Luri is a commune of the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.
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Coordinates: 42°53′00″N 9°28′00″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Corsica |
Department | Haute-Corse |
Arrondissement | Bastia |
Canton | Cap Corse |
Intercommunality | Cap Corse |
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• Mayor (2020–2026) | Anne-Laure Santucci[1] |
Area 1 | 27.53 km2 (10.63 sq mi) |
Population | 848 |
• Density | 31/km2 (80/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 2B152 /20228 |
Elevation | 0–1,136 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. |
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]
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.
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1962 | 608 | — |
1968 | 615 | +1.2% |
1975 | 540 | −12.2% |
1982 | 564 | +4.4% |
1990 | 671 | +19.0% |
1999 | 749 | +11.6% |
2008 | 694 | −7.3% |
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