Sotta

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Coordinates: 41°32′44″N 9°11′44″E / 41.545555, 9.195556

Commune of Sotta

Sotta
Location
Sotta (France)
Sotta
Administration
Country France
Region Corse
Department Corse-du-Sud
Arrondissement Sartène
Canton Figari
Statistics
Elevation 100 m (328 ft) (avg.)
Land area¹ 67 km²
Population²
(1999)
808
 - Density 12/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 2A288/ 20146
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Sotta is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica. It shares the canton of Figari with the commune of Figari, Pianottoli-Caldarello and Monacia-d'Aullène.

[edit] Geography

Sotta is 15 km (9 mi) to the northeast of the commune of Figari on the road to Porto-Vecchio; it was created in 1853. The territory includes part of 1299 m (4262 ft) Mount Cagna to the northwest; the remainder is in a plain scattered with hamlets, vines and groves of Cork Oak and Eucalyptus.[1]

[edit] Transportation

The village is near the airport at Figari.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ France, le trésor des régions: Département: Corse-du-Sud (html). Retrieved on 2008-05-06. (French).