Urtaca

Urtaca
A panorama of the village of Urtaca A panorama of the village of Urtaca
Urtaca
Location within Corsica region Urtaca
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Corsica
Department	Haute-Corse
Arrondissement	Bastia
Canton	Haut-Nebbio
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Françoise Xavière Montecattini
Area1	31.26 km2 (12.07 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	194
• Density	6.2/km2 (16/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	2B332 / 20218
Elevation	37–1,367 m (121–4,485 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Urtaca is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.

Geography

Urtaca is located in the north of Corsica at the confluence of the Ostricone and the Fiume di Gargalagne at the foot of 1,018-metre (3,340 ft)-high Mont Vicinasco.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1537	134	—
1729	189	+41.0%
1740	180	−4.8%
1761	211	+17.2%
1769	209	−0.9%
1782	211	+1.0%
1802	240	+13.7%
1807	246	+2.5%
1818	280	+13.8%
1831	297	+6.1%
1836	326	+9.8%
1841	317	−2.8%
1846	328	+3.5%
1851	337	+2.7%
1856	323	−4.2%
1861	347	+7.4%
1866	335	−3.5%
1872	360	+7.5%
1876	375	+4.2%
1881	387	+3.2%
1886	410	+5.9%
1891	400	−2.4%
1896	517	+29.2%
1901	501	−3.1%
1906	507	+1.2%
1911	502	−1.0%
1921	292	−41.8%
1926	247	−15.4%
1931	243	−1.6%
1936	257	+5.8%
1946	246	−4.3%
1954	217	−11.8%
1962	220	+1.4%
1968	220	+0.0%
1975	198	−10.0%
1982	178	−10.1%
1990	155	−12.9%
1999	172	+11.0%
2008	194	+12.8%

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Corse department

References

• INSEE