19 Facts About Ajaccio

Ajaccio is located on the west coast of the island of Corsica, 210 nautical miles southeast of Marseille.

The most famous of these is Napoleon Bonaparte, who was born in Ajaccio in 1769, and whose ancestral home, the Maison Bonaparte, is a museum.

Ajaccio is located on the west coast of the island of Corsica, 210 nautical miles southeast of Marseille.

Therefore, the urban area of Ajaccio is located in the east of the commune on a narrow coastal strip forming a densely populated arc.

Ajaccio gives the image of a city built on two different levels.

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Ajaccio began with a castle on Capo di Bolo, around which he constructed residences for several hundred people.

Ajaccio was occupied from 1553 to 1559 by the French, but it again fell to the Genoese after the Treaty of Cateau Cambresis in the latter year.

Ajaccio did not share his father's views but held Pasquale Paoli in high esteem and was at heart a Corsican nationalist.

On 9 September 1943, the people of Ajaccio rose up against the Nazi occupiers and became the first French town to be liberated from the domination of the Germans.

Today Ajaccio is the capital of Corsica and the main town of the island and seeks to establish itself as a true regional centre.

Ajaccio was a hotspot for violence during the violent unrest in March 2022.

Ajaccio is an administrative centre comprising communal, intercommunal, departmental, regional, and prefectural services.

Ajaccio is the seat of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ajaccio and Corsica South.

Port of Ajaccio is connected to the French mainland on an almost daily basis .

Railway station in Ajaccio belongs to Chemins de fer de la Corse and is located near the port at the Square Pierre Griffi.

Ajaccio remained an electoral stronghold of the Bonapartist party until the municipal elections of 2001.

Since December 2001, Ajaccio has been part of the Communaute d'agglomeration du Pays Ajaccien with nine other communes: Afa, Alata, Appietto, Cuttoli-Corticchiato, Peri, Sarrola-Carcopino, Tavaco, Valle-di-Mezzana, and Villanova.

Population of Ajaccio increased sharply after 1960 due to migration from rural areas and the coming of "Pied-Noirs", immigrants from the Maghreb and French from mainland France.

Ajaccio has a varied tourism potential, with both a cultural framework in the centre of the city and a natural heritage around the coves and beaches of the Mediterranean Sea, as well as the Natura 2000 reserve of the iles Sanguinaires.