Ponte Leccia
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Ponte Leccia
Country
Country
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 Early Modern France
Region
Régions of France
France is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...

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 Corsica
Department: 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...

Arrondissement: Corte
Arrondissement of Corte
The arrondissement of Corte is an arrondissement of France, located in the Haute-Corse department, in the territorial collectivity of Corsica. It has 10 cantons and 109 communes.-Cantons:The cantons of the arrondissement of Corte are:# Bustanico...

Canton: Castifao-Morosaglia
Municipality: Morosaglia
Morosaglia
Morosaglia is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.It is the seat of the canton of Castifao-Morosaglia, which it shares with 9 other communes: Asco, Bisinchi, Castello-di-Rostino, Castifao, Castineta, Gavignano, Moltifao, Saliceto,...

Population
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Coordinates
Geographic coordinate system
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42°26′10"N 9°18′1"E
Time zone
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CET
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Elevation
Elevation
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Postal code:20218

Ponte Leccia (or Ponte-Leccia) is a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 village, part of the municipality (commune) of Morosaglia
Morosaglia
Morosaglia is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.It is the seat of the canton of Castifao-Morosaglia, which it shares with 9 other communes: Asco, Bisinchi, Castello-di-Rostino, Castifao, Castineta, Gavignano, Moltifao, Saliceto,...

, in the department of 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...

, 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....

. Its name in Corsican language
Corsican language
Corsican is a Italo-Dalmatian Romance language spoken and written on the islands of Corsica and northern Sardinia . Corsican is the traditional native language of the Corsican people, and was long the vernacular language alongside the Italian, official language in Corsica until 1859, which was...

 is Ponte a à Leccia.

Geography

Situated at the confluence between Asco and Golo rivers, it lies few km in the east of Morosaglia and is 40 km far from 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:...

, 45 from Bastia
Bastia
Bastia is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France located in the northeast of the island of Corsica at the base of Cap Corse. It is also the second-largest city in Corsica after Ajaccio and the capital of the department....

, 60 from Calvi and 100 from Ajaccio
Ajaccio
Ajaccio , is a commune on the island of Corsica in France. It is the capital and largest city of the region of Corsica and the prefecture of the department of Corse-du-Sud....

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Transport

Ponte Leccia has a railway station on the CFC line Ajaccio-Bastia, on the junction point with the line to Calvi. It is crossed by the national roads N193 and N197.
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