Facts about Ajaccio:
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Ajaccio is located on the west coast of the island of Corsica & largest settlement on the island.
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Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Ajaccio in 1769.
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The residents of Ajaccio are known as Ajacciens or Ajacciennes.
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François Coty, the founder of the world’s largest perfume company (Coty perfume) was born in Ajaccio.
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Ajaccio became the first French town to be liberated from the German occupation during WW II.
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Ajaccio has twinning associations with Jena, Germany; Larnaca, Cyprus; Palma de Mallorca, Spain; Dana Point, California, United States; La Maddalena, Italy & Marrakech, Morocco.
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Ajaccio is the headquarters of the Academy of Corsica.
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As of 2014, the population of Ajaccio is 69,378.
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On 14th September 2009, the city was hit by a tornado with an intensity of F1 on the Fujita scale.
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The city has a Mediterranean climate which is Csa in the Köppen climate classification. The average annual sunshine is 2726 hours.