Pietrosella
The parish church of Sainte-Monique
The parish church of Sainte-Monique
Location of Pietrosella
Pietrosella is located in France
Pietrosella
Pietrosella
Pietrosella is located in Corsica
Pietrosella
Pietrosella
Coordinates: 41°50′15″N 8°50′48″E / 41.8375°N 8.8467°E / 41.8375; 8.8467
CountryFrance
RegionCorsica
DepartmentCorse-du-Sud
ArrondissementAjaccio
CantonTaravo-Ornano
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Jean-Baptiste Luccioni[1]
Area
1
35.23 km2 (13.60 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
1,968
  Density56/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
2A228 /20166
Elevation0–728 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.

History

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]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962101    
1968118+16.8%
1975350+196.6%
1982738+110.9%
1990864+17.1%
19991,028+19.0%
20081,232+19.8%

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. Valode, Philippe (2007). Les énigmes de la Ve République (in French). Éditions Générales First. p. 220.
  4. "Corsican nationalist Colonna found guilty of murder". France 24. 20 June 2011.


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