Tox
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Tox Tocchisu |
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| region | Corsica | |
| Department | Upper Corsica | |
| Arrondissement | Corte | |
| Canton | Ghisonaccia | |
| Community association | Oriente | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 15 ′ N , 9 ° 26 ′ E | |
| height | 50-1.093 m | |
| surface | 14.79 km 2 | |
| Residents | 96 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 6 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 20270 | |
| INSEE code | 2B328 | |
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Tox ( Corsican Tocchisu ) is a French commune with 96 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Corse department on the island of Corsica .
geography
Tox is located at an average altitude of 527 meters above sea level, 3 kilometers southeast of the Corsica Regional Nature Park in the Castagniccia , 50 kilometers southwest of Bastia , the seat of the prefecture of the department and 5.6 kilometers southeast of the canton capital Moïta . The Mairie ('Mayor's Office') of Tox stands at an altitude of 402 meters. The municipality has an area of 14.79 square kilometers. The village is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Campi , Tallone and Linguizzetta . The Bravona valley marks the southern municipal boundary .
Tox is assigned to a climate zone of type Csb (according to Köppen and Geiger ): warm, moderate rainy climate (C), maximum precipitation in the summer months of less than 40 mm ((s) summer dry), all months are below 22 ° C, but there are still at least 4 Months that are warmer than 10 ° C (b). There is a Mediterranean climate with a moderate summer.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2016 |
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| Residents | 158 | 146 | 148 | 180 | 169 | 142 | 111 | 96 |
Culture and sights
Tox has a well-preserved medieval town center. The place name is derived from tocsin , which can mean both 'bell' and 'bell ringing'. The Madonna-de-Grazie chapel is a pilgrimage site. It stands at a height of 538 meters on a mountain peak northeast of the town center.
The parish church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste is dedicated to John the Baptist . It was built in the 18th century in place of the original Romanesque church. Parts of the older church were reused, which is why it is partly Romanesque and partly Baroque . It is entered in the additional directory of the Monument historique ('historical monuments'). In the church there is an altarpiece depicting the Virgin with the Child , Saint John the Baptist and the Archangel Michael . It dates from the mid-16th century and is classified as a monument historique .
Economy and Infrastructure
The copper deposits of Mine de Linguizetta were classified as very rich in 1778, but not until 1855 Auguste Marie Le Coat de Kerveguen been granted a mining concession. The work was stopped again in 1857, then resumed in 1872 by the British company Cardo Mining . By 1877, 15 to 25 people worked in the mine under the direction of an English engineer. In 1878 the company acquired a steam boiler that powered the shredding machines, but the less profitable mine was abandoned just a few months later. In 1926, Le Coat de Kerveguen's granddaughter gave up the concession. Today only a few traces of the dismantling work and the ruins of a building can be seen on the road that connects Tox with Linguizzetta.
An important branch of business is viticulture , the vineyards cover an area of 78 hectares.
The nearest train station is 18.9 kilometers away in Poggio-Riventosa , the nearest airport is Bastia Airport . The nearest police station is 8.5 kilometers away in Piedicorte-di-Gaggio . The next primary school is in the neighboring community Linguizzetta, the next college is 10.3 kilometers away in Cervione .
Web links
Remarks
- ↑ a b Le village de Tox. In: Annuaire-Mairie.fr. Retrieved November 24, 2011 (French).
- ^ Tocsin in the French Wiktionary
- ↑ a b Entry No. 2B328 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ^ Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette: Corse . Petit Futé, 2010, ISBN 978-2-7469-2974-6 , pp. 67 ( online ). (French)
- ↑ Entry No. 2B328 in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French) (French)
- ^ Canton de Moïta-Verde. Tox (Tocchiu). In: tresordesregions.mgm.fr. Retrieved November 24, 2011 (French).
- ↑ Tox. In: Les-Villes.fr. Retrieved November 24, 2011 (French).