Luri, Haute-Corse

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

Luri
Commune
Location of Luri
Luri
Luri
Coordinates: 42°53′00″N 9°28′00″E
CountryFrance
RegionCorsica
DepartmentHaute-Corse
ArrondissementBastia
CantonCap Corse
IntercommunalityCap Corse
Government
 • MayorGeorges Germoni
Area
1
27.53 km2 (10.63 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
835
 • Density30/km2 (79/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.

History

Luri has been tentatively identified as the Lurinum of Ptolemy[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] They may have occupied the fort themselves.

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

See also
Tower of Seneca

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Geography Book III Chapter 2.
  3. 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..
  4. Sherk, Robert K. (1988). The Roman Empire: Augustus to Hadrian. Cambridge University Press. p. 130. ISBN 0-521-33887-5.


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