Alata
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 52.2/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Alata (INSEE 2A006) is in Corse-du-Sud (2A), part of CA du Pays Ajaccien. Population 3,681 (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/2A006-alata
Vitality score
Vitality score 52.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 59 % of the 6,029 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 | 0.32 | 25 | 8.08 |
| Social | 0.79 | 20 | 15.78 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.11 | 10 | 1.11 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.87 | 5 | 4.33 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (DELICES ET GOURMANDISES · LE BON PAIN D'ALATA · BISCOGRAV). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SECRETS D'ABEILLES). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE MARCHE). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (SPAR). [3,4]
8 × Restaurant (LE FLORIDE · SAVEURS O NATUREL · BRACALINA · PIZZA DU COL · PIZZA NAPOLI). [3,4]
5 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE BILINGUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB DE PRUNO). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE BELLILCHI BRANCA). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE D'ALATA-TROVA). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (CORALY COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
2 × Hotel (ALATA HOTEL · LES BERGERIES D'ALATA). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 2 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: GP (médecin généraliste). [3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 3 | DELICES ET GOURMANDISES · LE BON PAIN D'ALATA · BISCOGRAV | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | SECRETS D'ABEILLES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | LE MARCHE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | SPAR | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 8 | LE FLORIDE · SAVEURS O NATUREL · BRACALINA · PIZZA DU COL · PIZZA NAPOLI | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 5 | INSEE SIRENE 5 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE BILINGUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB DE PRUNO | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 1 | SELARL PHARMACIE BELLILCHI BRANCA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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'ALATA-TROVA | 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 | 3 | CORALY COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 2 | ALATA HOTEL · LES BERGERIES D'ALATA | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 3,076 (2012) → 3,681 (2023): 19.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 2,077 (1990) → 3,681 (2023): 77.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,587, of which 6.7 % second homes and 0.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Alata): 0.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Alata): 2.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Ajaccio): 3.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Alata): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Alata): 2.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 50 days a year at or above 30 °C and 12 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the AJACCIO-MILELLI_SAPC weather station, 4.6 km away at 86 m; the village itself is at 435 m. [10]
The village sits 349 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 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at AJACCIO, 7.7 km away at 5 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 430 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, 3.4 km away at 235 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A006/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A006/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A006/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A006/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 2A006
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 2A004
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salindres | 30 | 445 km NW | 3,648 | 42.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 55 % · humidity 71 % |
| Veyre-Monton | 63 | 608 km NW | 3,721 | 43.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Martin-de-Valgalgues | 30 | 450 km NW | 4,840 | 48.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 % |
| Latresne | 33 | 809 km NW | 3,714 | 50.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 % |
| Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour | 38 | 478 km NW | 3,628 | 47.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Espaly-Saint-Marcel | 43 | 521 km NW | 3,585 | 42 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 19 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salindres | 30 | 445 km NW | 3,648 | 42.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 55 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Martin-de-Valgalgues | 30 | 450 km NW | 4,840 | 48.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour | 38 | 478 km NW | 3,628 | 47.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Espaly-Saint-Marcel | 43 | 521 km NW | 3,585 | 42 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 19 % · humidity 93 % |
| Veyre-Monton | 63 | 608 km NW | 3,721 | 43.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 % |
| Latresne | 33 | 809 km NW | 3,714 | 50.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 % |
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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 Alata'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne | 84 | 378 km NW | 3,565 | 50.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Solliès-Ville | 83 | 259 km NW | 2,504 | 51 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Velaux | 13 | 333 km NW | 8,941 | 56.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Fare-les-Oliviers | 13 | 338 km NW | 9,039 | 67 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Oraison | 04 | 315 km NW | 6,155 | 57.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Grand-Combe | 30 | 456 km NW | 4,783 | 39.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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