Ajaccio is the capital and largest city of Corsica,France. It forms 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.
The Corsican Assembly or Assembly of Corsica is the unicameral legislative body of the territorial collectivity of Corsica. It has its seat at the Grand Hôtel d'Ajaccio et Continental,in the Corsican capital of Ajaccio. After the 2017 territorial elections,the assembly was expanded from 51 to 63 seats,with the executive council expanding from 9 to 11 members.
The arrondissement of Ajaccio is an arrondissement (district) in the department of Corse-du-Sud in the territorial collectivity of Corsica. It has 81 communes. Its population is 113,473 (2016),and its area is 2,224.4 km2 (858.8 sq mi).
Corsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of the French mainland,west of the Italian Peninsula and immediately north of the Italian island of Sardinia,the nearest land mass. A single chain of mountains makes up two-thirds of the island. As of January 2024,it had a population of 355,528.
The Party of the Corsican Nation is a Corsican nationalist and autonomist political party on the French island of Corsica. It was founded in Corte in 2002 by members of three nationalist parties,Union of the Corsican People (UPC),A Scelta Nova and A Mossa Naziunale.
Michèle Tabarot is a French politician of the Republicans who served as a member of the National Assembly of France from 2002 to 2024,representing Alpes-Maritimes' 9th constituency.
Corsican nationalism is the concept of a cohesive nation of Corsica and a national identity of its people. The Corsican autonomy movement stems from Corsican nationalism and advocates for further autonomy for the island,if not outright independence from France.
The 2015 Corsican protests were a series of marches by several hundred Corsican nationalists that began on 25 December,in Ajaccio,capital of Corsica. During the initial demonstrations,a Muslim prayer hall was burned down and Qur'ans were set alight. Further protests were organised after the initial march despite a government ban on protests until 4 January 2016. The protesters claimed to be acting in revenge for an incident that occurred the day prior when firefighters and police were assaulted in the neighbourhood of Les Jardins de l'Empereur;however,outside observers labeled the ensuing riots as anti-Arab and anti-Muslim. The Corsican nationalist politicians have claimed their view does not legitimise xenophobia,blaming the protest on French nationalism instead. Scholarly opinions on this claim are divided.
Pèa Corsica was a Corsican nationalist political alliance in France,which was calling for more autonomy for Corsica. More specifically,it was a coalition of the two Corsican nationalist parties active on the island;that is,the moderately autonomist Femu a Corsica and the strongly committed separatist Corsica Libera. The party was led by the autonomist Gilles Simeoni. The alliance was renewed for the 2017 territorial election. However,the alliance was dissolved for the 2021 territorial election.
The Bonapartist Central Committee is a political party on the French island of Corsica,operating mainly in Ajaccio. It was founded in 1908.
Femu a Corsica is a Corsican autonomist political party. It was formed for the first time prior to the 2010 French regional elections in the form of a political coalition. The coalition members,Inseme per a Corsica,the Party of the Corsican Nation (PNC) and Chjama Naziunale,merged during the founding congress of the party in Corte on 15 October 2017. The PUDEMU movement also merged into the new party. The PNC was later re-established in 2019. The leader of the party is Gilles Simeoni.
Gilles Simeoni is a lawyer and politician in Corsica,France. He was mayor of Bastia from 2014 to 2016 and has been president of the executive council of Corsica since 2015. Notably,Simeoni served as the Corsican nationalist Yvan Colonna's lawyer at his trial for the assassination of Claude Érignac.
The 2017 Corsican territorial elections were held on 3 and 10 December 2017 to elect 63 members of the Corsican Assembly,who in turn determined the composition of the Executive Council of Corsica. The election was held only two years after the 2015 territorial elections,and 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).
Edmond Simeoni was a Corsican doctor,politician and nationalist. He was the brother of Max Simeoni,Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1989 to 1994 and father of Gilles Simeoni.
Marie-Antoinette Maupertuis,also called Nanette Maupertuis,is a French politician and academic practicing in Corsica.
In March 2022,the island of Corsica,France,saw protests in response to a prison attack on nationalist leader Yvan Colonna. There were rallies in the main cities of Ajaccio,Calvi and Bastia that descended into violent clashes between police and protestors. Protestors threw stones and flares at gendarmes.
The Petit Bar Gang is an organized crime group from Corsica. It gets its name from the "Petit Bar," an establishment in Ajaccio,owned by Ange-Marie Michelosi,a lieutenant of Jean-Jérôme Colonna,from whose gang it is said to originate.
