Corsica has 1,000km of coastline and more than 200 beaches, as well as being largely mountainous, with Monte Cintu as the highest peak at 2710m and 50 other summits of more than 2000m.
The fourth largest island in the Mediterranean, Corsica is located west of Italy, southeast of France, and north of the island of Sardinia.
One of the 26 Regions of France,
Corsica, although strictly speaking Corsica is called a "territorial collectivity" by law. As a territorial collectivity, it enjoys powers slightly more important than other French Regions, but for the most part its status is quite similar to the status of the other French Regions.
Of course Corsica's main claim to fame is that it is as the birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte.
