How big is Corsica and whats the population?
The island is about 183 kms (north to south) and 83 kms (east to west) and covers 8682 square kilometres. Its basically a mountain in the sea and has many peaks over 2000 metres. an abandoned olive mill in the interior The population is about 275 000 people and about half of them live in the two cities of Ajaccio and Bastia. It has 365 villages, many inhabited by less than 100 people. Corsica is the least densely populated region of France, with 30 people per km vs 108 in France as a whole – and about half the island with less than 10 per km. The neighbouring island of Sardinia has a population of 1.6 million and is only about twice the surface size. Most of France’s neighbours have an even higher density: 200 – 400 (except Spain)..
