Editing Ajaccio (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Ajaccio Cité1JPG.jpg|thumb|250px|right|View of the old city of Ajaccio]]
[[File:Ajaccio-congrés-1.JPG|thumb|right|250px|The Palace of congress of Ajaccio]]

The city is, with [[Bastia]], the economic, commercial and administrative centre of Corsica. Its urban area of nearly 90,000 inhabitants is spread over a large part of the [[Corse-du-Sud]], on either side of the Gulf of Ajaccio and up the valley of the Gravona. Its business is primarily oriented towards the services sector.

The services sector is by far the main source of employment in the city. Ajaccio is an administrative centre comprising communal, intercommunal, departmental, regional, and prefectural services.

It is also a shopping centre with the commercial streets of the city centre and the areas of peripheral activities such as that of ''Mezzavia'' (hypermarket ''Géant Casino'') and along the ring road (hypermarket Carrefour and E. Leclerc).

Tourism is one of the most vital aspects of the economy, split between the seaside tourism of summer, cultural tourism, and fishing. A number of hotels, varying from one star to five star, are present across the commune.

Ajaccio is the seat of the ''Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ajaccio and Corsica South''. It manages the ports of Ajaccio, [[Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud|Bonifacio]], [[Porto-Vecchio]], [[Propriano]] and the Tino Rossi marina. It also manages [[Ajaccio airport]]<ref>[http://www.ajaccio.aeroport.fr/aeroports/ajaccio2.php CCI of Ajaccio: Airport] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126065821/http://www.ajaccio.aeroport.fr/aeroports/ajaccio2.php |date=26 January 2010 }} {{in lang|fr}}</ref> and [[Figari Sud-Corse Airport|Figari airport]] as well as the convention centre and the ''Centre of Ricanto''.

Secondary industry is underdeveloped, apart from the aeronautical company ''Corsica Aerospace Composites CCA'', the largest company on the island with 135 employees at two sites.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://corse-composites-aeronautiques.com/|title=Corse Composites Aéronautiques cca.fr|website=corse-composites-aeronautiques.com}}</ref> The storage sites of [[GDF Suez]] (formerly [[Gaz de France]]) and [[Antar (company)|Antargaz]] in the district of ''Vazzio'' are classified as high risk.

===Energy===
The ''Centrale EDF du Vazzio'', a heavy oil power station, provides the south of the island with electricity. The [[Gravona]] Canal delivers water for consumption by the city.