For the wine, see Ajaccio AOC. For the association football clubs, see AC Ajaccio and Gazélec Ajaccio.
Prefecture and commune in Corsica, France
Ajaccio
Aiacciu(Corsican)
Prefecture and commune
From top, left to right: Port Tino Rossi, the promenade of Ajaccio, Ajaccio's Cathedral, Post office in Cours Napoleon, Maréchal-Joffre square with Napoleon's statue, Fesch Museum, Ajaccio's Citadel.
Ajacciens (in French), Aiaccini or Ajaccini (in Italian), Aiaccini or Aghjaccini (in Corsican)
Time zone
UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)
UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
2A004 /20000
Elevation
0–787 m (0–2,582 ft) (avg. 38 m or 125 ft)
Website
http://www.ajaccio.fr/
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Ajaccio (/ˈaɪətʃoʊ/,[3][4]UK also /əˈdʒæ(k)sioʊ/, US also /ɑːˈjɑːtʃ(i)oʊ/; French: [aʒaksjo]ⓘ; Italian: Aiaccio or Ajaccio[aˈjattʃo]; Corsican: Aiacciu[aˈjattʃu], locally: Aghjacciu[aˈɟattʃu]; Latin: Adiacium) is the capital and largest city of Corsica, France. It forms a French commune, prefecture of the department of Corse-du-Sud, and head office of the Collectivité territoriale de Corse (capital city of Corsica). It is also the largest settlement on the island. Ajaccio is located on the west coast of the island of Corsica, 210 nautical miles (390 km) southeast of Marseille.
The original city went into decline in the Middle Ages, but began to prosper again after the Genoese built a citadel in 1492, to the south of the earlier settlement. After the Corsican Republic was declared in 1755, the Genoese continued to hold several citadels, including Ajaccio, until the French took control of the island.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Ajacciens (men) or Ajacciennes (women).[5] The most famous of these is Napoleon Bonaparte, who was born in Ajaccio in 1769, and whose ancestral home, the Maison Bonaparte, is now a museum. Other dedications to him in the city include Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport.[6]
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Ajaccio (/ˈaɪətʃoʊ/, UK also /əˈdʒæ(k)sioʊ/, US also /ɑːˈjɑːtʃ(i)oʊ/; French: [aʒaksjo] ; Italian: Aiaccio or Ajaccio [aˈjattʃo]; Corsican: Aiacciu [aˈjattʃu]...
Athletic Club Ajaccio (Corsican: Athletic Club Aiacciu), commonly referred to as AC Ajaccio, ACA or simply Ajaccio, is a French professional association...
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over 200 appearances for América. That summer Ochoa was transferred to Ajaccio in France. He spent three seasons with the club until their relegation...
achieve "a form of autonomy" in the near future. The regional capital is Ajaccio. Although the region is divided into two administrative departments, Haute-Corse...
Ajaccio Cathedral, officially the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption of Ajaccio (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Ajaccio) and also...
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Flight 1611 (AF1611) was a Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III en route from Ajaccio, in the island of Corsica, to Nice, France, on 11 September 1968 when it...
a political party on the French island of Corsica, operating mainly in Ajaccio. It was founded in 1908. The CCB in its first few years heavily relied...
brother and married into royalty. Carlo Buonaparte was born in 1746 in Ajaccio, Corsica, at the time part of the Republic of Genoa; he already had a sister...
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from Corsica. It gets its name from the "Petit Bar," an establishment in Ajaccio (on the cours Napoléon), owned by Ange-Marie Michelosi, a lieutenant of...
second and third tiers, and the Ajaccio derby between AC Ajaccio and GFCO Ajaccio. Ajaccio - AC Ajaccio (L2) vs Gazélec Ajaccio (R2). Paris - Paris Saint-Germain...
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until her death in February 1836. Maria-Letizia Ramolino was born in Ajaccio, Corsica, then part of the Republic of Genoa. Her parents were Giovanni...
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