Corsica

    Corsica

    Corsica

    State
    France
    Area
    8.680 km2
    Population
    355.528 inhabitants (2024)
    Languages
    Corsican, French
    Official languages
    French

    Native language speakers
    40% (2014)
    Main cities
    Ajaccio, Bastia, Corti
    Per capita income
    30.485 € (2022an)
    Native political institutions
    Corsican Assembly
    Main religious culture
    Catholic Christian
    National bank holiday
    A Festa di a Nazione (8 December)
    Main nationalist parties
    FEMU A CORSICA, CORSICA LIBERA, PARTITU DI A NAZIONE CORSA, CORE IN FRONTE
    Nationalist share in the native parliament
    73% (2021) (In the Corsican Assembly)

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