Sotta () is a
commune in the
French department
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. There are a total of 101 ...
of
Corse-du-Sud
Corse-du-Sud (; , or ; ) is (as of 2019) an administrative department of France, consisting of the southern part of the island of Corsica. The corresponding departmental territorial collectivity merged with that of Haute-Corse on 1 January ...
, on the island of
Corsica
Corsica ( , , ; ; ) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the Regions of France, 18 regions of France. It is the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of the Metro ...
. It is one of communes in the
canton of Grand Sud The canton of Grand Sud is an administrative division of the Corse-du-Sud department, southeastern France. It was created by the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Porto-Vecchio.
It consists of the ...
.
Geography
Sotta is to the northeast of the commune of Figari on the road to
Porto-Vecchio
Porto-Vecchio (, ; or ; , , or (South)) is a commune in the French department of Corse-du-Sud, on the island of Corsica.
Porto-Vecchio is a medium-sized port city placed on a good harbor, the southernmost of the marshy and alluvial east ...
; it was created in 1853. The territory includes part of Mount Cagna to the northwest; the remainder is in a plain scattered with hamlets, vines and groves of
Cork Oak
''Quercus suber'', commonly called the cork oak, is a medium-sized, evergreen oak tree in the section Quercus sect. Cerris, ''Quercus'' sect. ''Cerris''. It is the primary source of cork (material), cork for wine bottle stoppers and other uses, ...
and
Eucalyptus
''Eucalyptus'' () is a genus of more than 700 species of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae. Most species of ''Eucalyptus'' are trees, often Mallee (habit), mallees, and a few are shrubs. Along with several other genera in the tribe Eucalyp ...
.
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Population
Transportation
The village is near the airport at Figari.
It has been used as a special stage in the
Tour de Corse
The Tour de Corse is a rally first held in 1956 on the island of Corsica. It was the French round of the World Rally Championship from the inaugural 1973 season until 2008, was part of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge from 2011 to 2012, and ...
.
See also
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Communes of the Corse-du-Sud department
The following is a list of the 124 Communes of France, communes of the departments of France, department of Corse-du-Sud, Corsica, France.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 202 ...
References
Communes of Corse-du-Sud
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