Corse-du-Sud

Corse-du-Sud
(Southern Corsica)
Corse-du-Sud; (Southern Corsica)
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Country	France
Region	Corsica
Prefecture	Ajaccio
Subprefectures	Sartène
Government
• President of the Departemental Council	Pierre-Jean Luciani (DVD)
Area
• Total	4,014 km2 (1,550 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	145,846
• Rank	99th
• Density	36/km2 (94/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Department number	2A
Arrondissements	2
Cantons	11
Communes	124
	^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2

Corse-du-Sud (French pronunciation: [kɔʁs.dy.syd]; Corsican: Corsica suttana) (English: South Corsica) is a department of France consisting of the southern part of the island of Corsica.

History

The department was formed on 15 September 1975, when the department of Corsica was divided into Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud. Its boundaries correspond to the former department of Liamone, which existed from 1793 to 1811.

The department hit the head-lines at the end of the twentieth century with the assassination at Ajaccio of the prefect Claude Érignac on 6 February 1998.

Map of Corse-du-Sud

Geography

The department is surrounded on three sides by the Mediterranean Sea and on the north by the department of Haute-Corse.

The entire island of Corsica is mountainous with many beautiful beaches.

Demographics

The people living in this subregion are called "Southerners" (Suttanacci).

Culture and politics

Corsicans are a fiercely independent people. However, on 6 July 2003 a referendum rejected increased autonomy by a very small majority, with 50.98 percent of those voting being against and 49.02 percent for. This was a major setback for the French Minister of the Interior, Nicolas Sarkozy, who had hoped to use Corsica as the first step in his decentralization programme.

Departemental Council

The President of the Departemental Council is Pierre-Jean Luciani, who has held the office since 2015.^[1]

Party		seats
•	Union for a Popular Movement	11
	Miscellaneous Left	4
•	Miscellaneous Right	4
	Left Radical Party	2
	Party of the Corsican Nation	1

Tourism

South Corsica enjoys the mild and hot climate of Mediterranean Islands, and therefore attracts a lot of tourists. Its gem is the city of Bonifacio, part of which is built upon a huge cliff. But inside mountains are beautiful as well, especially the Aiguilles de Bavella, some naked, needle-like rocks.