Morosaglia is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Haute-Corse

Haute-Corse

Haute-Corse is a French department. It constitutes the northern part of the island of Corsica.- History :The department was formed on 15 September 1975, when the department of Corse was divided into Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud...

 department of France on the island of Corsica

Corsica

Corsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located west of Italy, southeast of the French mainland, and north of the island of Sardinia....

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It is the seat of the canton of Castifao-Morosaglia, which it shares with 9 other communes: Asco

Asco

Asco can refer to:* Ascó, a village in Catalonia, Spain** Ascó Nuclear Power Plant* Asco, Haute-Corse** the Asco meteorite of 1805, which fell in Corse, France * American Society of Clinical Oncology...

, Bisinchi

Bisinchi

Bisinchi is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.-Population:-Places of interest:*Campu di Bonu: an archeological site on the northwestern slope of the Monte Castellare.-References:*...

, Castello-di-Rostino

Castello-di-Rostino

Castello-di-Rostino is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.-Population:-References:*...

, Castifao

Castifao

Castifao is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.-Population:-References:*...

, Castineta

Castineta

Castineta is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.-Population:-References:*...

, Gavignano

Gavignano

Gavignano is a hill top town of 1,982 inhabitants in the Province of Rome, Lazio, central Italy. Gavignano is approximately 50 km south east of Rome in the lepini hills and can be easily reached by local train service. The nearest train station being located in the town of Colleferro...

, Moltifao

Moltifao

Moltifao is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.-Population:-References:*...

, Saliceto

Saliceto, Haute-Corse

Saliceto is a commune in the Castagnicca valley near the town of Corte in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.The village was the birthplace of Antoine Christophe Saliceti. The village consists of about two dozen stonewall houses and a small catholic...

, Valle-di-Rostino

Valle-di-Rostino

Valle-di-Rostino is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.-Population:-References:*...

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History

Morosaglia is the native commune of Pascal Paoli (1725-1807). The house in which he was born is a museum. This commune also is the historical seat of the Corsican Republic

Corsican Republic

In November 1755, Pasquale Paoli proclaimed Corsica a sovereign nation, the Corsican Republic, independent from the Republic of Genoa. He created the Corsican Constitution, which was the first constitution written under Enlightenment principles, including the first implementation of female...

. Paoli had his chambers in the Franciscan

Franciscan

Most Franciscans are members of Roman Catholic religious orders founded by Saint Francis of Assisi. Besides Roman Catholic communities, there are also Old Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, ecumenical and Non-denominational Franciscan communities....

 monastery and the Corsican parliament met there.

Geography

Morosaglia is 40 kilometres (24.9 mi) to the northeast of Corte

Corte

Corte is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. It is the fourth-largest commune in Corsica .-Administration:Corte is a subprefecture of the Haute-Corse department.-History:...

 in Castagniccia. The commune extends to the east to the largest mountain of Castagniccia, mounting to 1230 metres (4,035.4 ft) to the peak of San Paolu, and stretches to the west for 13 kilometres (8 mi) beyond the river Golo.

In the plain of the river, nearly at its confluence with the Asco, on the Bastia-Ajaccio road, is the hamlet of Ponte-Leccia, where the only railway branch of the entire island is located, the branch to Calvi

Calvi

Calvi is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.It is the seat of the Canton of Calvi, which contains Calvi and one other commune, Lumio...

. The statisticians have given the name of Ponte-Leccia to a microregion of 3800 people and 563 square kilometres (217.4 sq mi), which approximates the ancient parish of Caccia and the canton.

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