Argiusta-Moriccio

Argiusta-Moriccio
Commune
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Location of Argiusta-Moriccio
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Coordinates: 41°48′57″N 9°01′27″E / 41.8158°N 9.0242°E / 41.8158; 9.0242
Country	France
Region	Corsica
Department	Corse-du-Sud
Arrondissement	Sartène
Canton	Taravo-Ornano
Intercommunality	CC Sartenais Valinco Taravo
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Paul-Joseph Caitucoli[1]
Area 1	10.3 km2 (4.0 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	76
• Density	7.4/km2 (19/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	2A021 /20140
Elevation	200–1,419 m (656–4,656 ft) (avg. 450 m or 1,480 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Argiusta-Moriccio (Italian pronunciation: [ardʒusta mɔrittʃo]; Corsican: Arghjusta è Muricciu) is a commune in the French department of Corse-du-Sud, collectivity and island of Corsica.

Argiusta-Moriccio is located 6 km north-east of Petreto-Bicchisano and 8 km south-east of Grosseto-Prugna. Access to the commune is by the D757 road from Bicchisano in the south-west passing through the commune and the village and continuing north-east to Olivese. Apart from the village there is the hamlet of Moriccio north-west of the village. The commune is heavily forested and mountainous throughout.^[3]

The north-western border of the commune is a river flowing to the west.^[3]

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List of Successive Mayors^[4]

In 2017 the commune had 76 inhabitants.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1800 224 —     1806 170 −4.49% 1821 189 +0.71% 1831 265 +3.44% 1836 270 +0.37% 1841 255 −1.14% 1846 265 +0.77% 1851 270 +0.37% 1856 325 +3.78% 1861 356 +1.84% 1866 348 −0.45% 1872 357 +0.43% 1876 370 +0.90% 1881 378 +0.43% 1886 504 +5.92% 1891 456 −1.98% 1896 542 +3.52% 1901 577 +1.26%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 591 +0.48% 1911 509 −2.94% 1921 527 +0.35% 1926 515 −0.46% 1931 505 −0.39% 1936 508 +0.12% 1946 300 −5.13% 1954 283 −0.73% 1962 168 −6.31% 1968 137 −3.34% 1975 127 −1.08% 1982 105 −2.68% 1990 93 −1.51% 1999 77 −2.08% 2007 88 +1.68% 2012 79 −2.13% 2017 76 −0.77%
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Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE[6]

The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• A House at Argiusta (1581)^[7]
• A House at Moriccio (1777)^[8]
• A House of a Notable at Argiusta (18th century)^[9]
• A House of a Notable at Argiusta (1875)^[10]
• Houses (16th, 18th, & 19th centuries)^[11]
• The War memorial at Argiusta (1956)^[12]

Other sites of interest

• Torréen de Foce monument

The Parish Church of Saint Hippolyte and Saint Cassien (1746) is registered as an historical monument.^[13] The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

• The complete Secondary Altar of the Virgin (18th century)^[14]
• The complete Secondary Altar of the Brotherhood of the Rosary (18th century)^[15]
• A Group Sculpture: Saint Vincent de Paul and two children (19th century)^[16]
• An Altar Painting: Presenting a Scapular to the saints by the Virgin and child (1870)^[17]
• A Painting: Meditation of Saint Madeleine (19th century)^[18]
• An Altar Painting: Donation of the Rosary (18th century)^[19]
• A Chasuble, Chalice cover, and Stole (19th century)^[20]
• A Chasuble and 2 Dalmatics (19th century)^[21]
• A Chasuble, Chalice cover, and Humeral cover (19th century)^[22]
• A Chalice with Paten (2) (19th century)^[23]
• A Chalice with Paten (1) (19th century)^[24]
• The Furniture in the Church^[25]

Historical objects in the Church

• 
  The Main Altar
• 
  Secondary Altar^[14]
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  The Statue of Saint Vincent de Paul and two children^[16]

• Communes of the Corse-du-Sud department

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Argiusta-Moriccio.

• Argiusta-Moriccio on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)