Quenza

Identity

Quenza (INSEE 2A254) is in Corse-du-Sud (2A), part of CC de l'Alta Rocca. Population 200 (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/2A254-quenza

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 15,961 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]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AUBERGE DU COL DE BAVELLA). ^[3]

5 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DU COL DE BAVELLA · CHEZ PAUL · LE REFUGE · LES AIGUILLES DE BAVELLA · A MUNTAGNA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × Hotel (HOTEL SOLE E MONTI). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 206 (2012) → 200 (2023): -2.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 214 (1990) → 200 (2023): -6.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 606, of which 78.1 % second homes and 1.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Zonza): 3.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Zonza): 3.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Zonza): 3.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Levie): 6.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Quenza): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 19 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the QUENZA weather station, 1.5 km away at 932 m; the village itself is at 789 m. ^[11]

The village sits 143 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at QUENZA, 1.5 km away at 932 m, over 15 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 143 m above 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 1,361 mm of rain a year, spread over 99 days — about 13.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at QUENZA, 1.5 km away at 932 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A254/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A254/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A254/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A254/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2A362
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2A142
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2A254
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024