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Aléria

Haute-Corse · CC de l'Oriente · INSEE 2B009

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

Served 60.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Aléria (INSEE 2B009) is in Haute-Corse (2B), part of CC de l'Oriente. Population 2,267 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/2B009-aleria

Vitality score

Vitality score 60.2/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 8,791 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 food0.472511.83
Social0.892017.77
Education0.39103.93
Health0.7107.04
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.62106.21
Housing mix0.4852.41

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 5 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 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 3 of 3
Lodging 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL U MULINU · L'ORU BIANCU - I FRATELLI ORSINI). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (AU MARCHE D'ALERIA). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CENTRE LECLERC ALERIA). [3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (AUX COQUILLAGES DE DIANA). [3,4]

16 × Restaurant (MANGHJA E CAMPA · U DELIZIU · LA P'TITE BRASS · U SPURTINU · LE 20270). [3,4]

3 × Café / bar (HOTEL L'ATRACHJATA). [4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE LUSTINCONE ALERIA). [3]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-LOUIS PEGULLO, MÉDECIN · MARTINE FRATICELLI ANDREI, MÉDECIN · OUMAR DIALLO, MÉDECIN). [3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE PARIGI LUCIANI · SELARL PHARMACIE ROSSI). [3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE D'ALERIA). [3]

1 × Bank (AGENCE D'ALERIA). [3]

6 × Hairdresser (SALON CREATIFS). [3,4]

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

3 × Hotel (HOTEL LES ORANGERS · HOTEL L'EMPEREUR · HOTEL L'ATRACHJATA). [3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAPFUN NOUVELLE MARINA D'ALERIA). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 6 × Restaurant.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2SARL U MULINU · L'ORU BIANCU - I FRATELLI ORSINIINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1AU MARCHE D'ALERIAINSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket1CENTRE LECLERC ALERIAINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger1AUX COQUILLAGES DE DIANAINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant16MANGHJA E CAMPA · U DELIZIU · LA P'TITE BRASS · U SPURTINU · LE 20270INSEE BPE 16 / INSEE SIRENE 29 [3,4]
Café / bar3HOTEL L'ATRACHJATAINSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE LUSTINCONE ALERIAINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LUSTINCONEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)3JEAN-LOUIS PEGULLO, MÉDECIN · MARTINE FRATICELLI ANDREI, MÉDECIN · OUMAR DIALLO, MÉDECININSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy2PHARMACIE PARIGI LUCIANI · SELARL PHARMACIE ROSSIINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE D'ALERIAINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank1AGENCE D'ALERIAINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser6SALON CREATIFSINSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Fuel station2STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Hotel3HOTEL LES ORANGERS · HOTEL L'EMPEREUR · HOTEL L'ATRACHJATAINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Campsite1CAPFUN NOUVELLE MARINA D'ALERIAINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,913 peak 1975: 2,885 2023: 2,267 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,191 (2012) → 2,267 (2023): 3.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 2,022 (1990) → 2,267 (2023): 12.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,427, of which 25.9 % second homes and 4.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Aléria): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Aléria): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Aléria): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Aléria): 0 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Aléria): 0.4 km to the north-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 45 days a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the ALERIA-CASABIANDA 3 weather station, 2.6 km away at 41 m; the village itself is at 9 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 45 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at ALISTRO, 16.3 km away at 65 m, over 30 summers. [9]

That station sits 56 m above 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 676 mm of rain a year, spread over 63 days — about 10.7 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at ALERIA-CASABIANDA 3, 2.6 km away at 41 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B009/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B009/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B009/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B009/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B009
  9. 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-Agrève07523 km NW2,27767.8ServedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 %
Aups83316 km NW2,19269.5ServedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 64 % · humidity 0 %
Florac Trois Rivières48539 km NW2,10069.5ServedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 45 % · humidity 0 %
Les Vans07505 km NW2,66273.8ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 0 %
Lamastre07510 km NW2,32768.8ServedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 84 % · humidity 0 %
Argelès-Gazost65793 km W2,76164.1ServedCooler summers and colder winters.summer 41 % · winter 84 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Aups83316 km NW2,19269.5ServedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 64 % · humidity 0 %
Les Vans07505 km NW2,66273.8ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 0 %
Lamastre07510 km NW2,32768.8ServedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 84 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Agrève07523 km NW2,27767.8ServedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 %
Florac Trois Rivières48539 km NW2,10069.5ServedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 45 % · humidity 0 %
Argelès-Gazost65793 km W2,76164.1ServedCooler summers and colder winters.summer 41 % · winter 84 %

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