L'Île-Rousse
250px|thumb|Torra di a Petra thumb|View from the tower thumb|Bust of Pasquale Paoli '''L'Île-Rousse''' (; , , or , ; , ; ) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.
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- Locality
- L'Île-Rousse
- Region
- Corse
- Country
- France
- Population
- 2,774
- Timezone
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250px|thumb|Torra di a Petra thumb|View from the tower thumb|Bust of Pasquale Paoli '''L'Île-Rousse' (; , , or , ; , ; ) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.
It was founded in 1758 by Pasquale Paoli to create a port that would not be in the hands of the Genoese (such as Calvi). As Italian was until 1848 the administrative language of Corsica, the town was originally named Isola Rossa'' (Red Island) from the eponymous reddish color of a rocky islet that served as a natural harbor.