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Pietrosella | |
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![]() The parish church of Sainte-Monique | |
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. |
Pietrosella (French pronunciation: [pjɛtʁozela]; Corsican: Pitrusedda) is a French commune in the department of Corse-du-Sud, on the island of Corsica.
On 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]
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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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] |
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|
Pietrosella | |
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![]() The parish church of Sainte-Monique | |
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. |
Pietrosella (French pronunciation: [pjɛtʁozela]; Corsican: Pitrusedda) is a French commune in the department of Corse-du-Sud, on the island of Corsica.
On 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]
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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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] |