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L’Île-Rousse

L'Île-Rousse is a commune in the department of on the island of . It was founded in 1758 by Pasquale Paoli to create a port that would not be in the hands of the Genoese.
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  • Type: Village with 3,220 residents
  • Description: commune in Haute-Corse, France
  • Also known as: “Île Rousse”, “Île-Rousse”, “Isola Rossa”, “Isula Rossa”, and “Lìsula”
  • Postal codes: 20220 and 20220

Places of Interest

Highlights include Marché couvert de L’Île-Rousse and Phare de la Pietra.

Marketplace
Photo: Arbarossa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a marketplace.

Lighthouse
Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a lighthouse.

Church
Photo: Pierre Bona, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Monticello and Santa-Reparata-di-Balagna.

Village
Photo: Pierre Bona, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a commune in the department of on the island of .

Village
Photo: Pierre Bona, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a commune in the department of on the island of . is situated 3½ km south of L’Île-Rousse.

L’Île-Rousse

Latitude
42.6345° or 42° 38′ 4″ north
Longitude
8.9381° or 8° 56′ 17″ east
Population
3,220
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
United Nations Location Code
FR ILR
Open location code
8FJCJWMQ+Q7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 60676560
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2998330
Wiki­data ID
Q467030
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“L’Île-Rousse” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Isula Rossa”
  • Afrikaans: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Aragonese: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Arpitan: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Asturian: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Bambara: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Basque: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Bavarian: “Isula Rossa”
  • Bavarian: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Breton: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Breton: “Lìsula”
  • Cajun French: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Catalan: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Catalan: “L’Isula Rossa”
  • Catalan: “L’Ìsula”
  • Cebuano: “Ile-Rousse”
  • Cebuano: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Chechen: “Л’Иль-ГӀус”
  • Chinese: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Chinese: “利勒魯斯”
  • Chinese: “利勒鲁斯”
  • Chinese: “紅髮島”
  • Corsican: “Isula Rossa”
  • Corsican: “Lisula”
  • Corsican: “Lìsula”
  • Croatian: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Czech: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Danish: “L’Île Rousse”
  • Dutch: “L’Ile-Rousse”
  • Dutch: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Esperanto: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Estonian: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Faroese: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Finnish: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • French: “Île Rousse”
  • French: “Ile-Rousse”
  • French: “Île-Rousse”
  • French: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Friulian: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Galician: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • German: “Ile Rousse (Korsika)”
  • German: “Ile rousse”
  • German: “L’ile Rousse”
  • German: “L’Île Rousse”
  • German: “L’Ile-Rousse”
  • German: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • German: “Lìsula”
  • Greek: “Λ’Ιλ-Ρους”
  • Hebrew: “ל’איל-רוס”
  • Hungarian: “Île-Rousse”
  • Hungarian: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Icelandic: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Ido: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Indonesian: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Interlingua: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Interlingue: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Irish: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Italian: “Ile Rousse”
  • Italian: “Ile-Rousse”
  • Italian: “Île-Rousse”
  • Italian: “Isola Rossa”
  • Italian: “Isula Rossa”
  • Italian: “L’Île Rousse”
  • Italian: “L’Ile-Rousse”
  • Italian: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Italian: “L’Isula Rossa”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Kabyle: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Kalaallisut: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Kazakh: “L’Ïlʹ-Rwss”
  • Kazakh: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Kazakh: “Л’Иль-Русс”
  • Kazakh: “ل’ىيل-رۋسس”
  • Kongo: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Kurdish: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Ladin: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Latin: “Insula Rubra”
  • Latvian: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Ligurian: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Limburgan: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Lithuanian: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Lombard: “Isola Rossa”
  • Lombard: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Low German: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Luxembourgish: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Mainfränkisch: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Malagasy: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Malay: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Minangkabau: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Narom: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Neapolitan: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Norwegian: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Papiamento: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Picard: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Piemontese: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Polish: “Ile-Rousse”
  • Polish: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Portuguese: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Prussian: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Romagnol: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Romanian: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Romansh: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Russian: “Л’Иль-Рос”
  • Russian: “Л’Иль-Рус”
  • Sardinian: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Scots: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Serbian: “L’Il Rus”
  • Serbian: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Serbian: “Lil Rus”
  • Serbian: “Л’Ил Рус”
  • Serbian: “Лил Рус”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ile-Rousse”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Sicilian: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Slovak: “L‘ Île-Rousse”
  • Slovak: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Slovenian: “L’Ile-Rousse”
  • Slovenian: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Spanish: “Isula Rossa”
  • Spanish: “L’Île Rousse”
  • Spanish: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Spanish: “Lìsula”
  • Swahili: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Swedish: “L’Ile Rousse”
  • Swedish: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Swiss German: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Tatar: “Л’Иль-Рус”
  • Turkish: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Ukrainian: “Л’Іль-Рус”
  • Ukrainian: “Л’Іль-Русс”
  • Venetian: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Vietnamese: “Isola Rossa”
  • Vietnamese: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Vlaams: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Volapük: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Walloon: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Waray (Philippines): “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Welsh: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Wolof: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Yue Chinese: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • Zulu: “L’Île-Rousse”
  • “L’Île-Rousse”

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