Arro

For other uses, see Arro (disambiguation).

Arro
Commune
A general view of Arro
Location of Arro
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Coordinates: 42°05′37″N8°48′52″E / 42.0936°N 8.8144°E / 42.0936; 8.8144
Country	France
Region	Corsica
Department	Corse-du-Sud
Arrondissement	Ajaccio
Canton	Sevi-Sorru-Cinarca
Intercommunality	Spelunca-Liamone
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christian Angelini [1]
Area 1	0.8 km2 (0.3 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2020) [2]	80
• Density	100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	2A022 /20151
Elevation	12–867 m (39–2,844 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Arro (French pronunciation: [aʁo] ; Corsican: Arru) is a commune in the French department of Corse-du-Sud, collectivity and island of Corsica.

Geography

Arro is located some 25 km north by north-east of Ajaccio and 10 km south of Vico. Access to the commune is by the D1 road from Ambiegna in the south passing through the heart of the commune and continuing north to Arbori. The D125 branches off the D1 in the south of the commune and goes north-east through the village then by a tortuous route to join the D4 south of Azzana. The commune is rugged and heavily forested. ^[3]

The river Liamone forms the northern border of the commune flowing west to the Mediterranean. ^[4]

Administration

The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors ^[5]

From	To	Name	Party
2001	2026	Christian Angelini	DVD

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 83 inhabitants.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1800 127 —     1806 137 +1.27% 1821 136 −0.05% 1831 160 +1.64% 1836 160 +0.00% 1841 165 +0.62% 1846 197 +3.61% 1851 141 −6.47% 1856 212 +8.50% 1861 247 +3.10% 1866 258 +0.88% 1872 243 −0.99% 1876 256 +1.31% 1881 290 +2.53% 1886 239 −3.79% 1891 297 +4.44% 1896 296 −0.07% 1901 276 −1.39%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 215 −4.87% 1911 222 +0.64% 1921 151 −3.78% 1926 161 +1.29% 1931 155 −0.76% 1936 145 −1.32% 1946 136 −0.64% 1954 118 −1.76% 1962 99 −2.17% 1968 95 −0.69% 1975 86 −1.41% 1982 70 −2.90% 1990 41 −6.47% 1999 51 +2.45% 2007 73 +4.58% 2012 84 +2.85% 2017 83 −0.24%
Source: EHESS [6] and INSEE [7]

Arro War Memorial

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

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

• An old Presbytery (18th century) ^[8]
• A House (11) (17th century) ^[9]
• A House (14) (1737) ^[10]
• A House (16) (18th century) ^[11]
• The Casa di Cocca House at Lavasina (1951) ^[12]
• An old Presbytery (19th century) ^[13]
• A House (20) (17th century) ^[14]
• A House (22) (17th century) ^[15]
• A Communal House (18th century) ^[16]
• The Colonna Family House (27) (1853) ^[17]
• The Casa di Paoli House (19th century) ^[18]
• A House (8) (17th century) ^[19]
• The Colonna Family House (9) (1861) ^[20]
• The Four à tuiles de Bisorza Oven (18th century) ^[21]
• A Fountain (1913) ^[22]
• A Colonna Family Agricultural Storehouse (19th century) ^[23]
• The old School (1891) ^[24]
• The Croix de Mission Monumental Cross (1935) ^[25]
• The Moulin de Balona Flour Mill (1793) ^[26]
• An old Chestnut Drying Cellar at Moneta (19th century) ^[27]
• An old Chestnut Drying Cellar at Buscia (19th century) ^[28]
• An old Chestnut Drying Cellar at Lamosa (19th century) ^[29]
• Houses in Arro (17th-20th century) ^[30]

Religious heritage

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

• The Colonna Family Funeral Enclosure (1900). ^[31] The enclosure contains a Funeral Cross for Paul Colonna (1887) which is registered as an historical object. ^[32]
• A Cemetery at Sant'Antone (19th century). ^[33] The cemetery contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Funeral Cross for Marie Antoinette Orazi (1933) ^[34]
  • A Funeral Cross for Madeleine Santori (1918) ^[35]
  • A Funeral Cross for Toussainte Santini (1883) ^[36]
  • A Funeral Cross for Marie Lorenzi (1887) ^[37]
• The old Parish Church of Saint-Cyr at San-Chirgo (19th century) ^[38]

