Figari

Commune in Corsica, France

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

The village of Figari is to the southeast of Sartène, to the southwest of Porto Vecchio and 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
To the southeast hills climb to 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 The average annual rainfall is with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in February, at around The highest temperature ever recorded in Figari was on 23 July 2009; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 25 February 1993.

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

The airport, Figari Sud Corse Airport, is the third largest of Corsica. It opened in 1975 with a runway of 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.