Corsican

Collectivité territoriale de Corse
(Territorial collectivity flag)	(Territorial collectivity logo)
Location
Administration
Capital	Ajaccio
President of the Executive Council	Ange Santini (UMP) (since 2004)
Departments	Corse-du-Sud Haute-Corse
Arrondissements	5
Cantons	52
Communes	360
Statistics
Land area1	8,680 km²
Population	(Ranked 25th)
- January 1, 2006 est.	279,000
- March 8, 1999 census	260,196
- Density (2006)	32/km²
1 French Land Register data, which exclude lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) as well as the estuaries of rivers

Corsica (French: Corse; Corsican, Italian: Corsica) is the fourth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily, Sardinia, and Cyprus). It is located west of Italy, southeast of France, and north of the island of Sardinia. Corsica has an area of 3,350 sq. miles.

Corsica is commonly termed one of the 26 regions of France, although strictly speaking Corsica is actually a territorial collectivity by law. As a territorial collectivity, it has slightly more far-reaching powers than other French regions, but for the most part its status is quite similar to that of the other regions. Corsica is referred to as a region in common speech, and is almost always listed among the other regions of France. Although the island is separated from the continental mainland by the Ligurian Sea, politically Corsica is considered part of Metropolitan France.

Corsica is famed as the birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte.