What is Calvi, Haute-Corse?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Calvi |commune status = [[Subprefectures in France|Subprefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]] |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Calvi (Haute-Corse).svg |image flag = Flag of Calvi.svg |image = Calvi-Semper fidelis.jpg |caption = View of the citadel |arrondissement = Calvi |canton = Calvi |INSEE = 2B050 |postal code = 20260 |mayor = Ange Santini |term = 2014&ndash;2020 |intercommunality = Calvi Balagne |coordinates = {{coord|42.5686|8.7569|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 81 |elevation min m = 0 |elevation max m = 700 |area km2 = 31.20 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }} '''Calvi''' is a small town and [[commune in France|commune]] of the [[Haute-Corse]], in [[France]]. It is on the northwest coast of the island of [[Corsica]], 95&nbsp;km from [[Bastia]] and 24&nbsp;km from [[L'Île-Rousse]]. The town has 5,177 people ([[1999]]), and is the fifth-largest commune in Corsica. There is a legend that [[Christopher Columbus]] was from Calvi, which at the time was part of the Genoese empire. The [[2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment]] of the [[French Foreign Legion]] is based in Calvi. The economy of Calvi is mainly based on [[tourism]], which started in 1950. ==Airports== * [[The Ste-Catherine International Airport]] of Calvi. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.villedecalvi.fr/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110227000208/http://www.villedecalvi.fr/ |date=2011-02-27 }} {{in lang|fr}} * [http://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Calvi Calvi travel information] at Wikivoyage ==Gallery== [[Image:Corsica-calvi-panorama.jpg|thumb|left|450px|Calvi from [[Citadel]]]] [[Image:0_Calvi_-_Port_et_citadelle_(1