Azzana

Azzana

The Cruzzini from the GR20 trail
Azzana

Coordinates: 42°07′06″N 8°55′29″E / 42.1183°N 8.9247°E / 42.1183; 8.9247Coordinates: 42°07′06″N 8°55′29″E / 42.1183°N 8.9247°E / 42.1183; 8.9247
Country France
Region Corsica
Department Corse-du-Sud
Arrondissement Ajaccio
Canton Cruzini-Cinarca
Government
  Mayor (20142020) Thierry Leca
Area1 12 km2 (5 sq mi)
Population (2010)2 49
  Density 4.1/km2 (11/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 2A027 / 20121
Elevation 226–1,506 m (741–4,941 ft)
(avg. 400 m or 1,300 ft)

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

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Azzana is a French commune in the Corse-du-Sud department on the island of Corsica.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Azzanais or Azzanaises.[1]

Geography

Azzana is located some 13 km north-east of Casaglione and 10 km north-west of Bocognano. Access to the commune is by road D4 from Salice in the west which passes through the centre of the commune and the village before continuing east to Rezza. The D125 goes south-west from the village to Lopigna. Apart from the village there is the hamlet of Vignamajo towards the south. The commune is remote and rugged with snow-capped mountains in the north and south and very extensive forests.[2]

The Liamone river passes through the centre of the commune south of the village as it flows west to join the sea at Liamone.

Neighbouring communes and villages[2]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[3]

From To Name Party Position
1988 2014 Jean-Pierre Giacomoni
2014 2020 Thierry Leca

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 49 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger communes that have a sample survey every year.[Note 1]

Population Change (See database)
1793 1800 1806 1821 1831 1836 1841 1846 1851
- 318 379 498 243 268 298 304 350
1856 1861 1866 1872 1876 1881 1886 1891 1896
361 379 380 368 342 473 466 502 505
1901 1906 1911 1921 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954
510 504 382 308 291 348 251 150 205
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2010 -
200 193 149 81 54 56 - 49 -

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Culture and heritage

A Goat in Azzana

Civil heritage

The commune has a very large number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments. For a complete list with links to descriptions (in French) and photographs click here.

Religious heritage

The commune has several religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

  1. Inhabitants of Corse-du-Sud (French)
  2. 1 2 Google Maps
  3. List of Mayors of France (French)
  4. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001870 Funeral Chapel of the Marcangeli family (French)
  5. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001850 Chapel Sainte-Lucie (French)
  6. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A003018 Sunburst Monstrance (French)
  7. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A003017 Statue: Saint Lucie (French)
  8. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A003016 Set of 2 Choir Candlesticks (French)
  9. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A003015 Crown Light fixture (2) (French)
  10. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A003014 Set of 2 Crown Light fixtures (1) (French)
  11. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A003013 Sanctuary Lamp (French)
  12. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A002870 Chasuble and Stole (French)
  13. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A002869 Set of 2 Bells (French)
  14. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A002868 Set of 2 Altar Vases (French)
  15. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A002867 Altar Vase (1) (French)
  16. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A002866 Set of 2 Cruets (French)
  17. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A002865 Chalice with Paten (French)
  18. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A002864 Baptismal font (French)
  19. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A002863 Ciborium (2) (French)
  20. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A002862 Ciborium (1) (French)
  21. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A002812 Furniture in the Church (French)
  22. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A002606 Church of Notre-Dame of Mount Carmel (French)
  23. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001878 Cemetery (French)
  24. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A003023 Tombstone of Julie Ottaviani (French)
  25. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A003022 Funerary Cross (French)
  26. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001873 Tomb of Marie-Antoinette Vellutini (French)
  27. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001872 Cemetery for the Antonietti and Vellutini families (French)
  28. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A003021 Funerary Cross of Marie-Dominique Antonietti (French)
  29. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A003020 Funerary Cross of Paul Marie Antonietti (French)
  30. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001869 Funeral Chapel (French)
  31. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001849 Parish Church of Saint-Nicolas de Bari (French)
  32. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A003019 Baptismal font (French)

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