Alzi
Encyclopedia
Alzi is a commune
in the Haute-Corse
department of France
on the island of Corsica
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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
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...
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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Local Politics
List of successive mayors:| Entered/Exited office | Name | Party | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2001 → 2008 | Ginette DURASTANTI | ||
| March 2008 → Now | Ginette DURASTANTI | Incumbent |
Personalities
- François MarcantoniFrancois MarcantoniFrançois Marcantoni was a Corsican gangster, member of French resistance, a bank robber and a writer.-World War II:...
(born in 1920), member of the French resistanceFrench ResistanceThe French Resistance is the name used to denote the collection of French resistance movements that fought against the Nazi German occupation of France and against the collaborationist Vichy régime during World War II...
and then involved in the mafiaMafiaThe Mafia is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century in Sicily, Italy. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct, and whose common enterprise is protection racketeering...