This article is about the city in Corsica. For the town in Umbria, see Bastia Umbra. For the town in Piedmont, see Bastia Mondovì. For the Argentinian footballer, see Adrián Bastía.
Prefecture and commune in Corsica, France
Bastia
Bastìa(Corsican)
Prefecture and commune
From top, left to right: View of St Jean Baptiste Cathedral from the city's port, Boulevard Paoli, aerial view of the port and Bastia's citadel to the left, Romieu Stairs in Romieu Garden, Place Saint-Nicolas with Napoleon Bonaparte statue, Governor's Palace.
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Bastia (UK: /ˈbæstjə,ˈbɑːs-/, US: /ˈbɑːstiə,ˈbæs-,bɑːˈstiːə/,[3][4][5][6]French:[bastja]ⓘ, Italian:[baˈstiːa]; Corsican: Bastìa[baˈsti.a]) is a commune in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France.[7] It is located in the northeast of the island of Corsica at the base of Cap Corse. It 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 is the principal port of the island and its principal commercial town and is known for its wines.[citation needed] The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bastiais or Bastiaises.[8] Approximately 10% of the population are immigrants. The commune has been awarded three flowers by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom.[9]
^"Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^"Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^"Bastia". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
^"Bastia". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
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^"Bastia". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
^INSEE commune file
^Inhabitants of Haute-Corse (in French)
^Competition for Towns and Villages in Bloom website Archived 10 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
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