Zicavo

Identity

Zicavo (INSEE 2A359) is in Corse-du-Sud (2A), part of CC de la Pieve de l'Ornano et du Taravo. Population 203 (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/2A359-zicavo

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 16,001 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 × Butcher (boucherie) (CESARI). ^[3]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (ALIMENTATION LA TRAVERSE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (U VERGAGGIU · CHEZ CYRIL). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (THIERRY DAHAN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

2 × Hotel (HOTEL DU TOURISME · HOTEL RESTAURANT LE FLORIDA). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 231 (2012) → 203 (2023): -12.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 245 (1990) → 203 (2023): -17.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 253, of which 39.5 % second homes and 16.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Santa-Maria-Siché): 12.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Zicavo): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Zicavo): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bastelica): 12.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Zicavo): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 13 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAMPOLO weather station, 3.9 km away at 837 m; the village itself is at 683 m. ^[11]

The village sits 154 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 SAMPOLO, 3.9 km away at 837 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 154 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 1,242 mm of rain a year, spread over 101 days — about 12.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ZICAVO-GEND, 0.2 km away at 654 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 — 2A359/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A359/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A359/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A359/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2A312
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2A359
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2A031
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024