Sollacaro Explained

Sollacaro
Native Name:Suddacarò
Commune Status:Commune
Arrondissement:Sartène
Canton:Taravo-Ornano
Insee:2A284
Postal Code:20140
Mayor:Jean Jacques Bartoli[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Coordinates:41.7433°N 8.9114°W
Elevation M:450
Elevation Min M:0
Elevation Max M:814
Area Km2:23.89

Sollacaro (in French pronounced as /sɔlakaʁo/; Italian: Sollacarò, pronounced as /it/; Corsican: Suddacarò) is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica.

Geography

The village is located at 450 m of altitude in the Taravo valley, on the departmental road 302, linking the Celaccia gap to Pisciatello (close to Ajaccio) via Pila-Canale.

A large part of the village is on the northwest side of a hill therefore there is no morning sun[2] except for the Torre and adjacent neighbourhoods situated on a rocky spur.

Sollacaro is 25km (16miles) southeast from the prefecture, Ajaccio, 14km (09miles) north of the subprefecture Sartène and 8km (05miles) north of Propriano.

Climate

Sollacaro has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Sollacaro is . The average annual rainfall is with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around, and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Sollacaro was on 23 July 2009; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 2 January 2002.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
  2. http://www.ac-nice.fr/picasso/matieres/histoire/HP-sollacaro/carte_corse2.html Satellite photo