Corsican conflict

The Corsican conflict is an armed and political conflict on the island of Corsica which began in 1976 between the government of France and Corsican nationalist militant groups. Beginning in the 1970s, the Corsican conflict peaked in the 1980s before Corsican nationalist groups and the French government reached a truce in 2016. It is currently ongoing following the 2022 Corsica unrest.

Corsican conflict
Date4 May 1976 – 25 June 2016 (1976-05-04 – 2016-06-25) (40 years, 1 month and 3 weeks)
9 March 2022 (2022-03-09) – present (2 years, 1 month, 1 week and 4 days)
Location
Corsica
Violence occasionally spread to mainland France and Italy
Status Ongoing
Belligerents

France

  • French Armed Forces (1 barracks on Corsica)
    • National Gendarmerie
  • National Police
  • Municipal Police

Anti-separatist paramilitaries

  • Front d'Action Nouvelle Contre l'Indépendance et l'Autonomie

Criminal groups

 Corsican nationalist paramilitaries:
National Liberation Front of Corsica (FLNC)
A Cuncolta Naziunalista (ACN) (1987-1998)
Armata di U Populu Corsu (APC) (2004-2006)
Armata Corsa (AC) (1999-2001)
Resistenza (1989-2003)
Strength
2,800+ Police and Gendarmeries, and 1,300 Soldiers (of the FFL, by Calvi) 300–1,000 members
Casualties and losses
14 killed Several arrested
+140 deaths
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