Pietracorbara
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region | Corsica | |
Department | Upper Corsica | |
Arrondissement | Bastia | |
Canton | Cap Corse | |
Community association | Cap Corse | |
Coordinates | 42 ° 51 ' N , 9 ° 26' E | |
height | 0-1,264 m | |
surface | 26.15 km 2 | |
Residents | 652 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 25 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 20233 | |
INSEE code | 2B224 | |
![]() Mairie Pietracorbara |
Pietracorbara is a municipality in the French department of Haute-Corse on the Mediterranean island of Corsica . It belongs to the canton of Cap Corse in the Arrondissement of Bastia . The residents call themselves Pietracorbarais or Curbareni .
geography
Pietracorbara is located on the Cap Corse and borders the Tyrrhenian Sea to the east . The neighboring communities are Cagnano in the north, Sisco in the south, Ogliastro in the southwest, Canari and Barrettali in the west and Luri in the northwest. The Monte Alticcione is a 1139 m high mountain in the north of the municipality. The settlement area is an average of 350 meters above sea level and consists of the main town Marine de Pietracorbara and the hamlets of Plaine de Pietracorbara, Capanajo, Ponticellu, Orneto, Oreta, Pino, Selmacce, Pietronacce, Cortina and Lapedina.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2014 |
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Residents | 242 | 270 | 234 | 229 | 363 | 433 | 526 | 641 |
Attractions
- Chapel of San Leonardo
- Santa Catarina Chapel
- Saint-Césaire church ( Corsican : San Cesareu ) from the 18th century
- Saint-Roch church (Corsican: San Roccu ) from the 18th century
- Church of San Clemente from the 15th century, renovated in the 18th century, a monument historique
- Chapel of the Brotherhood of the Holy Cross ( Chapelle de confrérie Santa Croce ), Monument historique , the place of the parish festival until 1978
- "Tour d'Orneto" residential tower
- Genoese tower "Tour de Castellare"
- Chapel Saint-Antoine (Sant 'Antone) to the west of Marine de Pietracorbara
- Saint-Léonard Chapel (San Leonardo)
- Saint-Catherine Chapel (San Catarina)
- Saint-Antoine chapel in Oreta
- Chapel of San Guglielmo (Saint Guillaume), a ruin in Lapedina
- Saint-Pancrace Chapel in Lapedina