The Tagnone is a small river in the department of Haute-Corse , Corsica, France. It is a tributary of the river Tavignano .
9-465: The Tagnone is 35.14 kilometres (21.83 mi) long. It crosses the communes of Aghione , Aléria , Pietroso and Vezzani . The Tagnone rises in the commune of Vezzani to the northeast of the 1,532 metres (5,026 ft) Punta Paglia. It run east past the village of Vezzani, then runs in a generally southeast direction to its confluence with the Tavignano south of Aléria, near the mouth of the Tavignano on
18-467: Is planted with vines and fruit trees (kiwifruit, Mandarins). There is no farm of significant size located in the commune. In particular the grapes are collected by neighbouring wineries - mainly by the Aleria cooperative. There are no longer any trades or services in the commune. The people find everything necessary at Aleria (10 km away) or Ghisonaccia (20 km away). The commune has no access to
27-579: The Tyrrhenian Sea . The D343 road follows the Tagnone for much of its course. The Tagnone valley lies between the Tavignanu and Fium'Orbu valleys. It is smaller than these valleys and more isolated. The head of the valley is the ridge that connects the 824 metres (2,703 ft) Punta della Pinghella to the 1,524 metres (5,000 ft) Punta Paglia. To the north the valley is flanked by relatively low slopes. To
36-480: The hamlet of Samuleto and continues to the village before continuing north by a tortuous mountain route to Casevecchie . The commune is watered by the Tagnone, a tributary of Tavignano that separates an area of hills to the north from the plain, which is larger in area, to the south. There is a large dam with a large lake in the south of the commune. During the Second World War Aghione aerodrome
45-636: The island of Corsica . Aghion is located on the eastern plains of Corsica 5 km west of Aleria . It can be accessed by the D343 road which comes from the National Highway N198 in the south east and passes west through the southern plain of the commune to Maison Pierraggi in the west and continues on to Vezzani in the Tagnone Valley 25 kilometres (16 mi) away. From the D343 the D443 branches north at
54-517: The south it is separated from the Fium'Orbu valley by a line of heights that are above 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) high until the edge of the coastal plain. The villages of Vezzani and Pietroso cling to the slopes in the upper part of the narrow valley. The environment on the north-facing slopes favors forestry, and laricio pines of the Rospa-Sorba national forest grow on the foothills of Punta Paglia above
63-495: The villages. The valley floor is not wide and flat enough for agriculture, which is confined to terraces around Vezzani, Pietroso and a few hamlets. The slopes and river banks are covered by maquis shrubland . There are some traces of copper mining beside the RD343. The river has been measured at Aghione [Pont RD443] from 2018 to 2021. At this point it has a basin of 66 square kilometres (25 sq mi). The maximum instantaneous flow
72-484: Was recorded on 1 November 2018 as 67.7 cubic metres per second (2,390 cu ft/s). The maximum daily flow was record on 24 January 2020 as 16.3 cubic metres per second (580 cu ft/s). The following streams ( ruisseaux ) are tributaries of the Tagnone (ordered by length) and sub-tributaries: Aghione Aghione ( Corsican : Aghjone ) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on
81-508: Was used by the 306th Fighter Wing of the 15th US Air Force from 10–21 August 1944 to support Operation Dragoon (the Invasion of Southern France). List of Successive Mayors of Aghione The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aghionais or Aghionaises in French. The commune of Aghione is predominantly agricultural. The hills are used for grazing goats, sheep, and pigs; while the plain
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