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Zérubia

Corse-du-Sud · CC de l'Alta Rocca · INSEE 2A357

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 10/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Zérubia (INSEE 2A357) is in Corse-du-Sud (2A), part of CC de l'Alta Rocca. Population 46 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/2A357-zerubia

Vitality score

Vitality score 10/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 4,250 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.85108.53
Housing mix050

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 of 3
Lodging 0 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”.

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

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]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 50 2023: 46 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 31 (2012) → 46 (2023): 48.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 34 (1990) → 46 (2023): 35.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 118, of which 72.9 % second homes and 4.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 1.8 km E (Serra-di-Scopamène)Bakery — 2.0 km E (Serra-di-Scopamène)GP — 4.8 km SE (Levie)Food shop — 6.2 km S (Sainte-Lucie-de-Tallano)Pharmacy — 6.2 km S (Sainte-Lucie-de-Tallano)
Primary school — 1.8 km EBakery — 2.0 km EGP — 4.8 km SEFood shop — 6.2 km SPharmacy — 6.2 km S 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 (Serra-di-Scopamène): 2 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Sainte-Lucie-de-Tallano): 6.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Levie): 4.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Sainte-Lucie-de-Tallano): 6.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Serra-di-Scopamène): 1.8 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 31 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the QUENZA weather station, 6.2 km away at 932 m; the village itself is at 817 m. [11]

The village sits 115 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, 6.2 km away at 932 m, over 15 summers. [11]

That station sits 115 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, 6.2 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 — 2A357/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A357/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A357/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A357/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2A278
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2A308
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2A142
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Paul-d'Oueil31711 km W466.4No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 14 % · humidity 100 %
Urbanya66566 km W4510.2No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 14 % · humidity 86 %
Arnac-sur-Dourdou12547 km NW474.2No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Borne07519 km NW425.9No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 35 % · humidity 100 %
Villard-Reymond38441 km NW4611.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %
Lacapelle-Escroux81572 km NW483.2No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Villard-Reymond38441 km NW4611.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %
Borne07519 km NW425.9No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 35 % · humidity 100 %
Arnac-sur-Dourdou12547 km NW474.2No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Urbanya66566 km W4510.2No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 14 % · humidity 86 %
Lacapelle-Escroux81572 km NW483.2No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Paul-d'Oueil31711 km W466.4No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 14 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Zérubia'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Altiani2B57 km N531No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Cambia2B70 km N613No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Zuani2B62 km N375No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Alando2B64 km N3011.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Mela2A6.5 km S378.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Pianello2B64 km N539.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %