What is L'Île-Rousse?
[[File:L'Île-Rousse Port2 JPG.jpg|thumb|right|L'Île-Rousse|250px]] [[Image:Blason ville fr L Île-Rousse (Haute-Corse).svg|thumb|90px|Coat of arms]] '''L'Île-Rousse''' ({{lang-co|Isula Rossa}}) is a [[commune in France|commune]] in the [[Haute-Corse]] department of [[Corsica]], [[France]]. It has a permanent population of around 2,500. It was founded in [[1758]] by [[Pasquale Paoli]] to create a port that would not be in the hands of the [[Genoese]] like [[Calvi, Haute-Corse|Calvi]]. == Famous people born in the city == * [[Pascal Paoli]] == Other websites == * [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=42.6355555555556&longitude=8.93805555555556&zoom=8 Map of L'Île-Rousse on Mapquest] In French: * [http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1087&CommuneId=31101 L'Île-Rousse on the site of the Institut Géographique National] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080219151030/http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1087&CommuneId=31101 |date=2008-02-19 }} * [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=2B134&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE L'Île-Rousse on the site of INSEE] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070705041009/http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C |date=2007-07-05 }} {{France-geo-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lile-Rousse}} [[Category:Communes in Haute-Corse]] [[Category:1758 establishments]] [[Category:1750s establishments in Europe]] [[Category:18th-century establishments in France]]