Sollacaro
Sollacaro (French pronunciation: [sɔlakaʁo]; Italian: Sollacarò, pronounced [sollakaˈrɔ]; Corsican: Suddacarò) is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica.
Sollacaro
Suddacarò | |
|---|---|
 A general view of the village of Sollacaro | |
Location of Sollacaro | |
  Sollacaro  Sollacaro | |
| Coordinates: 41°44′36″N 8°54′41″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Corsica |
| Department | Corse-du-Sud |
| Arrondissement | Sartène |
| Canton | Taravo-Ornano |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean Jacques Bartoli[1] |
| Area 1 | 23.89 km2 (9.22 sq mi) |
| Population | 372 |
| • Density | 16/km2 (40/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 2A284 /20140 |
| Elevation | 0–814 m (0–2,671 ft) (avg. 450 m or 1,480 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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[3] except for the Torre and adjacent neighbourhoods situated on a rocky spur.
Sollacaro is 25 km (16 mi) southeast from the prefecture, Ajaccio, 14 km (8.7 mi) north of the subprefecture Sartène and 8 km (5.0 mi) north of Propriano.
Climate
Sollacaro has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Sollacaro is 15.4 °C (59.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 729.3 mm (28.71 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.7 °C (74.7 °F), and lowest in January, at around 8.6 °C (47.5 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Sollacaro was 43.5 °C (110.3 °F) on 23 July 2009; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −6.2 °C (20.8 °F) on 2 January 2002.
| Climate data for Sollacaro (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1990−2014) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.5 (70.7) |
25.0 (77.0) |
30.0 (86.0) |
32.0 (89.6) |
37.0 (98.6) |
40.0 (104.0) |
43.5 (110.3) |
41.0 (105.8) |
38.4 (101.1) |
33.8 (92.8) |
28.0 (82.4) |
23.5 (74.3) |
43.5 (110.3) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 14.0 (57.2) |
14.4 (57.9) |
17.1 (62.8) |
19.3 (66.7) |
24.3 (75.7) |
28.3 (82.9) |
31.6 (88.9) |
31.8 (89.2) |
27.3 (81.1) |
23.3 (73.9) |
17.9 (64.2) |
14.5 (58.1) |
22.0 (71.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 8.6 (47.5) |
8.6 (47.5) |
10.5 (50.9) |
12.8 (55.0) |
17.1 (62.8) |
20.6 (69.1) |
23.2 (73.8) |
23.7 (74.7) |
20.3 (68.5) |
17.2 (63.0) |
12.8 (55.0) |
9.4 (48.9) |
15.4 (59.7) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 3.2 (37.8) |
2.8 (37.0) |
3.9 (39.0) |
6.4 (43.5) |
9.9 (49.8) |
12.9 (55.2) |
14.8 (58.6) |
15.6 (60.1) |
13.3 (55.9) |
11.1 (52.0) |
7.6 (45.7) |
4.4 (39.9) |
8.9 (48.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.2 (20.8) |
−6.1 (21.0) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
0.0 (32.0) |
2.5 (36.5) |
6.5 (43.7) |
8.0 (46.4) |
9.5 (49.1) |
6.9 (44.4) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 67.1 (2.64) |
47.2 (1.86) |
56.3 (2.22) |
61.1 (2.41) |
54.3 (2.14) |
23.9 (0.94) |
7.3 (0.29) |
18.0 (0.71) |
66.2 (2.61) |
108.5 (4.27) |
126.5 (4.98) |
92.9 (3.66) |
729.3 (28.71) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 7.9 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 8.3 | 5.5 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 5.7 | 8.8 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 78.1 |
| Source: Meteociel[4] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 657 | — |
| 1962 | 411 | −37.4% |
| 1968 | 448 | +9.0% |
| 1975 | 355 | −20.8% |
| 1982 | 290 | −18.3% |
| 1990 | 324 | +11.7% |
| 1999 | 326 | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 344 | +5.5% |
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
- Satellite photo
- "Normales et records pour Sollacaro (2A)". Meteociel. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
