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Pietrosella (French pronunciation: [pjɛtʁozela]; Corsican: Pitrusedda) is a French commune in the department of Corse-du-Sud, on the island of Corsica.
Pietrosella | |
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 The parish church of Sainte-Monique | |
Location of Pietrosella  | |
  Pietrosella  Pietrosella | |
| Coordinates: 41°50′15″N 8°50′48″E / 41.8375°N 8.8467°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Corsica |
| Department | Corse-du-Sud |
| Arrondissement | Ajaccio |
| Canton | Taravo-Ornano |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Baptiste Luccioni[1] |
Area 1 | 35.23 km2 (13.60 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 1,968 |
| • Density | 56/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 2A228 /20166 |
| Elevation | 0–728 m (0–2,388 ft) (avg. 550 m or 1,800 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
History
editOn 6 September 1997, members of the National Liberation Front of Corsica stormed a gendarmerie barracks at Pietrosella.[3] The weapons stolen from the attack were used to assassinate Claude Érignac on 6 February 1998, homicide committed by Yvan Colonna who was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment.[4]
Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 118 | — |
| 1975 | 350 | +16.80% |
| 1982 | 738 | +11.25% |
| 1990 | 864 | +1.99% |
| 1999 | 1,028 | +1.95% |
| 2009 | 1,242 | +1.91% |
| 2014 | 1,479 | +3.55% |
| 2020 | 1,945 | +4.67% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Valode, Philippe (2007). Les énigmes de la Ve République (in French). Éditions Générales First. p. 220.
- ^ "Corsican nationalist Colonna found guilty of murder". France 24. 20 June 2011.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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