Lucciana
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| region | Corsica | |
| Department | Upper Corsica | |
| Arrondissement | Bastia | |
| Canton | Borgo | |
| Community association | Marana-Golo | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 33 ' N , 9 ° 25' E | |
| height | 0-687 m | |
| surface | 29.16 km 2 | |
| Residents | 5,780 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 198 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 20290 | |
| INSEE code | 2B148 | |
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Lucciana is a municipality with 5780 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Corse department on the French island of Corsica .
geography
Lucciana is located on the eastern edge of the Corsican mountains. The villages of Casamozza and Crocetta as well as the holiday resorts Plage de la Marana and Plage de Pineto on the Tyrrhenian Sea also belong to the municipality, which extends over the coastal plain to the Mediterranean . The southern border of the municipality is the Golo , the longest river in Corsica.
Most of Bastia Airport, including the access road and terminal buildings, is located in the municipality of Lucciana .
The neighboring municipalities are Vignale in the west and northwest, Borgo in the north, Monte and Vescovato in the south and Prunelli-di-Casacconi in the southwest.
history
In Mariana, not far from Lucciana, was created in 104 BC. A colony , see history of Corsica .
Demographics
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 799 | 1653 | 2507 | 2692 | 3217 | 3794 | 4010 | 5780 |
Buildings
- The SACOI , an HVDC system built in 1965, begins in Lucciana
- Former cathedral "Santa-Maria-Assunta dite La Canonica"
Churches
- San Parteo Church, Romanesque church, dates back to the 7th century
- San Michele church
- Chapel of San Michele
Infrastructure
The railway company Chemins de fer de la Corse maintains the Casamozza station in Lucciana. With the expressways 193 and 198 Lucciana is connected to the network of the Routes nationales .
