Luri, Haute-Corse

Luri
Tower of Seneca
Luri
Location within Corsica region  Luri
Coordinates: 42°53′00″N 9°28′00″E / 42.8833°N 9.4667°ECoordinates: 42°53′00″N 9°28′00″E / 42.8833°N 9.4667°E
Country	France
Region	Corsica
Department	Haute-Corse
Arrondissement	Bastia
Canton	Capobianco
Intercommunality	Cap Corse
Government
• Mayor	Georges Germoni
Area^1	27.53 km^2 (10.63 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	694
• Density	25/km^2 (65/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	2B152 / 20228
Elevation	0–1,136 m (0–3,727 ft) (avg. 600 m or 2,000 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.

Luri is a commune of the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.

History

Luri has been tentatively identified as the Lurinum of Ptolemy^[1] both by similarity of name and because of Castellu di Luri, a Roman-style fortification occupied from the third century BC to the 1st century AD.^[2] It was in the territory of Ptolemy's tribe, Vanacini, who according to a bronze inscription recording a letter from the emperor Vespasian, had their own senate and magistrates and were therefore probably semi-autonomous.^[3] They may have occupied the fort themselves.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	608	—
1968	615	+1.2%
1975	540	−12.2%
1982	564	+4.4%
1990	671	+19.0%
1999	749	+11.6%
2008	694	−7.3%

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Corse department

References

• INSEE

1. Geography Book III Chapter 2.
2. Wilson, R.J.A. (1996). "Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica". In Bowman, Alan K.; Champlin, Edward; Lintott, Andrew. The Cambridge Ancient History: The Augustan Empire, 43 B.C. - A.D. 69. Cambridge University Press. p. 446. ISBN 0-521-26430-8..
3. Sherk, Robert K. (1988). The Roman Empire: Augustus to Hadrian. Cambridge University Press. p. 130. ISBN 0-521-33887-5. line feed character in |publisher= at position 21 (help)