Figari (also ) is a commune in the French department of Corse-du-Sud on the island of Corsica, France.

Geography

The village of Figari is 43 km to the southeast of Sartène, 20 km to the southwest of Porto-Vecchio and 19 km 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 1100 m. To the southeast hills climb to 320 m 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.

Climate

Figari has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Figari is 16.2 C. The average annual rainfall is 643.5 mm with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.7 C, and lowest in February, at around 9.1 C. The highest temperature ever recorded in Figari was 43.0 C on 23 July 2009; the coldest temperature ever recorded was -8.0 C on 25 February 1993.

Population

Economy

Viticulture has been practiced in Figari since the Roman era. There are 153 ha of vineyards on which Syrah, Grenache, and Vermentino are grown. The wine produced falls under the Vin de Corse-Figari AOC.

Transportation

The airport, Figari Sud-Corse Airport, is the third largest of Corsica. It opened in 1975 with a runway of 2500 m. In 2004 it carried 254,000 passengers, 117,000 between the airport and Paris, 63,000 to or from Marseille, 34,000 to or from Nice, and 37,000 in charters.