Talasani
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Talasani
|commune status = Commune
|image = DSCN2122bis.jpg
|caption = Saint Lucy Church in Talasani
|arrondissement = Corte
|canton = Casinca-Fumalto
|INSEE = 2B319
|postal code = 20230
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Costa Verde
|coordinates = {{coord|42.4089|9.4806|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 392
|elevation min m = 0
|elevation max m = 487
|area km2 = 10.09
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
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Talasani ({{IPA|fr|talazani}}) is a rural commune and village on the eastern seaboard of Corsica, in the Haute-Corse department of France. The area has a very low population density and mainly comprises forests and farmland. As a coastal municipality, Talasani enforces strict urban planning provisions in order to preserve the ecological balance of the coast.
Geography
Talasani is a village on the eastern coast of Corsica, part of the canton of Casinca-Fumalto. It was once part of the piève, or religious district, of Tavagna. Today, Talasani belongs to the Communauté de Communes de la Costa Verde, a microregion north of the Plaine orientale.{{cite web|url=https://www.costa-verde.fr/|title=Site officiel de la Communauté de Communes de la Costa Verde|access-date=2021-11-27|language=fr}}
Town planning
= Typology =
Due to its low population density, Talasani is designated as a rural commune according to the municipal density grid of Insee.According to the zoning of rural and urban municipalities published in November 2020, in application of the new definition of rurality validated on 14 November 2020 by the interministerial committee of ruralities.{{Cite web|title=Typologie urbain / rural {{!}} L'Observatoire des Territoires|url=https://www.observatoire-des-territoires.gouv.fr/typologie-urbain-rural|access-date=2021-12-24|website=www.observatoire-des-territoires.gouv.fr}}{{Cite web|title=Définition - Commune rurale {{!}} Insee|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/definition/c1902|access-date=2021-12-24|website=www.insee.fr}}{{Cite web|title=Comprendre la grille de densité {{!}} L'Observatoire des Territoires|url=https://www.observatoire-des-territoires.gouv.fr/methodes/comprendre-la-grille-de-densite|access-date=2021-12-24|website=www.observatoire-des-territoires.gouv.fr}} It belongs to the urban unit of Penta-di-Casinca, an agglomeration comprising 7 communes and 9,501 inhabitants as of 2017.{{Cite web|title=Unité urbaine 2020 de Penta-di-Casinca (2B203)|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/unite-urbaine-2020/2B203-penta-di-casinca |access-date=12 November 2024 |publisher=INSEE}}{{Cite web|title=Base des unités urbaines 2020 {{!}} Insee|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/information/4802589|access-date=2021-12-24|website=www.insee.fr}}{{Cite web|title=Toujours plus d’habitants dans les unités urbaines - Insee Focus - 210|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4806684|access-date=2021-12-24|website=www.insee.fr}}
The commune is within the metropolitan areaIn October 2020, the notion of city catchment area replaced the old notion of urban area, to allow consistent comparisons with other European Union countries. of Bastia, which includes 93 communes and belongs to the category of urban areas with between 50,000 and 200,000 inhabitants.{{Cite web|title=Aire d'attraction des villes 2020 de Bastia (104)|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/aire-attraction-des-villes-2020/104-bastia|access-date=18 November 2024|publisher=INSEE}}{{Cite web|title=En France, neuf personnes sur dix vivent dans l’aire d’attraction d’une ville - Insee Focus - 211|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4806694|access-date=2021-12-24|website=www.insee.fr}}
The municipality bordered by the Mediterranean Sea is also a coastal municipality within the meaning of the law of 3 January 1986, known as the coastal law.{{Cite web|title=Les communes soumises à la loi littoral {{!}} L'Observatoire des Territoires|url=https://www.observatoire-des-territoires.gouv.fr/kiosque/zonage-les-communes-soumises-la-loi-littoral|access-date=2021-12-24|website=www.observatoire-des-territoires.gouv.fr}} Specific urban planning provisions therefore apply in order to preserve natural spaces, sites, landscapes and the ecological balance of the coast. For example, this limits building outside already urbanized spaces within {{convert|100|m|ft}} of the coastline, or more if specified by local zoning.{{Cite web |title=La loi littoral {{!}} Collectivités locales |language=fr |trans-title=Coastal law {{!}} Local authorities |url=https://www.collectivites-locales.gouv.fr/loi-littoral|url-status=dead|access-date=24 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413132355/https://www.collectivites-locales.gouv.fr/loi-littoral |archive-date=2021-04-13}}{{Cite web|title=Loi relative à l'aménagement, la protection et la mise en valeur du littoral|url=https://www.cohesion-territoires.gouv.fr/loi-relative-lamenagement-la-protection-et-la-mise-en-valeur-du-littoral|access-date=2021-12-24|website=Ministère de la Cohésion des territoires et des Relations avec les collectivités territoriales|language=fr}}
= Land use =
According to the European database of biophysical land use, Corine Land Cover (CLC), Talasani's land use consists mostly of forests and semi-natural environments (75.5% in 2018). This proportion has changed very little since 1990 (75.4%). The detailed breakdown in 2018 is as follows: shrub and/or herbaceous vegetation (46.6%), forests (28.9%), heterogeneous agricultural areas (12.2%), urbanized areas (8.3%), permanent crops (3.9%), artificial green spaces, non-agricultural (0.1%), maritime waters (0.1%).{{Cite web|title=CORINE Land Cover {{!}} Données et études statistiques|url=https://www.statistiques.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/corine-land-cover-0|access-date=2021-12-24|website=www.statistiques.developpement-durable.gouv.fr}}
IGN also provides an online tool to compare the evolution over time of land use in the municipality (or in territories at different scales). Maps or aerial photos are available depicting multiple eras: the Cassini map (eighteenth century), the staff map (1820-1866), and the current period (1950 to today).{{Cite web|title=Remonter le temps|url=https://remonterletemps.ign.fr/comparer/basic?x=%209.48055555556&y=%2042.4088888889&z=14&layer1=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.SCAN-EXPRESS.STANDARD&layer2=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.SCAN50.1950&mode=vSlider|access-date=2021-12-24|website=remonterletemps.ign.fr}}
Population
{{Historical populations
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|cols = 2
|percentages = pagr
|source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|37014|Talasani}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-2B319#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|1800 |422
|1821 |453
|1846 |541
|1872 |460
|1901 |529
|1926 |402
|1946 |271
|1962 |263
|1968 |236
|1975 |226
|1982 |218
|1990 |394
|1999 |516
|2007 |557
|2012 |731
|2017 |772
}}
See also
Notes
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