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Luri, Haute-Corse

Coordinates: 42°53′00″N 9°28′00″E / 42.8833°N 9.4667°E / 42.8833; 9.4667
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Luri
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Luri is located in France
Luri
Luri
Luri is located in Corsica
Luri
Luri
Coordinates: 42°53′00″N 9°28′00″E / 42.8833°N 9.4667°E / 42.8833; 9.4667
CountryFrance
RegionCorsica
DepartmentHaute-Corse
ArrondissementBastia
CantonCap Corse
IntercommunalityCap Corse
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Anne-Laure Santucci[1]
Area
1
27.53 km2 (10.63 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
853
 • Density31/km2 (80/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
2B152 /20228
Elevation0–1,136 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.

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

Location

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Luri is in the north of the Cap Corse peninsula. It is crossed from west to east by the Luri, a stream that empties into the Tyrrhenian Sea. Villages include Spergane, Luri, Campo and Santa Severa.[3]

History

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Luri has been tentatively identified as the Lurinum of Ptolemy[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] They may have occupied the fort themselves.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962608—    
1968615+1.2%
1975540−12.2%
1982564+4.4%
1990671+19.0%
1999749+11.6%
2008694−7.3%

See also

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Tower of Seneca

References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Relation: Ruisseau de Luri (9415667)", OpenStreetMap (in French), retrieved 20 December 2021
  4. ^ Geography Book III Chapter 2.
  5. ^ Wilson, R.J.A. (1996). "Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica". In Bowman, Alan K.; Champlin, Edward; Lintott, Andrew (eds.). The Cambridge Ancient History: The Augustan Empire, 43 B.C. - A.D. 69. Cambridge University Press. p. 446. ISBN 0-521-26430-8..
  6. ^ Sherk, Robert K. (1988). The Roman Empire: Augustus to Hadrian. Cambridge University Press. p. 130. ISBN 0-521-33887-5.