Morosaglia

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Coordinates: 42°25′59″N 9°19′01″E / 42.433, 9.317

Commune of Morosaglia
Morusaglia
The tomb of Pasquale Paoli in the house of his birth
Location
Morosaglia (France)
Morosaglia
Administration
Country France
Region Corse
Department Haute-Corse
Arrondissement Corte
Canton Castifao-Morosaglia
Statistics
Elevation 860 m (2822 ft) (avg.)
Land area¹ 24 km²
Population²
(1999)		 1008
 - Density 41/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 2B169/ 20218
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Morosaglia is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. It is the chief commune of the canton of Castifao-Morosaglia, which it shares with 9 other communes: Asco, Bisinchi, Castello-di-Rostino, Castifao, Castineta, Gavignano, Moltifao, Saliceto, Valle-di-Rostino.[1]

[edit] Geography

Morosaglia is 40 km (25 mi) to the northeast of Corte in Castagniccia. The commune extends to the east to the largest mountain of Castagniccia, mounting to 1230 m (4035 ft) to the peak of San Paolu, and stretches to the west for 13 km (8 mi) beyond the river Golo.

In the plain of the river, nearly at its confluence with the Asco, on the Bastia-Ajaccio road, is the hamlet of Ponte-Leccia, where the only railway branch of the entire island is located, the branch to Calvi. The statisticians have given the name of Ponte-Leccia to a microregion of 3800 people and 563 km² (217 sq mi), which approximates the ancient parish of Caccia and the canton.

[edit] History

Morosaglia is the native commune of Pascal Paoli (1725-1807). The house in which he was born is a museum. This commune also is the historical seat of the Corsican Republic. Paoli had his chambers in the Franciscan monastery and the Corsican parliament met there.[2]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ France, le trésor des régions: Département: Haut-Corse (html). Retrieved on 2008-05-06. (French).
  2. ^ Gregorovius, Ferdinand (1855). Corsica: Picturesque, Historical, and Social: with a Sketch of the Early Life of Napoleon and an account of the Bonaparte, Paoli, Pozzo di Borgo, and other principal families. Parry & M'Millan, page 278. 
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