Sollacaro (; it, Sollacarò, ; co, Suddacarò) is a

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in the

Corse-du-Sud Corse-du-Sud (; co, link=no, Corsica suttana , or ; en, Southern Corsica) is (as of 2019) an administrative department of France, consisting of the southern part of the island of Corsica. The corresponding departmental territorial collect ...

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on the island of

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Geography

The

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is located at 450 m of altitude in the

Taravo The Taravo ( co, Taravu, italic=no) is a river on the island of Corsica, France. It is long. Its source is in the mountainous middle of the island, southeast of Monte Renoso. It flows generally southwest, through Palneca, Cozzano and Guitera-les- ...

valley, on the

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road 302, linking the Celaccia gap to Pisciatello (close to

Ajaccio Ajaccio (, , ; French: ; it, Aiaccio or ; co, Aiacciu , locally: ; la, Adiacium) is a French commune, prefecture of the department of Corse-du-Sud, and head office of the ''Collectivité territoriale de Corse'' (capital city of Corsica). ...

) via

Pila-Canale Pila-Canale is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica. left, First section straight then first bend to the right. Geography Climate Pila-Canale has a mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification ...

. A large part of the village is on the northwest side of a hill therefore there is no morning sunSatellite photo
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, north of the

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Sartène Sartène (; co, Sartè ; it, Sartena or ) is a commune in the department of Corse-du-Sud on the island of Corsica, France. Its history dates back to medieval times and granite buildings from the early 16th century still line some of the st ...

and north of

Propriano Propriano (; co, Prupià, ) is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica. It is situated on the Valinco Gulf. Population Transport * Railway stations in Corsica - stillborn branch See also * Co ...

Climate

Sollacaro has a

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(

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''Csa''). The average annual temperature in Sollacaro 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 January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Sollacaro was on 23 July 2009; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 2 January 2002.

Population

References

Communes of Corse-du-Sud {{CorseSud-geo-stub