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    The arrondissement of Ajaccio (French: arrondissement d'Ajaccio; Corsican: circundariu di Aiacciu) is an arrondissement (district) in the department of...
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    Ajaccio (/ˈaɪətʃoʊ/, UK also /əˈdʒæ(k)sioʊ/, US also /ɑːˈjɑːtʃ(i)oʊ/; French: [aʒaksjo] ; Italian: Aiaccio or Ajaccio [aˈjattʃo]; Corsican: Aiacciu [aˈjattʃu]...
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    The arrondissement of Sartène (Corsican: circundariu di Sartè) is an arrondissement of France in the Corse-du-Sud department in the territorial collectivity...
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    of Corsica, France. It is the fourth-largest commune in Corsica after Ajaccio, Bastia, and Porto-Vecchio. Corte is a subprefecture of the Haute-Corse...
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    also has the second-highest population of any commune on the island after Ajaccio and is the capital of the Bagnaja region and of the department. Bastia...
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    Calvi and one other commune, Lumio. Calvi is also the capital of the Arrondissement of Calvi, which contains, besides the Canton of Calvi, three other cantons:...
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    in the Bouches-du-Rhône)) Archdiocese of Avignon (Vaucluse) Diocese of Ajaccio (Upper Corsica and South Corsica) Diocese of Digne (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence)...
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    department of France on the west coast of the island of Corsica, 27 km north of Ajaccio. As of 2017[update], the commune had a population of 1,325. The village...
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    cantons of Alto-di-Casaconi, Fiumalto-d'Ampugnani, Campoloro-di-Moriani and Vescovato that previously belonged to the arrondissement of Bastia were added...
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    council of each arrondissement is composed of members of the Conseil de Paris, and members who serve only on the council of the arrondissement. The number...
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    the micro of Celavo which is historically the capital. Halfway between Ajaccio and Corte, the village of Bocognano is renowned for its privileged position...
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    classified as overseas regions. Departments are further subdivided into 333 arrondissements and 2,054 cantons (as of 2023). These last two levels of government...
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    town are between the Monte Gozzi, the Gulf of Lava, La Punta - Pozzo di Borgo, Ajaccio, Villanova, Appietto and Afa (neighbouring communes) with its 3250...
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    (capital) of the Val-de-Marne department as well as the seat of the Arrondissement of Créteil. The city is, moreover, the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese...
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    read in part: "Gentlemen, the communes of Valle-di-Mezzana and of Bocognano in the district of Ajaccio, Corsica department, have two portions of territory...
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    hundred thousand inhabitants, and together Greater Strasbourg and the Arrondissement of Strasbourg have over five hundred thousand. Strasbourg's metropolitan...
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    the Hôtel de Ville. To the south east of central Marseille in the 6th arrondissement are the Prefecture and the monumental fountain of Place Castellane,...
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    of Corsica (on 1 January 2022) Prefecture: Ajaccio Corse-du-Sud (2A) Prefecture: Ajaccio Two arrondissements 11 cantons 124 communes 2 legislative constituencies...
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  • pronounced the same in AmE as BrE. The pronunciation of the vowel of the prefix di- in words such as dichotomy, digest (verb), dilate, dilemma, dilute, diluvial...
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    Cathedral in Paris. The archbishop resides on rue Barbet de Jouy in the 6th arrondissement, but there are diocesan offices in rue de la Ville-Eveque, rue St. Bernard...
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    were banned. In 1861, La Voce di Nizza was closed (temporarily reopened during the Niçard Vespers), followed by Il Diritto di Nizza, closed in 1871. In 1895...
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    baptismal robes. In 601, however, Aleria was without a bishop (see under Ajaccio). Aleria was a residential diocese, suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese...
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  • Reichenau: Chronicle (year 1044), pp. 75–76. "CARLO III d'Angiò Durazzo, re di Napoli, detto della Pace, o il Piccolo in "Dizionario Biografico"". Monaci...
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    Serra-di-Ferro (French pronunciation: [sɛʁa di fɛʁo]; Corsican: Sarra di Farru) is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of...
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    Amadeus II, having abdicated, lived here with his second wife Anna Canalis di Cumiana before they were imprisoned at the Castle of Rivoli for trying to...
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  • Valle-di-Mezzana is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica. Communes of the Corse-du-Sud department "Répertoire national...
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    of Corsica (on 1 January 2022) Prefecture: Ajaccio Corse-du-Sud (2A) Prefecture: Ajaccio Two arrondissements 11 cantons 124 communes 2 legislative constituencies...
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    department of France on the island of Corsica. Appietto is located 17 km from Ajaccio, and stretches from the Gozzi mount to the coastline of the Gulf of Lava...
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    hosiery Hôtel-Dieu-Lecomte apothecary Saint-Loup Museum (museum of fine arts) Di Marco Museum (Open from 1 April to 1 October, each year) Not having suffered...
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    with all Corsican bishoprics, by the Concordat of 1801 to the Diocese of Ajaccio. The former cathedral, generally known as the church of La Canonica, is...
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