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Location within Corsica region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Corsica |
| Department | Corse-du-Sud |
| Arrondissement | Sartène |
| Canton | Figari |
| Mayor | Roger Simoni (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 0–1,366 m (0–4,482 ft) (avg. 125 m or 410 ft) |
| Land area1 | 100.22 km2 (38.70 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 1,157 (2008) |
| - Density | 12 /km2 (31 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 2A114/ 20114 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Coordinates: 41°29′20″N 9°07′48″E / 41.4889°N 9.13°E
Figari is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica.
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[edit] Geography
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 a 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.[1]
[edit] Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
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| Population | 690 | 701 | 834 | 1022 | 914 | 1005 | 1157 |
[edit] Economy
Viticulture is practiced on 153 hectares (380 acres), for making Vin de Corse-Figari.
[edit] Transportation
The airport, Figari Sud-Corse Airport, is the third largest of Corsica.[2] It opened in 1975 with a runway of 2,500 meters (8,200 ft). In 2004 it carried 254,000 passengers, 117,000 between the airport and Paris, 63,000 - Marseille, 34,000 - Nice, 37,000 in charters.
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- ^ "France, le trésor des régions: Département: Corse-du-Sud". http://tresordesregions.mgm.fr/Mdir.php?p=cant.php®ion=94&cl=. Retrieved 2008-05-06. (French).
- ^ "Figari South Corsica". CCI Ajaccio and South Corsica. http://www.figari.aeroport.fr/. Retrieved 2008-05-21. (French), (English). Live flight information can be obtained at: "(FSC) Sud Corse Airport, Figari, FR". http://www.flightstats.com/go/Airport/airportDetails.do;jsessionid=4C9AF10190FC25C4EEDCDD05BFF1EC8F.rod:8009?airport=%28FSC%29+Sud+Corse+Airport%2C+Figari%2C+FR&x=10&y=8. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
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