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Commune in Corsica, France

Avapessa Commune A general view of Avapessa Location of Avapessa Avapessa Show map of France Avapessa Show map of Corsica Coordinates: 42°33′44″N 8°53′43″E / 42.5622°N 8.8953°E / 42.5622; 8.8953 Country France Region Corsica Department Haute-Corse Arrondissement Calvi Canton Calvi Intercommunality CC Calvi Balagne Government • Mayor (2020–2026) Marie-Josée Salvatori[1] Area 1 3.29 km2 (1.27 sq mi) Population (2023)[2] 80 • Density 24/km2 (63/sq mi) Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST) INSEE/Postal code 2B025 /20225 Elevation 173–800 m (568–2,625 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 ft) 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

**Avapessa** is a [commune](/source/Communes_of_France) in the [Haute-Corse](/source/Haute-Corse) [department](/source/Departments_of_France) of [France](/source/France) on the island of [Corsica](/source/Corsica).

## Geography

View of the valley

Avapessa is located some 12 km in a direct line east of [Calvi](/source/Calvi%2C_Haute-Corse) and 8 km south by south-east of [Algajola](/source/Algajola). Access to the commune is by road D71 from [Cateri](/source/Cateri) in the north which passes through the heart of the commune slightly west of the village and continues south-east to [Muro](/source/Muro%2C_Haute-Corse). 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.[3]

### Neighbouring communes and villages

Places adjacent to Avapessa Lavatoggio Cateri Aregno Avapessa Nessa Montegrosso Muro

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## Administration

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (April 2021)

**List of Successive Mayors**[4]

From To Name Party 2001 2008 Christian Reboul DVD 2008 2026 Marie-Josée Salvatori DVG

## Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as *Avapessiens* or *Avapessiennes* in French.[5]

‹ The [template](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Template) *[Historical populations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Historical_populations)* is being [considered for merging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2026_June_24#Template:Infobox_demographics). ›

Historical population Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1800 252 — 1821 246 −0.11% 1846 299 +0.78% 1872 239 −0.86% 1901 210 −0.45% 1926 174 −0.75% 1946 110 −2.27% 1962 107 −0.17% 1968 73 −6.17% Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1975 70 −0.60% 1982 57 −2.89% 1990 65 +1.66% 1999 65 +0.00% 2007 81 +2.79% 2012 85 +0.97% 2017 82 −0.72% 2023 80 −0.41% Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7]

Skycrane fire fighting at Avapessa

## See also

- [Communes of the Haute-Corse department](/source/Communes_of_the_Haute-Corse_department)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Répertoire national des élus: les maires"](https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503). *data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises* (in French). 2 December 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Populations de référence 2023"](https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-2B025) (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Google_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Google_3-1) [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Avapessa,+France/@42.5567395,8.8934395,3413m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x12d0c11dd1f9c3bb:0x40819a5fd955690?hl=en)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [List of Mayors of France](http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=7669) (in French)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Le nom des habitants du 2B - Haute-Corse](https://www.habitants.fr/haute-corse-2B), habitants.fr

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ehess_6-0)** *Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui*: [Commune data sheet Avapessa](http://cassini.ehess.fr/fr/html/fiche.php?select_resultat=2128), [EHESS](/source/School_for_Advanced_Studies_in_the_Social_Sciences) (in French).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-pophist_7-0)** [Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023](https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-2B025#tableau-POPREF_G1), INSEE

## External links

- [Avapessa official website](http://www.avapessa.fr/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120327150622/http://www.avapessa.fr/) 27 March 2012 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) (in French)

- [Avapessa on Géoportail](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), [National Geographic Institute](/source/Institut_g%C3%A9ographique_national) (IGN) website (in French)

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Authority control databases: National France BnF data

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