Ajaccio is a French commune,prefecture of the department of Corse-du-Sud,and head office of the Collectivitéterritoriale de Corse. It is also the largest settlement on the island. Ajaccio is located on the west coast of the island of Corsica,210 nautical miles (390 km) southeast of Marseille.
Corse-du-Sud is an administrative department of France,consisting of the southern part of the island of Corsica. The corresponding departmental territorial collectivity merged with that of Haute-Corse on 1 January 2018,forming the single territorial collectivity of Corsica,with territorial elections coinciding with the dissolution of the separate council. Although its administrative powers were ceded to the new territorial collectivity,it continues to remain an administrative department in its own right. In 2019,it had a population of 158,507.
Haute-Corse is a department of France,consisting of the northern part of the island of Corsica. The corresponding departmental territorial collectivity merged with that of Corse-du-Sud on 1 January 2018,forming the single territorial collectivity of Corsica,with territorial elections coinciding with the dissolution of the separate councils. However,even though its administrative powers were ceded to the new territorial collectivity,it continues to remain an administrative department in its own right. In 2019,it had a population of 181,933.
The Radical Party of the Left is a social-liberal political party in France. A party in the Radical tradition,since 1972 the PRG was a close ally of the major party of the centre-left in France,the Socialist Party. After the 2017 presidential and legislative elections,negotiations to merge the PRG with the Radical Party began and the refounding congress to reunite the parties into the Radical Movement was held on 9 and 10 December 2017. However,a faction of ex-PRG members,including its last president Sylvia Pinel,split from the Radical Movement in February 2019 due to its expected alliance with La République En Marche in the European elections and resurrected the PRG.
Ange Mancini is the French intelligence national coordinator.
Patrick Chouchayan,known by his stage name Patrick Fiori,is a French singer of Armenian descent.
Simon Pierre Sabiani was a French businessman and politician. He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1928 to 1936.
Jean-Jacques Pignard is a French politician and a member of the Senate of France. He represents the Rhône department and is a member of the New Centre. He replaces Michel Mercier,who resigned his Senate seat to join cabinet. He was previously mayor of Villefranche.
Jean-Jacques Rocchi is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 2 club Annecy.
Jean-Philippe Ricci is a French actor.
Gabriel Marie Jean Benoit de Lantivy de Kerveno was a French soldier,administrator and diplomat.
The 2017 Corsican territorial elections were held on 3 and 10 December 2017 to elect 63 members of the Corsican Assembly who in turn will determine the composition of the Executive Council of Corsica. The election was held only two years after the 2015 territorial elections,were called as a result of the planned creation of a single collectivity within Corsica resulting from the mergers of two departments and the existing territorial collectivity of Corsica.
Corse-du-Sud's 1st constituency is one of two French legislative constituencies in the department of Corse-du-Sud. It is currently represented by Laurent Marcangeli of Horizons.
Corse-du-Sud's 2nd constituency is one of two French legislative constituencies in the department of Corse-du-Sud. It is currently represented by Paul-AndréColombani of the Party of the Corsican Nation (PNC).
Laurent Marcangeli is a French politician. He was mayor of Ajaccio,the capital of Corsica,in 2014 and since 2015 to present. He was a deputy in the National Assembly from 2012 to 2017 and again from 2022,representing Corse-du-Sud's 1st constituency. He was a member of the nationwide right-wing parties Rally for the Republic,Union for a Popular Movement and The Republicans before starting his own party "Ajaccio !" in 2018. In 2022,he stood for the party Horizons,part of President Emmanuel Macron's Ensemble Citoyens coalition.
The Departmental Council of Corse-du-Sud is the deliberative assembly of the French department of Corse-du-Sud in the region of Corsica. It consists of 22 members from 11 cantons and its headquarters are in Ajaccio.
The Ortolo Reservoir is a reservoir in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica.
The Lac de Tolla is a reservoir in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica. It is the largest lake on Corsica,and powers a hydroelectric plant.
The Gang du Petit Bar is a Corsican organized crime group.
