Arbellara

Identity

Arbellara (INSEE 2A018) is in Corse-du-Sud (2A), part of CC du Sartenais Valinco Taravo. Population 165 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/2A018-arbellara

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 14,807 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.

Services

A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (ROBBA NOSTRA). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ARBELLARA AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 143 (2012) → 165 (2023): 15.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 120 (1990) → 165 (2023): 37.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 153, of which 45.8 % second homes and 0.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Sainte-Lucie-de-Tallano): 6.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Arbellara): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Propriano): 6.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Sainte-Lucie-de-Tallano): 6.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Fozzano): 2.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 37 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SARTENE weather station, 3.4 km away at 62 m; the village itself is at 366 m. ^[12]

The village sits 304 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at SARTENE, 3.4 km away at 62 m, over 28 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 304 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 721 mm of rain a year, spread over 75 days — about 9.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SARTENE, 3.4 km away at 62 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A018/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A018/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A018/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A018/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2A308
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2A018
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2A249
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2A118
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024