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
Commune
A general view of the village of Sollacaro
Location of Sollacaro
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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  (2022)[2]	383
• Density	16.0/km2 (41.5/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)
Mean daily maximum °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)
Mean daily minimum °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

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	448	—
1975	355	−3.27%
1982	290	−2.85%
1990	324	+1.40%
1999	326	+0.07%
2009	349	+0.68%
2014	351	+0.11%
2020	372	+0.97%
Source: INSEE[5]

See also

• Communes of the Corse-du-Sud department