Propriano

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Propriano
Prupià
Propriano coat of arms
Propriano (France)
Propriano
region Corsica
Department Corse-du-Sud
Arrondissement Sartène
Canton Sartenais-Valinco (main town)
Community association Sartenais Valinco
Coordinates 41 ° 41 ′  N , 8 ° 54 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 41 ′  N , 8 ° 54 ′  E
height 0-609 m
surface 18.73 km 2
Residents 3,747 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 200 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 20110
INSEE code

Propriano at the Golfe du Valinco

Propriano ( Corsican Prupià ) is a French municipality and port city on the Mediterranean island of Corsica and is located on the south west coast between the capital Ajaccio and Bonifacio . The Rizzanese river flows into the sea just south of the village . The lively seaside resort has 3747 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). The port of Propriano offers year-round ship connections to Toulon , Marseille , Genoa and Porto Torres in Sardinia .

history

Around 6000 BC BC , during the Neolithic Age , the area around Propriano was demonstrably already inhabited. In Filitosa , a village about 9 km northwest of Propriano, traces from the megalithic culture ( 3,500 - 1,600 BC) and from the Torre culture (1,600 - 800 BC) were found. About 16 km south of Propriano are the Alignement of Stantari , two rows of stones that date back to the Bronze Age between 1500 and 1000 BC. To date. Propriano is believed to be in the same place as the ancient town of Pauca . In the 10th century the place was occupied by the Pisans , in the 13th century by the Genoese . In 1564, Sampiero Corso landed here to recapture Corsica. Frequent pirate raids meant that the place consisted of only 4 houses in 1794. About 30 km northwest of Propriano is Ajaccio , the capital of the island of Corsica. Napoleon Bonaparte was born here in 1769 . In 1873 a road was built between Bonifacio and Ajaccio. Subsequently, the number of residents of the city of Propriano grew strongly.

Number of inhabitants
(source: Insee)
year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2014
Residents 1,530 1,846 2,950 3,098 3,217 3,166 3,243 3,759
Panorama of the city of Propriano

Web links

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proof

  1. ^ Propriano on the Insee website