Calvi

Calvi is a small town and commune of the Haute-Corse (2B) d?partement, in France.

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It is located on the northwest coast of the island of Corsica, 95 km from Bastia and 24 km from L'?le-Rousse. It has about 4,800 inhabitants (2001).

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There is one legend that Christopher Columbus was from the Calvi, which at the time was part of the Genoese empire. Because the often subversive elements of the island gave its inhabitants a bad reputation, he would have masked his exact heritage.

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The 2nd Foreign Parachutist Regiment (2 REP), of the French Foreign Legion, is based in Calvi.

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Commune: A commune or comune is a system of social and economic organization which involves the common ownership of resources and/or shared obligations. Within that framework, the word can have various meanings:...

France: The French Republic or France (: R?publique fran?aise or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents....

Corsica: Corsica (French: Corse; Corsican: Corsica) is the fourth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily, Sardinia, and Cyprus). It is located west of Italy, southeast of France, and north of the island of Sardinia....

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La Plage de Calvi