| LC control no. | n 81070647 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Corsica (France) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | France--Corsica |
| Variant(s) | Cyrnos (France) Corse (France) Korsika (France) Còrsega (France) Korsikē (France) Cyrnus (France) Gorse (France) Territorial Collectivity of Corsica (France) Collectivité territoriale de Corse (France) |
| See also | Golo (France) Liamone (France) Corse-du-Sud (France) Haute-Corse (France) |
| Associated country | France |
| Special note | This heading represents the successive jurisdictions coterminous with the island of Corsica, except the economic region, which has existed simultaneously with the French dept., and is established as: Corsica (France : Region) |
| Found in | Comby, L. Histoire des Corses, 1978: p. 5, etc. (Corse) p. 190 (Corse du Sud, Haute-Corse) p. 191 (Corsica divided into two depts. Oct. 1974) Bottin admin., 1974: p. 1004 (Dept.: Corse) 1976: p. 1010-1011 (Dept.: Corse-du-Sud; Dept.: Haute-Corse) BGN gaz., France, 1964 (Corse (French), Corsica (conventional), ISL, 42°00ʹN, 9°00ʹE; Corse [brief], Département de la, ADMD, 42°00ʹN, 9°00ʹE) Col. Lipp. gaz. (Corsica, Fr. Corse, anc. Cyrnus, island, a dept. of metropolitan France, ruled by Genoa 1312-1755, indep. under P. Paoli 1755-1768, to France 1768) Encyc. Brit., 1977 (Corsica, French Corse, island; formerly a dept. of France, but as of 1/1/76 two depts., Haute Corse, cap. Bastia, and Corse du Sud, cap. Ajaccio) BGN, 6/2/81 (Corse, conventional Corsica, island, 42°00ʹN, 9°00ʹE; Département de la Corse [Corse=brief], former ADM 1, 42°00ʹN, 9°00ʹE; divided in 1976; Corse, economic region, 42°00ʹN, 9°00ʹE, variants: Corsica, Gorse) BGN. Foreign names info. bull., 15 Apr. 1996 (former name: Corse; ADM1; new name: Corsica [brief], Territorial Collectivity of [conventional]; Collectivité territoriale de Corse [Corse=brief] [French]; ADM1; 42°00ʹN, 9°00ʹE) Encyc.Brit., 11th ed. (Lists the successive changes in ownership undergone by the island throughout its history; since 1796 under French control except for a brief time in 1814, when it was under British control; premanent French control was confirmed by the settlement of 1815; had been a British viceroyalty from 1794 until British evacuation Oct. 26, 1796; ownership before French control was variously Arabic, Pisan, Genoese, etc.) |
| Geographic area code | e-fr--- |
| Invalid LCCN | sh 85033069 |
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