Azzana

Azzana
The Cruzzini from the GR20 trail
Azzana
Location within Corsica region  Azzana
Coordinates: 42°07′06″N 8°55′29″E / 42.1183°N 8.9247°ECoordinates: 42°07′06″N 8°55′29″E / 42.1183°N 8.9247°E
Country	France
Region	Corsica
Department	Corse-du-Sud
Arrondissement	Ajaccio
Canton	Cruzini-Cinarca
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Thierry Leca
Area^1	12 km^2 (5 sq mi)
Population (2010)^2	49
• Density	4.1/km^2 (11/sq mi)
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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Azzanais or Azzanaises.^[1]

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.^[2]

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^[2]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[3]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
1988	2014	Jean-Pierre Giacomoni
2014	2020	Thierry Leca

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 49 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 communes that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
-	318	379	498	243	268	298	304	350

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
361	379	380	368	342	473	466	502	505

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
510	504	382	308	291	348	251	150	205

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
200	193	149	81	54	56	-	49	-

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

Culture and heritage

A Goat in Azzana

Civil heritage

The commune has a very large number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments. For a complete list with links to descriptions (in French) and photographs click here.

Religious heritage

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

• The Funeral Chapel of the Marcangeli family (1935)^[4]
• The old Chapel Sainte-Lucie (18th century).^[5] The chapel contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Sunburst Monstrance (20th century)^[6]
  • A Statue: Saint Lucie (19th century)^[7]
  • A set of 2 Choir Candlesticks (19th century)^[8]
  • A Crown Light fixture (2) (19th century)^[9]
  • A set of 2 Crown Light fixtures (1) (19th century)^[10]
  • A Sanctuary Lamp (19th century)^[11]
  • A Chasuble and Stole (20th century)^[12]
  • A set of 2 Bells (1929)^[13]
  • A set of 2 Altar Vases (19th century)^[14]
  • An Altar Vase (1) (19th century)^[15]
  • A set of 2 Cruets (19th century)^[16]
  • A Chalice with Paten (19th century)^[17]
  • A Baptismal font (18th century)^[18]
  • A Ciborium (2) (18th century)^[19]
  • A Ciborium (1) (1883)^[20]
  • The Furniture in the Church (1883)^[21]
• The Church of Notre-Dame of Mount Carmel (18th century)^[22]
• The Cemetery at Vallemajo (19th century).^[23] The Cemetery contains two items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Tombstone of Julie Ottaviani (1900)^[24]
  • A Funerary Cross (1886)^[25]
• The Tomb of Marie-Antoinette Vellutini (1923)^[26]
• The Cemetery for the Antonietti and Vellutini families (19th century).^[27] The cemetery contains two items that are rehistered as histrorical objects:
  • A Funerary Cross of Marie-Dominique Antonietti (1895)^[28]
  • A Funerary Cross of Paul Marie Antonietti (1902)^[29]
• The Funeral Chapel at Croce (19th century)^[30]
• The former Parish Church of Saint-Nicolas de Bari (18th century).^[31] The church contains one item that is registered as an historical object:
  • A Baptismal font (18th century)^[32]

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. Inhabitants of Corse-du-Sud (French)
2. Google Maps
3. List of Mayors of France (French)
4. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001870 Funeral Chapel of the Marcangeli family (French)
5. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001850 Chapel Sainte-Lucie (French)
6. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A003018 Sunburst Monstrance (French)
7. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A003017 Statue: Saint Lucie (French)
8. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A003016 Set of 2 Choir Candlesticks (French)
9. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A003015 Crown Light fixture (2) (French)
10. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A003014 Set of 2 Crown Light fixtures (1) (French)
11. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A003013 Sanctuary Lamp (French)
12. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A002870 Chasuble and Stole (French)
13. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A002869 Set of 2 Bells (French)
14. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A002868 Set of 2 Altar Vases (French)
15. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A002867 Altar Vase (1) (French)
16. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A002866 Set of 2 Cruets (French)
17. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A002865 Chalice with Paten (French)
18. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A002864 Baptismal font (French)
19. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A002863 Ciborium (2) (French)
20. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A002862 Ciborium (1) (French)
21. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A002812 Furniture in the Church (French)
22. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A002606 Church of Notre-Dame of Mount Carmel (French)
23. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001878 Cemetery (French)
24. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A003023 Tombstone of Julie Ottaviani (French)
25. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A003022 Funerary Cross (French)
26. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001873 Tomb of Marie-Antoinette Vellutini (French)
27. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001872 Cemetery for the Antonietti and Vellutini families (French)
28. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A003021 Funerary Cross of Marie-Dominique Antonietti (French)
29. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A003020 Funerary Cross of Paul Marie Antonietti (French)
30. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001869 Funeral Chapel (French)
31. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001849 Parish Church of Saint-Nicolas de Bari (French)
32. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A003019 Baptismal font (French)

External links

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