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Pietrosella

Pietrosella (; ) is a French commune in the department of Corse-du-Sud, on the island of Corsica.

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Place details

Locality: Pietrosella
Region: Corse
Country: France
Population: 1,080

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Key facts

French commune.name: Pietrosella
French commune.commune status: Commune
French commune.image: Pietrosella Sainte-Monique.jpg
French commune.caption: The parish church of Sainte-Monique
French commune.arrondissement: Ajaccio
French commune.canton: Taravo-Ornano
French commune.INSEE: 2A228
French commune.postal code: 20166
French commune.mayor: Jean-Baptiste Luccioni
French commune.term: 2020–2026
French commune.elevation m: 550
French commune.elevation min m: 0
French commune.elevation max m

Wikidata facts

Instance of: commune of France
Official name: Pietrosella
Country: France
Located in: arrondissement of Ajaccio
Population: +2074
Area: +35.23
Elevation: +231
Shares border with: Coti-Chiavari
Official website: www.pietrosella.fr
Image: Pietrosella Sainte-Monique.jpg

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Pietrosella (; ) is a French commune in the department of Corse-du-Sud, on the island of Corsica.

==History== On 6 September 1997, members of the National Liberation Front of Corsica stormed a gendarmerie barracks at Pietrosella. The weapons stolen from the attack were used to assassinate Claude Érignac on 6 February 1998, homicide committed by Yvan Colonna who was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment.