Arbori (; co, Arburi) is a
commune in the
Corse-du-Sud department
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of
France
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on the island of
Corsica
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.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Arborais'' or ''Arboraises''
Geography
Arbori is located in a direct line some 12 km south of
Marignana
Marignana () is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica.
Geography Climate
Marignana has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification ''Csa''). The average annual temperature in Mar ...
and 20 km north of
Sarrola-Carcopino
Sarrola-Carcopino (; co, Sarrula è Carcupinu) is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Corse-du-Sud department
*Tour de Corse
The Tour de Corse is a rally fi ...
. Access to the commune is by the road D1 which runs by a tortuous route north from
Sari-d'Orcino
Sari-d'Orcino ( it, Sari d'Orcino, ; co, Sari d'Orcinu, , or ) is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica.
Population
Sights
* Église Saint-Jean de Cinarca
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*Communes of the Corse-du-Sud dep ...
through the commune to the village then continues north to
Vico. Apart from the village there are also the hamlets of Mercolaccia and Parapoghiu. The commune is remote, mountainous, and heavily forested although with a small patch of farmland in the centre.
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The eastern and southern border is formed by the river Liamone
Liamone was a department of the French island of Corsica between 1793 and 1811. It was located in the southern and western parts of the island, and its capital was Ajaccio.
Liamone was created in 1793 by the division of the former department o ...
, which flows south and then west, from its confluence with the Cruzini.[
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Administration
List of Successive Mayors
Demography
In 2017 the commune had 54 inhabitants.
Sites and Monuments
*The "Pont de Truja" (Truja Bridge) between Arbori and Lopigna (1809) is registered as an historical monument.
*The "Parish Church of the Assumption" contains a Statue: Virgin and child (19th century) which is registered as an historical object.
*The "Castaldu" was an old fortified chateau that was razed in 1489 by the Genoese.
Notable people linked to the commune
*, poet.
*Pierre Toussaint Leca (''Petru Leca'') (1879-1951 at Nice). Poet in the French and Corsican languages, founded ''L’Aloès'', a Mediterranean Journal.[''Corsica: Elements for a dictionary of proper names'', Researched by A.-D. Monti, Preface by J. Fusina. ]
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* (1445-1515), the last Count of Corsica.
See also
*Communes of the Corse-du-Sud department
An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ...
References
External links
Arbori on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
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Communes of Corse-du-Sud