Nonza
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| region | Corsica | |
| Department | Upper Corsica | |
| Arrondissement | Bastia | |
| Canton | Cap Corse | |
| Community association | Cap Corse | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 47 ' N , 9 ° 21' E | |
| height | 0-841 m | |
| surface | 8.04 km 2 | |
| Residents | 74 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 9 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 20217 | |
| INSEE code | 2B178 | |
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Nonza is a French commune with 74 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the north of the Mediterranean island of Corsica . It is located on the west coast of the Cap Corse .
The small village, which is located on a 165 meter high cliff, is best known for its green-gray beach. It stretches for more than a kilometer below the houses and the restored square Tour de Nonza , built in 1550 , which dates from the Pisan era and was part of the Torregiana . The small, green-gray stones of the beach got their color from the serpentinite , which was quarried in a now closed asbestos plant in the municipality of Canari to the north . A stone staircase with over 1000 steps leads from Nonza to the mostly deserted beach.
Nonza's Ste-Julie church from the 16th century has a baroque marble altar of Italian origin (1694) and a painting of Juliet crucified , the patron saint of Corsica. The altar and the organ are under monument protection.
The nearby Grotta Scritta has the only cave paintings on the island.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
| Residents | 213 | 137 | 71 | 68 | 86 | 67 | 68 | 73 |
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