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Corsica
| Location |
W Mediterranean Sea |
| Latitude and longitude |
42 15 N, 9 15 E |
| Sovereignty |
France |
| Political status notes |
Officially, "Territorial Collectivity of
Corsica" |
| Population |
260,000 |
| Census notes |
1999 |
| Land area in square kilometers |
8,772 |
| Capital |
Ajaccio |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| Corse,
la région en faits et chiffres, from INSEE, France’s National
Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (French) |
| Prefecture of
Corsica (French) |
| Public
Life in Corsica |
| United Nations System-Wide Earthwatch Island
Directory |
Selected articles on law and political status
|
| Le
Statute de la Collectivité Territoriale de Corse et la Problématique
du Développement d’une île (French), by Jean Baggioni,
Président du Conseil Exécutif de la Collectivité Territoriale de
Corse, in Jean-Didier Hache (editor), What
Status for Europe's Islands? (Quel Statut pour les Îles d'Europe?)
(2000). An abstract
in English (The Status of the Territorial Collectivity of
Corsica and the Development Problems of an Island) is
included. This volume is no longer available online.
Interested readers may be able to purchase it through Alibris
or other booksellers. |
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