Aiti

Aiti (in Corsican Àiti, pronounced [ˈaː.i.di]) is a French commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aïtinchi.

Geography

Aiti is some 15 km north of Corte and about 25 km inland from the east coast of Corsica. The Highway N193 from Corte goes north passing near the eastern border of the commune however the commune can only be accessed from this side by the D39 from Francardo a tortuous and circuitous road. The commune can also be accessed from the eastern side from San-Lorenzo on the Highway D39 which has a small connecting road across a bridge to the D39 road which enters the commune from the south and is another tortuous and circuitous route to the village of Aiti. Other than some short mountain access roads there are no other roads in the commune.

Relief

Aiti occupies the northern part of the mountain chain in the west of the massif of Monte San Petrone (1,767 m) which is separated by the Casaluna Valley.

The commune lies "below the hill" (Cismonte in Corsican), or "Corsican Shale" in the north-east of the island along the edge of the Cap Corse shale which continues to the San Petrone mountains and ends south of Castagnicia. These mountains are a block of lustrous shale from the Tertiary period during the uplift of the Alps on the Hercynian bedrock at the end of the Paleozoic era.