Luri is a commune of the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.

Luri
Location of Luri
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Luri is located in France
Luri
Luri
Luri is located in Corsica
Luri
Luri
Coordinates: 42°53′00″N 9°28′00″E / 42.8833°N 9.4667°E / 42.8833; 9.4667
CountryFrance
RegionCorsica
DepartmentHaute-Corse
ArrondissementBastia
CantonCap Corse
IntercommunalityCap Corse
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Anne-Laure Santucci[1]
Area
1
27.53 km2 (10.63 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
853
 • Density31/km2 (80/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
2B152 /20228
Elevation0–1,136 m (0–3,727 ft)
(avg. 600 m or 2,000 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Location edit

Luri is in the north of the Cap Corse peninsula. It is crossed from west to east by the Luri, a stream that empties into the Tyrrhenian Sea. Villages include Spergane, Luri, Campo and Santa Severa.[3]

History edit

Luri has been tentatively identified as the Lurinum of Ptolemy[4] both by similarity of name and because of Castellu di Luri, a Roman-style fortification occupied from the third century BC to the 1st century AD.[5] It was in the territory of Ptolemy's tribe, Vanacini, who according to a bronze inscription recording a letter from the emperor Vespasian, had their own senate and magistrates and were therefore probably semi-autonomous.[6] They may have occupied the fort themselves.

Population edit

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962608—    
1968615+1.2%
1975540−12.2%
1982564+4.4%
1990671+19.0%
1999749+11.6%
2008694−7.3%

See also edit

 
Tower of Seneca

References edit

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Relation: Ruisseau de Luri (9415667)", OpenStreetMap (in French), retrieved 20 December 2021
  4. ^ Geography Book III Chapter 2.
  5. ^ Wilson, R.J.A. (1996). "Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica". In Bowman, Alan K.; Champlin, Edward; Lintott, Andrew (eds.). The Cambridge Ancient History: The Augustan Empire, 43 B.C. - A.D. 69. Cambridge University Press. p. 446. ISBN 0-521-26430-8..
  6. ^ Sherk, Robert K. (1988). The Roman Empire: Augustus to Hadrian. Cambridge University Press. p. 130. ISBN 0-521-33887-5.