Sollacaro

Sollacaro (in Corsican Suddacarò ) is a common French in the department of the Corse-du-Sud (Corsica area ).

History

Prehistory and proto-history

The human occupation is attested in the valley of Taravo as of the end of the Neolithic and the beginning of the Bronze Age. On the archeological site of Filitosa, in the commune of Sollacaro on a hillock in overhang of the valley, was found points arrows and pottery going back to approximately 3300 before our era. human inscribed menhirs from two to three meters in height, representative of the Face S, armours and swords short, were set up there about 1500 to 1300 before our era, as probable guards supervising an invasion imminante.

At that time indeed, Shardanes or Torréens, one of the Peuples of the sea which break on the coasts the Mediterranean not completing the Empire hittite and threatening the ancient Egypt, invade the South of Corsica and the Sardinia. In Filitosa, they destroy practically all the statues Menhir S and use them as construction material in great circular construction industries, the torre dedicated to the Incinération of late, an index of their Indo-European nature .

The Middle Ages at the time modern

The construction of the village in height, hidden sea, takes part of a general tendency in Corsica of the Roman {{|VIII}} {{E}} at the 16th century in order to protect itself from the “barbaresque Pirate S” which attack the coasts. Central construction is a strong house of the} E century, work of a family of notable which dominates Corsica then, the Colonna of Istria.

Until their meeting in the commune of Sollacaro in 1853, Sollacaro and Calvese belong to Co '' [[pieve]] '' of Istria, an administrative cutting former to the 11th century allowing an autarkical lifestyle. ^,Il is crossed by the secondary road 302 which connects the Collar of Celaccia to Pisciatello (close to Ajaccio) by Crushed-Canale

In against-low, on the RD 57, for Oporto Sports shirt, are located the Hameau X of Calvese and, with a few kilometers, of Filitosa. Both belong to the commune.

Demography

In spite of its proximity of the littoral, Sollacaro shares with the majority of the rural communes of the interior an important exodus until in the Années 1980 with a Migratory balance of about -10 ‰ between 1968 and 1982. Since, this tendency was reversed with a migratory balance of 15 ‰ over the period 1990-1990, compensating for the natural Solde of -14 ‰. Thus, passing from 448 to 290 inhabitants of 14 years (1968-1982), the population was stabilized around 324 inhabitants since 1990. returning in their village of origin after a professional path out of Corsica. This evolution felt on the level of the elementary school village passing 150 pupils in 1945 to 8 in 1983. It has a time gathered with that of the common neighbor of Casalabriva (one year out of two in Sollacaro). The demographic revival made it possible the village to recover a full-time school: it currently counts a score of pupils.

The current population is particularly old, the 60 year old people and cash for half (46%). That explains the strongly negative natural balance: the Birth rate is weak (5 ‰) and that of mortality, high (19 ‰).

After an important fall of 1968 to 1982 in corrolaire of the exodus, the number of main homes went up in 1999 close to its level of origin, with 2,1 people per residence. The number of second home increased strongly during all the period and currently exceeds the number of main homes. Only two main homes out of ten are occupied by a tenant (21%), seven ten (72%) by their owner and 7% on a purely free basis; more than nine out of ten (92%) are houses of which the median number of parts is 3 and from which the date of construction goes back to before 1949 (for 75%).

The number of people of more than 15 years not provided education for without any diploma fell by half of 1990 to 1999, passing to 22%. 16% have a diploma equivalent to the baccalaureat, with the professional Brevet or superior.

In 1999, less than three inhabitants of more than 15 years out of ten (28%) carry on an community activity: 35% are reprocessed, 6% with the looking for a job and 31% are the different inactive ones, which are primarily women (75%) and students. and two researchers of employment on three are unemployed of long life

The Agriculteur S re-press nothing any more but 8% of the total population and 20% of the active , against 13% and 48% respectively 9 years earlier; the Craftsman S and Trading S do not represent any more that 12% of the credits having an employment are a fall of the third since 1990.^, the mode of dominating Transport is the particular Voiture (85% of the people with an employment). In 1999, all the employees are employed full-time, about half (46%) are titular Public office, the same proportion of a Permanent contract, and a little less one on ten (8%) has a subsidized employment.

The foreigners account for 1,8% of the population; seven inhabitants out of ten (71%) were born in Corsica, this figure fall to 55% at the 25-59 years, the Chômage is high (16% in 1999); the average revenue by household is of 87% of the Corsican average (9 742 € in 2004,65% of the French average revenue). ^,

Breeding: Ovine S, Bovine S
1971-1983? : Paul Lorenzi
since 1983: Alexandre Mondoloni

Places and monuments

prehistoric Site of Filitosa

Personalities related to the commune

James Boswell, British writer , meets the chief of the independent Corsica there Pascal Paoli in 1766. The author writes thereafter in '' An Account off Corsica ''.
Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) remained in the village, which inspired to the Corsican Brothers to him (1845)
Charles Colonna Of Istria (1911-1991), companion of the release and mayor of the village

See too

Common of the Corse-du-Sud
Filitosa

External bonds

Tourist bureau of Sollacaro
Sollacaro on the site of the national geographical Institute
Sollacaro on the site of INSEE
Lodgings of Corsica France

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