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