Aregno

Aregno
Commune
A general view of Aregno
Aregno
Location within Corsica region  Aregno
Coordinates: 42°34′55″N 8°53′42″E / 42.5819°N 8.895°E / 42.5819; 8.895Coordinates: 42°34′55″N 8°53′42″E / 42.5819°N 8.895°E / 42.5819; 8.895
Country	France
Region	Corsica
Department	Haute-Corse
Arrondissement	Calvi
Canton	Calvi
Intercommunality	Calvi Balagne
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jacques Andréani
Area1	9.3 km2 (3.6 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	602
• Density	65/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	2B020 /20220
Elevation	0–326 m (0–1,070 ft) (avg. 210 m or 690 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Aregno (Corsican: Aregnu) is a French commune in the Haute-Corse department on the island of Corsica. The village was previously the also the piévanie of Aregnu in the former Genovese province of Balagna.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aregnais or Aregnaises

The commune has been awarded three flowers by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom.

Aregno is located immediately to the east of Algajola and extends from west to east between Algajola, Lavatoggio, Cateri, Sant'Antonino, Pigna, and Corbara. Its highest point is 326 metres above sea level and it has a total area of some 930 hectares. Access to the commune is by National Route N197 from Algajola in the west and continuing to Corzo to the north-east. Access to the village is by road D551 which branches off the N197 and continues south through the commune by a circuitous route to the village. There is also the D151 road from Pigna in the north-east, passing through the village and continuing south to join the D71 south-east of Cateri. The CFC railway from Algajola passes through the commune near the beach with the Aregno-beach station an important stop for the summer "beach tramway" along the coast and the beaches between Calvi and L'Ile-Rousse.

Between the sea and the village,the Aregno plain is crossed by the Teghiella stream, which joins the Pozzi stream, and the Migliani stream later on. It flows into the Mediterranean at the east end of Aregno beach, at the edge of the Calcinaiu Natural Site in Corbara.