Corsica
Immigration

Corsica

Section Title: Immigration
Table Section Text: None

Census	Born in Corsica	Born in Continental France	Born in Overseas France	Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth¹	Immigrants2

2011	56.3%	28.6%	0.3%	5.0%	9.8%

from the Maghreb3	from Southern Europe4	from the rest of the world

4.3%	3.8%	1.7%

1999	59.5%	24.8%	0.3%	5.5%	10.0%

from the Maghreb3	from Southern Europe4	from the rest of the world

5.3%	3.3%	1.4%

1990	62.0%	21.3%	0.2%	6.0%	10.5%

1982	61.6%	20.4%	0.2%	6.0%	11.8%

¹Essentially Pieds-Noirs who resettled in Corsica after the independence of Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria, many of whom had Corsican ancestry. 2An immigrant is by French definition a person born in a foreign country and who did not have French citizenship at birth.

Source: INSEE

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At the 2011 census, 56.3% of the inhabitants of Corsica, 28.6% were born in Continental France and 0.3% were from Overseas France.

final_sentence: At the 2011 census, 56.3% of the inhabitants of Corsica, 28.6% were born in Continental France and 0.3% were from Overseas France.