Cervione

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Commune in Corsica, France

Cervione
Commune
View of Cervione with Cervione Cathedral. View of Cervione with Cervione Cathedral.
Coat of arms of Cervione Coat of arms
Location of Cervione Map
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Coordinates: 42°19′57′′N 9°29′32′′E / 42.3325°N 9.4922°E / 42.3325; 9.4922
Country	France
Region	Corsica
Department	Haute-Corse
Arrondissement	Corte
Canton	Castagniccia
Intercommunality	Costa Verde
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marc-Antoine Nicolaï^[1]
Area ¹	11.45 km² (4.42 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[2]	2,161
• Density	190/km² (490/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	2B087 /20221
Elevation	0–934 m (0–3,064 ft) (avg. 380 m or 1,250 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cervione (French pronunciation: [tʃɛʁvjɔne] ; Corsican: Cervioni) is a commune of the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. It is home to the Saint Erasmus cathedral, which was completed in 1745, and is an example of the baroque style.^[3]

Geography

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The town of Cervione is located to the east of Corsica island. It is the main ancient core of population between Bastia and Aleria which are the two most populated closer city. It dominate the oriental plain at the place where it is narrowest.

Cervione's hinterland is the Castaniccia a wet region with a lot of ancient villages and hamlets in the slot of Monte San Petrone (1767) the highest top of the shist part of Corsica (the quart of the north east of the island).