Morosaglia

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Morosaglia
Location within Corsica region  Morosaglia
Administration
Country	France
Region	Corsica
Department	Haute-Corse
Arrondissement	Corte
Canton	Castifao-Morosaglia
Mayor	Vincent Cognetti (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	182–1,249 m (597–4,098 ft) (avg. 860 m/2,820 ft)
Land area1	24 km2 (9.3 sq mi)
Population2	1,072  (2008)
- Density	45 /km2 (120 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	2B169/ 20218
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.

Coordinates: 42°25′59″N 9°19′01″E / 42.433°N 9.317°E / 42.433; 9.317

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

It is the seat of the canton of Castifao-Morosaglia, which it shares with 9 other communes: Asco, Bisinchi, Castello-di-Rostino, Castifao, Castineta, Gavignano, Moltifao, Saliceto, Valle-di-Rostino.^[1]

History

The tomb of Pasquale Paoli in his house of birth

Morosaglia is the native commune of Pascal Paoli (1725-1807). The house in which he was born is a museum. This commune also is the historical seat of the Corsican Republic. Paoli had his chambers in the Franciscan monastery and the Corsican parliament met there.^[2]

Geography

Morosaglia is 40 kilometres (25 mi) to the northeast of Corte in Castagniccia. The commune extends to the east to the largest mountain of Castagniccia, mounting to 1,230 metres (4,040 ft) to the peak of San Paolu, and stretches to the west for 13 kilometres (8 mi) beyond the river Golo.

In the plain of the river, nearly at its confluence with the Asco, on the Bastia-Ajaccio road, is the hamlet of Ponte-Leccia, where the only railway branch of the entire island is located, the branch to Calvi. The statisticians have given the name of Ponte-Leccia to a microregion of 3800 people and 563 square kilometres (217 sq mi), which approximates the ancient parish of Caccia and the canton.

Population

Historical population of Morosaglia

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
550	694	750	854	883	1008	1072

See also

• Ponte Leccia
• Communes of the Haute-Corse department

References

• INSEE

1. ^ "France, le trésor des régions: Département: Haut-Corse". http://tresordesregions.mgm.fr/Mdir.php?p=cant.php&region=94&cl=. Retrieved 2008-05-06.  (French).
2. ^ Gregorovius, Ferdinand; Edward Joy Morris, Translator (1855). Corsica: Picturesque, Historical, and Social: with a Sketch of the Early Life of Napoleon and an account of the Bonaparte, Paoli, Pozzo di Borgo, and other principal families. Parry & M'Millan. pp. page 278. 

External links

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