneous right|DVD]] |- | 2008 || 2026 || Marie-Josée Salvatori || [[Miscellaneous left|DVG]] |}

==Demography== The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Avapessiens'' or ''Avapessiennes'' 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|2128|Avapessa}}</ref> and INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-2B025#tableau-POPREF_G1 Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023], INSEE</ref> |1800 |252 |1821 |246 |1846 |299 |1872 |239 |1901 |210 |1926 |174 |1946 |110 |1962 |107 |1968 |73 |1975 |70 |1982 |57 |1990 |65 |1999 |65 |2007 |81 |2012 |85 |2017 |82 |2023 |80 }} [[File:Skycrane CH-54 in corsica.jpg|thumb|Skycrane fire fighting at Avapessa]]

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

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.avapessa.fr/ Avapessa official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327150622/http://www.avapessa.fr/ |date=27 March 2012 }} {{in lang|fr}} *[http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil?c=8.8953,42.5622&z=7.92265E-5&l=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.3D$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS@aggregate(1)&l=ADMINISTRATIVEUNITS.BOUNDARIES$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes Avapessa on Géoportail], [[Institut géographique national|National Geographic Institute]] (IGN) website {{in lang|fr}}

{{Commons category|Avapessa}} {{Haute-Corse communes}}

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[[Category:Communes of Haute-Corse]]