Pietrosella
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 47.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Pietrosella (INSEE 2A228) is in Corse-du-Sud (2A), part of CC de la Pieve de l'Ornano et du Taravo. Population 2,074 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [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/2A228-pietrosella
Vitality score
Vitality score 47.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 64 % of the 9,364 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 | 0.55 | 25 | 13.81 |
| Social | 0.5 | 20 | 10 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.2 | 10 | 1.97 |
| Public & culture | 0.2 | 5 | 0.98 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'ARBRE A PAIN RUPIONE · PAINS ET COMPAGNIE). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (STELLA DI MARE). [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CHEZ BARTHELEMY · SUPERMARCHE ROND POINT ISOLELLA). [3,4]
2 × Fishmonger (PECHERIE CHEZ VANINA · LA PECHERIE). [3,4]
17 × Restaurant (SARL AUBERGE DU RUPIONE · A STAGNOLA · L'ORIU · RESTAURANT L'OASIS · RESTAURANT BAR SALON DE THE GLACIER L'ISULELLA). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE BILINGUE RUPIONE PIETROSELLA). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU RUPPIONE). [3,4]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE COMMUNALE DE PIETROSELLA ARENA DI CULTURA). [3]
4 × Hairdresser (HAIR DU SUD · LE COMPTOIR DES FILLES · PIRES ESTEVAO DOS SANTOS VANESSA · SALASCA COMPAGNIE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (LE JARDIN D'EMILE). [3,4]
2 × Campsite (CAMPING LE SUD · CAMPING EUROPE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Post office / agence postale. [4,3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | L'ARBRE A PAIN RUPIONE · PAINS ET COMPAGNIE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | STELLA DI MARE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | CHEZ BARTHELEMY · SUPERMARCHE ROND POINT ISOLELLA | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 2 | PECHERIE CHEZ VANINA · LA PECHERIE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 17 | SARL AUBERGE DU RUPIONE · A STAGNOLA · L'ORIU · RESTAURANT L'OASIS · RESTAURANT BAR SALON DE THE GLACIER L'ISULELLA | INSEE BPE 17 / INSEE SIRENE 23 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE BILINGUE RUPIONE PIETROSELLA | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DU RUPPIONE | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE COMMUNALE DE PIETROSELLA ARENA DI CULTURA | 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 | 4 | HAIR DU SUD · LE COMPTOIR DES FILLES · PIRES ESTEVAO DOS SANTOS VANESSA · SALASCA COMPAGNIE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 1 | LE JARDIN D'EMILE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 2 | CAMPING LE SUD · CAMPING EUROPE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday 18h à 23h espace Isolella (seasonal). [5]
Trajectory
Population 1,258 (2012) → 2,074 (2023): 64.9 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 864 (1990) → 2,074 (2023): 140 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,035, of which 59.2 % second homes and 0.1 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Albitreccia): 5.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Albitreccia): 4.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Albitreccia): 5 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Grosseto-Prugna): 6.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Albitreccia): 5 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 40 days a year at or above 30 °C and 4 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the PILA-CANALE weather station, 5.4 km away at 407 m; the village itself is at 486 m. [11]
The village sits 79 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at PILA-CANALE, 5.4 km away at 407 m, over 29 summers. [11]
That station sits 79 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 890 mm of rain a year, spread over 81 days — about 11 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at PILA-CANALE, 5.4 km away at 407 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A228/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.pietrosella.fr/marche-isosella/— “Tous les mercredis de juillet et août de 18h à 23h à l'espace Isolella.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A228/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A228/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A228/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 2A008
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 2A130
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batz-sur-Mer | 44 | 1,080 km NW | 2,892 | 62 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Les Moutiers-en-Retz | 44 | 1,037 km NW | 1,939 | 54.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Albitreccia | 2A | 8.5 km E | 1,833 | 58.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Trégastel | 22 | 1,237 km NW | 2,524 | 59.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mers-les-Bains | 80 | 1,080 km NW | 2,540 | 59.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Martin-de-Ré | 17 | 949 km NW | 2,355 | 58.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albitreccia | 2A | 8.5 km E | 1,833 | 58.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Martin-de-Ré | 17 | 949 km NW | 2,355 | 58.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 % |
| Les Moutiers-en-Retz | 44 | 1,037 km NW | 1,939 | 54.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mers-les-Bains | 80 | 1,080 km NW | 2,540 | 59.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 % |
| Batz-sur-Mer | 44 | 1,080 km NW | 2,892 | 62 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Trégastel | 22 | 1,237 km NW | 2,524 | 59.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Pietrosella'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albitreccia | 2A | 8.5 km E | 1,833 | 58.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Grosseto-Prugna | 2A | 10 km E | 3,900 | 59.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lumio | 2B | 82 km N | 1,224 | 54.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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