Azzana

Azzana
Commune
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Coordinates: 42°07′06″N 8°55′29″E / 42.1183°N 8.9247°E / 42.1183; 8.9247Coordinates: 42°07′06″N 8°55′29″E / 42.1183°N 8.9247°E / 42.1183; 8.9247
Country	France
Region	Corsica
Department	Corse-du-Sud
Arrondissement	Ajaccio
Canton	Sevi-Sorru-Cinarca
Intercommunality
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Thierry Leca[1]
Area 1	12 km2 (5 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	54
• Density	4.5/km2 (12/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	2A027 /20121
Elevation	226–1,506 m (741–4,941 ft) (avg. 400 m or 1,300 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Azzana is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department on the island of Corsica, France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Azzanais or Azzanaises.^[3]

Geography[]

Azzana is located some 13 km north-east of Casaglione and 10 km north-west of Bocognano. Access to the commune is by road D4 from Salice in the west which passes through the centre of the commune and the village before continuing east to Rezza. The D125 goes south-west from the village to Lopigna. Apart from the village there is the hamlet of Vignamajo towards the south. The commune is remote and rugged with snow-capped mountains in the north and south and very extensive forests.^[4]

The Liamone river passes through the centre of the commune south of the village as it flows west to join the sea at Liamone.

Neighbouring communes and villages[]

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Administration[]

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List of Successive Mayors^[5]

From	To	Name	Party
1988	2014	Jean-Pierre Giacomoni	DL then UMP then LR
2014	2026	Thierry Leca	DVD

Population[]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1800 318 —     1806 379 +2.97% 1821 498 +1.84% 1831 243 −6.92% 1836 268 +1.98% 1841 298 +2.14% 1846 304 +0.40% 1851 350 +2.86% 1856 361 +0.62% 1861 379 +0.98% 1866 380 +0.05% 1872 368 −0.53% 1876 342 −1.82% 1881 473 +6.70% 1886 466 −0.30% 1891 502 +1.50% 1896 505 +0.12% 1901 510 +0.20%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 504 −0.24% 1911 382 −5.39% 1921 308 −2.13% 1926 291 −1.13% 1931 348 +3.64% 1936 251 −6.33% 1946 150 −5.02% 1954 205 +3.98% 1962 200 −0.31% 1968 193 −0.59% 1975 149 −3.63% 1982 81 −8.34% 1990 54 −4.94% 1999 56 +0.40% 2007 53 −0.69% 2012 40 −5.47% 2017 54 +6.19%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7]

Politics[]

Presidential Elections 2nd Round[]

Election		Winning Candidate	Party	%
	2017	Emmanuel Macron	EM	57.50
	2012	François Hollande	PS	52.94
	2007	Nicolas Sarkozy	UMP	62.07
	2002	Jacques Chirac	RPR	83.67

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Culture and heritage[]

Civil heritage[]

The commune has a very large number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments.^[9]

Religious heritage[]

The commune has several religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• The Funeral Chapel of the Marcangeli family (1935)^[10]
• The old Chapel Sainte-Lucie (18th century).^[11] The chapel contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Sunburst Monstrance (20th century)^[12]
  • A Statue: Saint Lucie (19th century)^[13]
  • A set of 2 Choir Candlesticks (19th century)^[14]
  • A Crown Light fixture (2) (19th century)^[15]
  • A set of 2 Crown Light fixtures (1) (19th century)^[16]
  • A Sanctuary Lamp (19th century)^[17]
  • A Chasuble and Stole (20th century)^[18]
  • A set of 2 Bells (1929)^[19]
  • A set of 2 Altar Vases (19th century)^[20]
  • An Altar Vase (1) (19th century)^[21]
  • A set of 2 Cruets (19th century)^[22]
  • A Chalice with Paten (19th century)^[23]
  • A Baptismal font (18th century)^[24]
  • A Ciborium (2) (18th century)^[25]
  • A Ciborium (1) (1883)^[26]
  • The Furniture in the Church (1883)^[27]
• The Church of Notre-Dame of Mount Carmel (18th century)^[28]
• The Cemetery at Vallemajo (19th century).^[29] The Cemetery contains two items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Tombstone of Julie Ottaviani (1900)^[30]
  • A Funerary Cross (1886)^[31]
• The Tomb of Marie-Antoinette Vellutini (1923)^[32]
• The Cemetery for the Antonietti and Vellutini families (19th century).^[33] The cemetery contains two items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Funerary Cross of Marie-Dominique Antonietti (1895)^[34]
  • A Funerary Cross of Paul Marie Antonietti (1902)^[35]
• The Funeral Chapel at Croce (19th century)^[36]
• The former Parish Church of Saint-Nicolas de Bari (18th century).^[37] The church contains one item that is registered as an historical object:
  • A Baptismal font (18th century)^[38]

See also[]

• Communes of the Corse-du-Sud department

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Azzana.

• Azzana on Lion1906
• Azzana on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)