Luri, Haute-Corse Explained

Luri
Commune Status:Commune
Arrondissement:Bastia
Canton:Cap Corse
Insee:2B152
Postal Code:20228
Mayor:Anne-Laure Santucci[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Cap Corse
Coordinates:42.8833°N 9.4667°W
Elevation M:600
Elevation Min M:0
Elevation Max M:1136
Area Km2:27.53

Luri is a commune of the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.

Location

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.

History

Luri has been tentatively identified as the Lurinum of Ptolemy[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] They may have occupied the fort themselves.

Population

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
  2. Geography Book III Chapter 2.
  3. Book: Wilson, R.J.A.. The Cambridge Ancient History: The Augustan Empire, 43 B.C. - A.D. 69. Alan K.. Bowman. Edward. Champlin. Andrew. Lintott. Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica. 1996. Cambridge University Press. 446. 0-521-26430-8. . .
  4. Book: Sherk, Robert K.. The Roman Empire: Augustus to Hadrian. 1988. Cambridge University Press. 0-521-33887-5. 130.