~ 322,120 (inhabitants of Corsica, regardless of ethnicity)[1]
181,354 (people born in Corsica)[2]
France
1,000,000 ~ 1,200,000
Puerto Rico
300,000 ~ 400,000
Sardinia
200,000 ~ 300,000
Italy
6200
United States
1840[3]
Languages
French • Corsican • Ligurian • Greek Historically Italian
Religion
Christianity (Predominantly Roman Catholicism, Byzantine Greek-Catholic[4] and Orthodox[5][6] minority)
Related ethnic groups
Sardinians[7][8] Corsi people Italians[7] Southern French Spaniards[7][9]
a Corsicans in Puerto Rico, b Corsicans in Venezuela
The Corsicans (Corsican, Italian and Ligurian: Corsi; French: Corses) are a Romance Italic ethnic group.[10] They are native to Corsica, a Mediterranean island and a territorial collectivity of France.[11]
Corsica is classified as part of the Italian geographic region (picture from the 1937 edition of the Touring Club Italiano).
^INSEE. "Estimation de population au 1er janvier, par région, sexe et grande classe d'âge – Année 2013" (in French). Retrieved 20 February 2014.
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^U.S. Census Bureau (ed.). "Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000". Retrieved 26 July 2023.
^Catherine S.-Voglimacci (17 September 2021). "Monseigneur Forget installé pour la messe de sainte Croix à Cargèse". corsematin.com (in French). Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^Pierre-Philippe Lecoeur (28 April 2019). "Les orthodoxes de Corse célèbrent Pâques autrement" (in French). Corse-Matin. Retrieved 18 December 2023..
^"La Corse, catholique mais aussi "mazzériste" !". Evaneos (in French). Retrieved 18 December 2023..
^ abcErika Tamm et al., « Genome-wide analysis of Corsican population reveals a close affinity with Northern and Central Italy », in Scientific Reports, volume 9, Article No. 13581, 2019 ([1]).
^Ghiani, M.E.; et al. (2006). "Structure génétique de la population Corse". Antropo (in Spanish) (11). Departamento de Genética, Antropología Física y Fisiología Animal: 37–50.
^Morelli, L.; Grosso, M. G.; Vona, G.; Varesi, L.; Torroni, A.; Francalacci, P. (25 August 2000). "Frequency distribution of mitochondrial DNA haplogroups in Corsica and Sardinia". Human Biology. 72 (4): 585–595. PMID 11048788. Retrieved 25 April 2024 – via PubMed.
^Minahan, James (2000). One Europe, Many Nations: A Historical Dictionary of European National Groups. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 182. ISBN 0313309841. The Corsicans are a Romance people
^"Corsicans - World Directory of Minorities". www.faqs.org. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
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the Pope. Preceded by several militias composed of Corsicans since the fifteenth century, the Corsican Guard was formally founded in 1603 under Pope Clement...
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Corsica greater autonomy, equal status for the Corsican language alongside French and amnesty for Corsicans that were jailed for violence in support of independence...
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