Villanova

Identity

Villanova (INSEE 2A351) is in Corse-du-Sud (2A), part of CA du Pays Ajaccien. Population 402 (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/2A351-villanova

Vitality score

Vitality score 12.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 11 % of the 18,023 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

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser (ANGELIQUE COIFFURE CASILE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 348 (2012) → 402 (2023): 15.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 240 (1990) → 402 (2023): 67.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 346, of which 42.2 % second homes and 0 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Alata): 5.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Appietto): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ajaccio): 5.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Ajaccio): 6.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Alata): 5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 64 days a year at or above 30 °C and 7 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the AJACCIO-MILELLI_SAPC weather station, 5 km away at 86 m; the village itself is at 210 m. ^[11]

The village sits 124 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 5 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at AJACCIO, 11.3 km away at 5 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 205 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 776 mm of rain a year, spread over 74 days — about 10.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at AJACCIO-MILELLI_SAPC, 5 km away at 86 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 — 2A351/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A351/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A351/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A351/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2A006
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2A017
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2A004
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024