Ucciani

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ucciani
Auccià
Ucciani (France)
Ucciani
region Corsica
Department Corse-du-Sud
Arrondissement Ajaccio
Canton Gravona-Prunelli
Community association Celavu-Prunelli
Coordinates 42 ° 3 '  N , 8 ° 59'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 3 '  N , 8 ° 59'  E
height 259-1,628 m
surface 28.36 km 2
Residents 501 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 18 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 20133
INSEE code 2A330

View of Ucciani
Painting of the Church of Sant'Antonino by Pierre Ucciani from 1892

Ucciani ( Corsican Auccià ) is a French commune with 501 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Corse-du-Sud department in the Corsica region . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Ajaccio and the Celavu-Prunelli community association founded in 1993 . The inhabitants are called Uccianais (French) or Auccianesi (Corsican).

geography

Ucciani is located at 450 m above sea level, about 27 kilometers northeast of Ajaccio in the mountains of the island of Corsica in the Corsica Regional Nature Park . Ucciani includes the villages of Conventu at 470 m, Crucoli at 450 m, Le Pont d'Ucciani at 300 m and Tinturaju at 400 m, as well as numerous small hamlets and individual farms. Ucciani is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Tavera in the north and east, Bastelica in the southeast, Peri in the southwest, Carbuccia and Vero in the west and Azzana in the northwest. The community area of ​​28.36 km² is almost completely forested. The Gravona flows through Ucciani . To the northwest and southeast of the Gravona valley, the area of ​​the municipality has a pronounced mountainous character with several peaks over 800 m high. These include:

northwest of the Gravona valley

  • Punta Baricci 991  m
  • Bocca di Rossi 842  m
  • Bocca di Baracche 876  m

southeast of the Gravona valley

  • Monte Borbo 1202  m
  • Punta d'Isa 1630  m
  • Point de la Crena 1358  m
  • Ponte de Chersichini 1341  m
  • Punta Tirulellu 1541  m
  • Monte Aculone 1400  m

Ucciani has a train station on the Ajaccio – Bastia line .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 479 393 324 285 310 389 435 501
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Parish church of Sant'Antonino with a marble statue of the Virgin Mary (16th century) and a bell from 1715
  • Chapel of Sant'Antone
  • numerous wayside crosses
  • Arch bridge from the 18th century in the district of Crucoli

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Ucciani  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ucciani on cassini.ehess.fr
  2. ↑ Ucciani on insee.fr