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Corsica has a population of 322,120 inhabitants (Jan. 2013 estimate). [1] At the 2011 census, 56.3% of the inhabitants of Corsica were born on the island and 28.6% in Continental France , while 0.3% were natives of Overseas France and 14.8% hailed from foreign (non-French) countries.
Corsica (/ ˈ k ɔːr s ɪ k ə / KOR-sik-ə; Corsican: [ˈkorsiɡa, ˈkɔrsika]; Italian: Corsica; French: Corse ⓘ) [3] is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of the French mainland , west of the Italian Peninsula and immediately north ...
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Corrano ( French pronunciation: [kɔʁano] ; Corsican : Currà ) is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica .
During the reign of Napoleon III Corsica suffered a decline in agricultural production (particularly in the wine, olive and chestnut industries) due to unfair trade practices imposed by France. That coupled with a population boom due to the eradication of malaria in coastal areas, forced many Corsican families to emigrate to the Caribbean .
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Corscia ( French pronunciation: [kɔʁʃ(j)a] ) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica .
The arrondissement of Calvi (Corsican: circundariu di Calvi) is an arrondissement of France in the Haute-Corse department in the territorial collectivity of Corsica. It has 51 communes . [ 2 ] Its population is 31,219 (2021), and its area is 1,338.4 km 2 (516.8 sq mi).
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Casabianca ( Italian pronunciation: [kazaˈbjaŋka] ; also Corsican : A Casabianca ) is a commune in the French department of Haute-Corse , collectivity and island of Corsica .
Corsican may refer to: Someone or something from Corsica; Corsicans, inhabitants of Corsica; Corsican language, a Romance language spoken on Corsica and northern ...