Bocognano

Identity

Bocognano (INSEE 2A040) is in Corse-du-Sud (2A), part of CC Celavu-Prunelli. Population 419 (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/2A040-bocognano

Vitality score

Vitality score 58.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 98 % of the 17,969 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE MOBILE · BOULANGERIE DE BOCOGNANO). ^[3,4]

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

3 × Restaurant (A TANEDDA · A FUNTANELLA · L'ORIENTE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (COPPA CABANA). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE BILINGUE BOCOGNANO). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE BOCOGNANO). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT BEAU SEJOUR). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 454 (2012) → 419 (2023): -7.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 290 (1990) → 419 (2023): 44.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 519, of which 58.8 % second homes and 0 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Bocognano): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bocognano): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bastelica): 8.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bastelica): 8.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Bocognano): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 44 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BOCOGNANO-GARE weather station, 0.4 km away at 660 m; the village itself is at 637 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at BOCOGNANO, 4.6 km away at 1,019 m, over 16 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 382 m above 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 1,378 mm of rain a year, spread over 103 days — about 13.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BOCOGNANO-GARE, 0.4 km away at 660 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

17 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 125,000 € — 2,188 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

11 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 127,000 € — 2,223 € per m². ^[11]

The median across Corse-du-Sud is 3,889 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A040/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A040/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A040/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A040/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2A040
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2A031
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025