Piana

Identity

Piana (INSEE 2A212) is in Corse-du-Sud (2A), part of CC Spelunca-Liamone. Population 452 (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/2A212-piana

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 96 % of the 17,953 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 U CASTELLU · LES DELICES DE PIANA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Supermarket (SUPER MARCHE U EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

14 × Restaurant (LE CASABIANCA · LE CASANOVA · LE CAFE DE LA PLAGE). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (U CAMPANILE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE PIANA DANIELLE CASANOVA). ^[3]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

5 × Hotel (HOTEL CAPO ROSSO · HOTEL LES ROCHES ROUGES · HOTEL MARE E MONTI · HOTEL RESTAURANT LE SCANDOLA · STATION SERVICE L ARBAGIO). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING D'ARONE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Nursery school (maternelle), 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 479 (2012) → 452 (2023): -5.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 500 (1990) → 452 (2023): -9.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 698, of which 63.5 % second homes and 0.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Piana): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Ota): 6.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ota): 6.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Piana): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 2 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MARIGNANA weather station, 5.6 km away at 515 m; the village itself is at 447 m. ^[10]

The village sits 68 m below 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 MARIGNANA, 5.6 km away at 515 m, over 16 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 68 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 817 mm of rain a year, spread over 77 days — about 10.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PIANA-GEND, 0.3 km away at 439 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A212/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A212/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A212/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A212/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2A212
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2A198
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024