The Parish Church of Saint Nicolas

• The Parish Church of Saint-Nicolas (17th century) ^[39]

The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

• A Painting: Virgin and child between Saint Nicolas and Saint Cyr (19th century) ^[40]
• A Bronze Bell (2) (1889) ^[41]
• A Bronze Bell (1) (1890) ^[42]
• A Paten (2) (19th century) ^[43]
• An Altar Painting: Apparition of the Virgin and child to Saints (19th century) ^[44]
• A Stoup (19th century) ^[45]
• A Chasuble (2) (19th century) ^[46]
• A Chasuble (1) (19th century) ^[47]
• A Chalice (2) (17th century) ^[48]
• A Sunburst Monstrance (18th century) ^[49]
• A Devotional Object enclosed in glass (19th century) ^[50]
• A Chalice (1) (18th century) ^[51]
• A Paten (1) (19th century) ^[52]
• A Ciborium (19th century) ^[53]
• A Church Chandelier (19th century) ^[54]
• A Baptismal font (18th century) ^[55]
• The Furniture in the Church ^[56]

Gallery of Historical monuments

• 
  House 11 ^[9]
• 
  House 8 ^[19]
• 
  A House in Arro ^[30]
• 
  The Croix de Mission Monumental Cross ^[25]
• 
  Arro Fountain ^[22]
• 
  The old school ^[24]

See also

• Communes of the Corse-du-Sud department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
3. Google Maps
4. Rivers of Corsica Map
5. List of Mayors of France (in French)
6. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Arro, EHESS (in French).
7. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
8. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001719 Presbytery (in French)
9. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001708 House (11) (in French)
10. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001709 House (14) (in French)
11. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001710 House (16) (in French)
12. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001704 Casa di Cocca House at Lavasina (in French)
13. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001720 Presbytery (in French)
14. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001711 House (20) (in French)
15. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001712 House (22) (in French)
16. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001714 Communal House (in French)
17. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001713 Colonna Family House (27) (in French)
18. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001716 Casa di Paoli House (in French)
19. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001706 House (8) (in French)
20. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001707 Colonna Family House (9) (in French)
21. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001729 Four à tuiles de Bisorza Oven (in French)
22. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001727 Fountain (in French)
23. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001726 Colonna Family Agricultural Storehouse (in French)
24. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001725 Old School (in French)
25. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001724 Croix de Mission Monumental Cross (in French)
26. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001722 Moulin de Balona Flour Mill (in French)
27. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001721 Chestnut Drying Cellar at Moneta (in French)
28. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001718 Chestnut Drying Cellar at Buscia (in French)
29. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001717 Chestnut Drying Cellar at Lamosa (in French)
30. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001705 Houses in Arro (in French)
31. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001741 Colonna Family Funeral Enclosure (in French)
32. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A000796 Funeral Cross for Paul Colonna (in French)
33. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001736 Cemetery at Sant'Antone (in French)
34. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A000795 Funeral Cross for Marie Antoinette Orazi (in French)
35. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A000794 Funeral Cross for Madeleine Santori (in French)
36. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A000793 Funeral Cross for Toussainte Santini (in French)
37. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A000783 Funeral Cross for Marie Lorenzi (in French)
38. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001728 Parish Church of Saint-Cyr (in French)
39. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA2A001703 Parish Church of Saint-Nicolas (in French)
40. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM2A000171 Painting: Virgin and child between Saint Nicolas and Saint Cyr (in French)
41. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A000792 Bronze Bell (2) (in French)
42. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A000791 Bronze Bell (1) (in French)
43. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A000790 Paten (2) (in French)
44. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A000789 Altar Painting: Apparition of the Virgin and child to Saints (in French)
45. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A000788 Stoup (in French)
46. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A000787 Chasuble (2) (in French)
47. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A000786 Chasuble (1) (in French)
48. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A000785 Chalice (2) (in French)
49. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A000784 Sunburst Monstrance (in French)
50. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A000782 Devotional Object enclosed in glass (in French)
51. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A000781 Chalice (1) (in French)
52. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A000780 Paten (1) (in French)
53. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A000779 Ciborium (in French)
54. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A000778 Church Chandelier (in French)
55. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A000777 Baptismal font (in French)
56. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM2A000776 Furniture in the Church (in French)

External links

• Arro on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)