page_title: Porto-Vecchio
section_title: Facilities
hierarchical_section_title: Porto-Vecchio / Facilities
caption_attribution_description: Carte de la Corse du Sud avec le découpage cantonal et la lise en relief de l'arrondissement de Sartène et du canton de Porto-Vecchio
context_page_description: Porto-Vecchio is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica.
  It is the seat of the canton of Porto-Vecchio, which it shares with Sari-Solenzara, Conca and Lecci. Porto-Vecchio is a medium-sized port city placed on a good harbor, the southernmost of the marshy and alluvial east side of Corsica. The inhabitants are called Porto-Vecchiais in French, and Portivechjacciu in Corsican.
context_section_description: Porto-Vecchio is easily accessed through FigariSud Corse Airport, which is 24 kilometers (15 mi) away. It has a public high school and two community colleges, a private hospital of 107 beds, a medical school, a cork industry and extensive tourist facilities. The port includes moorings for 450 small craft, commercial facilities and a ferry station. The population expands to 50,000 in the summer, predominantly Italian. The beaches are well-populated, especially Palombaggia Beach 3 kilometers (2 mi) to the south-east. In 1983 it acquired a Film Institute, which organizes an annual film festival.
caption: Map of Porto-Vecchio (blue) within Sartène (grey)
exif: {}