Aiti

For the Japanese prefecture that may be romanized as "Aiti", see Aichi Prefecture.

Aiti
A general view of Aiti
Aiti
Location within Corsica region Aiti
Coordinates: 42°24′00″N 9°14′41″E / 42.4°N 9.2447°E / 42.4; 9.2447Coordinates: 42°24′00″N 9°14′41″E / 42.4°N 9.2447°E / 42.4; 9.2447
Country	France
Region	Corsica
Department	Haute-Corse
Arrondissement	Corte
Canton	Bustanico
Intercommunality	Vallée de Casaluna
Government
• Mayor (2001–2020)	Gérard Orsoni
Area¹	12.17 km² (4.70 sq mi)
Population (2009)²	32
• Density	2.6/km² (6.8/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	2B003 / 20244
Elevation	240–1,120 m (790–3,670 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Aiti (in Corsican Àiti, pronounced [ˈaː.i.di]) is a French commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aïtinchi.^[1]

Geography

Aiti is some 15 km north of Corte and about 25 km inland from the east coast of Corsica. The Highway N193 from Corte goes north passing near the eastern border of the commune however the commune can only be accessed from this side by the D39 from Francardo a tortuous and circuitous road. The commune can also be accessed from the eastern side from San-Lorenzo on the Highway D39 which has a small connecting road across a bridge to the D39 road which enters the commune from the south and is another tortuous and circuitous route to the village of Aiti. Other than some short mountain access roads there are no other roads in the commune.^[2]

Relief

Aiti occupies the northern part of the mountain chain in the west of the massif of Monte San Petrone (1,767 m) which is separated by the Casaluna Valley.

The commune lies "below the hill" (Cismonte in Corsican), or "Corsican Shale" in the north-east of the island along the edge of the Cap Corse shale which continues to the San Petrone mountains and ends south of Castagnicia. These mountains are a block of lustrous shale from the Tertiary period during the uplift of the Alps on the Hercynian bedrock at the end of the Paleozoic era.

The highest point in the commune is the Cima a l'Orzale (1,121 m) south of the town and the lowest point is next to the Golo river (238 m) to the north-west.

The commune is mountainous with the hills of Castagnicia to the west. It occupies a small portion of a low-lying area called "Cuvette de Ponte Leccia" (Ponte Leccia Basin) which is one of a series of central low-lying areas stretching from L'Île-Rousse to Solenzara through Ponte Leccia, Corte, and Cateraggio. It includes many small valleys where streams flow to the Golo or the Casaluna.

Hydrography

The western border of the commune is the Callasima River which flows north to join the Golo River near Ponte-Leccia.^[3]

Several streams run through the commune, emerging from either side of the valley. The main streams are Poggie, Coticcio (fed by the Campo and Riduri), and Fossa Ceca.

Neighbouring Communes and Villages

Francardo

Aiti

Omessa

Lano

San-Lorenzo

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Aiti^[4]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2020	Gerard Orsoni

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2009, the commune had 32 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the town since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
-	297	311	294	356	332	340	314	304

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
293	284	282	277	273	322	306	239	250

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
231	218	200	256	234	204	209	143	150

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2009	-
66	59	32	16	26	24	29	32	-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Panorama of the Village

Aiti
The Church of Saint-Stephen
The area south of the village
Facade of the Church of Saint-Stephen

Notes and references

Notes

↑ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 , the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" which allow, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For municipalities with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these municipalities is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

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Communes of the Haute-Corse department

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