Ghisonaccia

Ghisonaccia ( Corsican: Ghisunaccia or A Ghisonaccia ) is a municipality with 3825 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) on the belonging to France Mediterranean island of Corsica.

Geography

The place is pretty much in the middle of the east coast of Corsica, between Bastia and Porto Vecchio, although not directly on the sea and the Costa Serena ( " Quiet Coast" ), but only about 3.5 kilometers in a straight line from it. Something northeast is in the vicinity of the lake of Urbino, a larger saltwater pond.

Demography

Development of the population according to age:

Economy and infrastructure

Ghisonaccia is connected to the network of national roads. Between 1888 and 1943 the town was connected to the grid of the Corsican railway (CFC ), the Eastern Railway between Casamozza ( where it branched off from the main line ) and Porto Vecchio through the plain on the east coast. In September 1943, this line was largely destroyed by the German Wehrmacht located on the retreat and never rebuilt, but the station building is preserved and still inhabited.

On the coast in the early 1980s were built between the beginning Fium Orbo and the nature reserve Pinia some resorts.

The municipal area controlled designation of origin (AOC ) for Brocciu, Honey ( Miel de Corse - Mele di Corsica ) apply olive oil ( Huile d' olive de Corse - Oliu di Corsica ) and wine (Vin de Corse or Corsica blanc, rosé and rouge ) and protected geographical indications ( PGI ) for clementines ( Clémentine de Corse) and wine (Ile de Beauté blanc, rosé or rouge and Méditerranée blanc, rosé and rouge ).