Figari

Figari (French pronunciation: [fiɡaʁi]; also Corsican: Fìgari) is a commune in the French department of Corse-du-Sud on the island of Corsica, France. The village of Figari is 43 kilometers (27 mi) to the southeast of Sartène, 20 km (12 mi) to the southwest of Porto-Vecchio and 19 km (12 mi) to the north of Bonifacio. The commune comes from an ancient parish. It includes the center of a large plain where the airport was built in 1975. To the north looms Mount Cagna, which exceeds 1,100 meters (3,600 ft). To the southeast hills climb to 320 m (1,050 ft) over the village and enclose the Figari Reservoir, created by damming the Ruisseau de Ventilegne for purposes of water supply and irrigation; additional water can be taken from the Orgone, a small brook which descends from the mountain of Cagna et forms the upper stream of the Stabbiacciu in Porto-Vecchio. To the southwest the commune occupies the east bank of the Bay of Figari, and Ventilegne Point, but not the resort. Figari has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Figari is 16.2 °C (61.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 643.5 mm (25.33 in) with November as the wettest month.