Santa-Maria-Siché

Corse-du-Sud · CC de la Pieve de l'Ornano et du Taravo · INSEE 2A312

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 56.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Santa-Maria-Siché (INSEE 2A312) is in Corse-du-Sud (2A), part of CC de la Pieve de l'Ornano et du Taravo. Population 364 (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/2A312-santa-maria-siche

Vitality score

Vitality score 56.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 98 % of the 18,057 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	0.5	25	12.47
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.75	10	7.48
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.53	10	5.25
Housing mix	0.4	5	2

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA MI DO RE). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (I DOLCI DI FRANCESCA · SAINTE MARIE DISTRIBUTION). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (ANTONA TOUSSAINT). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE DU TARAVU). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ÉRIC COLOMBANI, MÉDECIN · GÉRARD VENTURINI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DELPOUX). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hotel (HOTEL SANTA MARIA). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA MI DO RE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	I DOLCI DI FRANCESCA · SAINTE MARIE DISTRIBUTION	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	ANTONA TOUSSAINT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE DU TARAVU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	ÉRIC COLOMBANI, MÉDECIN · GÉRARD VENTURINI, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DELPOUX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL SANTA MARIA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 537 2023: 364 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 470 (2012) → 364 (2023): -22.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 355 (1990) → 364 (2023): 2.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 337, of which 30 % second homes and 13.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 1.4 km NW Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

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

Food shop (Santa-Maria-Siché): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Santa-Maria-Siché): 1.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Santa-Maria-Siché): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Santa-Maria-Siché): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 33.5

Days at or below 0 °C 5.6▸

Muggy days a summer 1.8

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 34 days a year at or above 30 °C and 6 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the PILA CANALE-GEND weather station, 9.5 km away at 389 m; the village itself is at 521 m. ^[9]

The village sits 132 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at PILA-CANALE, 9.5 km away at 407 m, over 29 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 114 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 1,078 mm of rain a year, spread over 92 days — about 11.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at SANTA MARIA SICHE, 0.7 km away at 541 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A312/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A312/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A312/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A312/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 2A312
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
Fournels	48	575 km NW	371	53.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 28 % · winter 0 %
Lucenay-l'Évêque	71	690 km NW	333	55	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Verteuil-sur-Charente	16	836 km NW	580	53.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Vézelay	89	746 km NW	476	65.7	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 30 % · humidity 100 %
Égliseneuve-d'Entraigues	63	632 km NW	328	52.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 8 % · humidity 86 %
Salers	15	636 km NW	310	70.3	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 3 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fournels	48	575 km NW	371	53.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 28 % · winter 0 %
Égliseneuve-d'Entraigues	63	632 km NW	328	52.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 8 % · humidity 86 %
Salers	15	636 km NW	310	70.3	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 3 % · humidity 86 %
Lucenay-l'Évêque	71	690 km NW	333	55	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Vézelay	89	746 km NW	476	65.7	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 30 % · humidity 100 %
Verteuil-sur-Charente	16	836 km NW	580	53.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 46 % · 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 Santa-Maria-Siché'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
Sainte-Lucie-de-Tallano	2A	21 km S	363	64.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Petreto-Bicchisano	2A	10 km S	572	71.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Montegrosso	2B	74 km N	413	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Moncale	2B	71 km N	348	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Payzac	07	485 km NW	539	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Soumont	34	503 km NW	246	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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