Afa
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 39.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 19 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Afa (INSEE 2A001) is in Corse-du-Sud (2A), part of CA du Pays Ajaccien. Population 3,350 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/2A001-afa
Vitality score
Vitality score 39.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 19 % of the 6,498 communes of a similar size.
Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.
Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.
| Component | Value (0–1) | Weight | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily food | 0.15 | 25 | 3.69 |
| Social | 0.43 | 20 | 8.53 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.84 | 5 | 4.18 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (A VUTARINCA). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]
4 × Restaurant (U PAESE · BRASSERIE LES CALANCHES · A PIUMA DI STELLA). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE BILINGUE AFA). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANGE PIANI, MÉDECIN · MARIANNE CANALE, MÉDECIN). [3]
2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE D'AFA). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE D'AFA). [3]
5 × Hairdresser (AU COMPTOIR DES COIFFEURS CATHY · FM'HAIR · MAG COIFFURE · EM COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (L'ORANGERAIE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Nursery school (maternelle), 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | A VUTARINCA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 4 | U PAESE · BRASSERIE LES CALANCHES · A PIUMA DI STELLA | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE BILINGUE AFA | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | ANGE PIANI, MÉDECIN · MARIANNE CANALE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 2 | PHARMACIE D'AFA | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE D'AFA | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 5 | AU COMPTOIR DES COIFFEURS CATHY · FM'HAIR · MAG COIFFURE · EM COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 1 | L'ORANGERAIE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 2,888 (2012) → 3,350 (2023): 16 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,726 (1990) → 3,350 (2023): 94.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,698, of which 8.2 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Alata): 2.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Afa): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Afa): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Alata): 1.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Afa): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 9 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the AJACCIO weather station, 7.3 km away at 5 m; the village itself is at 146 m. [10]
The village sits 141 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.13 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at AJACCIO, 7.3 km away at 5 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 141 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 893 mm of rain a year, spread over 80 days — about 11.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at APPIETTO-LISTINCONE, 3.7 km away at 235 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A001/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A001/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A001/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A001/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 2A006
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 2A001
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
Villages like this one
Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coubon | 43 | 517 km NW | 3,140 | 42.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 12 % · humidity 50 % |
| Champ-sur-Drac | 38 | 424 km NW | 3,335 | 43.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 21 % · winter 39 % |
| Vourles | 69 | 521 km NW | 3,332 | 53.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Malo-de-Guersac | 44 | 1,052 km NW | 3,203 | 35.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 % |
| Saint-Romain-de-Jalionas | 38 | 508 km NW | 3,417 | 43.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 35 % · humidity 71 % |
| Chavanod | 74 | 486 km NW | 3,135 | 50.9 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 50 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champ-sur-Drac | 38 | 424 km NW | 3,335 | 43.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 21 % · winter 39 % |
| Chavanod | 74 | 486 km NW | 3,135 | 50.9 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 50 % |
| Saint-Romain-de-Jalionas | 38 | 508 km NW | 3,417 | 43.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 35 % · humidity 71 % |
| Coubon | 43 | 517 km NW | 3,140 | 42.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 12 % · humidity 50 % |
| Vourles | 69 | 521 km NW | 3,332 | 53.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Malo-de-Guersac | 44 | 1,052 km NW | 3,203 | 35.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 % |
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…and in much the same climate
The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Afa's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspremont | 06 | 237 km NW | 2,346 | 55.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bastelicaccia | 2A | 7.0 km S | 4,411 | 48.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cissac-Médoc | 33 | 855 km NW | 2,332 | 54.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Levens | 06 | 245 km NW | 5,377 | 59.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Carry-le-Rouet | 13 | 334 km NW | 5,702 | 56 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Orleix | 65 | 724 km W | 1,910 | 40.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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