Argiusta-Moriccio

Argiusta-Moriccio
The road into Argiusta-Moriccio
Argiusta-Moriccio
Location within Corsica region  Argiusta-Moriccio
Coordinates: 41°48′57″N 9°01′27″E / 41.8158°N 9.0242°ECoordinates: 41°48′57″N 9°01′27″E / 41.8158°N 9.0242°E
Country	France
Region	Corsica
Department	Corse-du-Sud
Arrondissement	Sartène
Canton	Petreto-Bicchisano
Intercommunality	Taravu
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Paul-Joseph Caitucoli
Area^1	10.3 km^2 (4.0 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	84
• Density	8.2/km^2 (21/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	2A021 / 20140
Elevation	200–1,419 m (656–4,656 ft) (avg. 450 m or 1,480 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Argiusta-Moriccio is a French commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica.

Geography

Argiusta-Moriccio is located 6 km north-east of Petreto-Bicchisano and 8 km south-east of Grosseto-Prugna. Access to the commune is by the D757 road from Bicchisano in the south-west passing through the commune and the village and continuing north-east to Olivese. Apart from the village there is the hamlet of Moriccio north-west of the village. The commune is heavily forested and mountainous throughout.^[1]

The north-western border of the commune is a river flowing to the west.^[1]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[1]

Administration

The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors^[2]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2014	Michel Peretti	UMP
2014	2020	Paul-Joseph Caitucoli

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2009 the commune had 84 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
-	224	170	189	265	270	255	265	270

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
325	356	348	357	370	378	504	456	542

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
577	591	509	527	515	505	508	300	283

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2009	-
168	137	127	105	93	77	84	84	-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

View over Argiusta-Moriccio

Argiusta-Moriccio War Memorial

Culture and heritage

Argiusta-Moriccio Village

The Torréen de Foce monument

A street in Argiusta-Moriccio

Civil heritage

The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• A House at Argiusta (1581)^[3]
• A House at Moriccio (1777)^[4]
• A House of a Notable at Argiusta (18th century)^[5]
• A House of a Notable at Argiusta (1875)^[6]
• Houses (16th, 18th, & 19th centuries)^[7]
• The War memorial at Argiusta (1956)^[8]

Other sites of interest

• Torréen de Foce monument

Religious heritage

The Church of Saint Hippolyte and Saint Cassien^[9]

The Parish Church of Saint Hippolyte and Saint Cassien (1746) is registered as an historical monument.^[9] The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

• The complete Secondary Altar of the Virgin (18th century)^[10]
• The complete Secondary Altar of the Brotherhood of the Rosary (18th century)^[11]
• A Group Sculpture: Saint Vincent de Paul and two children (19th century)^[12]
• An Altar Painting: Presenting a Scapular to the saints by the Virgin and child (1870)^[13]
• A Painting: Meditation of Saint Madeleine (19th century)^[14]
• An Altar Painting: Donation of the Rosary (18th century)^[15]
• A Chasuble, Chalice cover, and Stole (19th century)^[16]
• A Chasuble and 2 Dalmatics (19th century)^[17]
• A Chasuble, Chalice cover, and Humeral cover (19th century)^[18]
• A Chalice with Paten (2) (19th century)^[19]
• A Chalice with Paten (1) (19th century)^[20]
• The Furniture in the Church^[21]

Historical objects in the Church

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  The Main Altar

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  Secondary Altar^[1]

• 

  The Statue of Saint Vincent de Paul and two children^[2]

1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Second was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Vincent was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

See also

• Communes of the Corse-du-Sud department

Notes and references

Notes

1. At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

1. Google Maps
2. List of Mayors of France (French)
3. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A000597 House at Argiusta (French)
4. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A000594 House at Moriccio (French)
5. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A000595 House of a Notable at Argiusta (French)
6. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A000596 House of a Notable at Argiusta (French)
7. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A000701 Houses (French)
8. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A000593 War memorial (French)
9. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A000592 Parish Church of Saint Hippolyte and Saint Cassien (French)
10. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A002032 Secondary Altar of the Virgin (French)
11. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A002031 Secondary Altar of the Brotherhood of the Rosary (French)
12. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A002030 Group Sculpture: Saint Vincent de Paul and two children (French)
13. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A002029 Altar Painting: Presenting a Scapular to the saints by the Virgin and child (French)
14. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A002028 Painting: Meditation of Saint Madeleine (French)
15. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A002027 Altar Painting: Donation of the Rosary (French)
16. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A002026 Chasuble, Chalice cover, and Stole (French)
17. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A002025 Chasuble and 2 Dalmatics (French)
18. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A002024 Chasuble, Chalice cover, and Humeral cover (French)
19. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A002023 Chalice with Paten (2) (French)
20. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A002022 Chalice with Paten (1) (French)
21. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A002021 Furniture in the Church (French)

External links

• Argiusta-Moriccio on Lion1906
• Argiusta-Moriccio on Google Maps
• Argiusta-Moriccio on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Argiusta-Moriccio on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)