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Country
  
France

Department
  
Corse-du-Sud

Intercommunality
  
Taravu

Area
  
10.3 km²

Arrondissement
  
Sartène

Region
  
Corsica

Canton
  
Petreto-Bicchisano

Population (2009)
  
84

Local time
  
Wednesday 5:41 AM

Argiusta-Moriccio

Weather
  
5°C, Wind NW at 16 km/h, 65% Humidity

Argiusta-Moriccio is a French commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica.

Contents

Map of 20140 Argiusta-Moriccio, France

Geography

Argiusta-Moriccio is located 6 km north-east of Petreto-Bicchisano and 8 km south-east of Grosseto-Prugna. Access to the commune is by the D757 road from Bicchisano in the south-west passing through the commune and the village and continuing north-east to Olivese. Apart from the village there is the hamlet of Moriccio north-west of the village. The commune is heavily forested and mountainous throughout.

The north-western border of the commune is a river flowing to the west.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2009 the commune had 84 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.

Population Change (See database)

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Civil heritage

The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

  • A House at Argiusta (1581)
  • A House at Moriccio (1777)
  • A House of a Notable at Argiusta (18th century)
  • A House of a Notable at Argiusta (1875)
  • Houses (16th, 18th, & 19th centuries)
  • The War memorial at Argiusta (1956)
    • Other sites of interest
  • Torréen de Foce monument

    • Religious heritage

    The Parish Church of Saint Hippolyte and Saint Cassien (1746) is registered as an historical monument. The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

  • The complete Secondary Altar of the Virgin (18th century)
  • The complete Secondary Altar of the Brotherhood of the Rosary (18th century)
  • A Group Sculpture: Saint Vincent de Paul and two children (19th century)
  • An Altar Painting: Presenting a Scapular to the saints by the Virgin and child (1870)
  • A Painting: Meditation of Saint Madeleine (19th century)
  • An Altar Painting: Donation of the Rosary (18th century)
  • A Chasuble, Chalice cover, and Stole (19th century)
  • A Chasuble and 2 Dalmatics (19th century)
  • A Chasuble, Chalice cover, and Humeral cover (19th century)
  • A Chalice with Paten (2) (19th century)
  • A Chalice with Paten (1) (19th century)
  • The Furniture in the Church
    • Historical objects in the Church

    References

    Argiusta-Moriccio Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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