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Corse-du-Sud (Department, France)

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Administrative data

Code: 2A
Region: Corse
Traditional province: Corsica
Bordering department: Haute-Corse

Area: 4,014 km2
Population (2013): 149,234 inhabitants

Préfecture: Ajaccio
Sous-préfecture: Sartène
Subdivisions: 2 arrondissements, 11 cantons, 124 municipalities.

The former department of Corse (20) was divided on 1 January 1976 into Corse-du-Sud (South Corsica) and Haute-Corse (Upper Corsica). The two departments already existed in 1793-1811, as Liamone and Golo (two rivers' names), respectively.
The Collectivity of Corsica was established on 1 January 2018 after the merger of the former Territorial Collectivity of Corsica with the Departemental Councils of Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sudd.

Ivan Sache,1 January 2018


Former Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ajaccio and Corse-du-Sud

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Former flag of CCI Var - Image by Ivan Sache, 23 November 2009

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) of Ajaccio and Corse-du-Sud, created by decree on August 4, 1899, represented the interests of commerce, industry and services in the department. On January 1, 2020, it merged with the CCI of Haute-Corse to form the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Corsica, a regional consular chamber.

The flag of CCI Ajaccio and Corse du Sud, as observed in Ajaccio on the seat of the CCI, was white with the logo: photo.

Olivier Touzeau, 8 November 2024