Castifao
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 26.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 86 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Castifao (INSEE 2B080) is in Haute-Corse (2B), part of CC Pasquale Paoli. Population 168 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 26.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 86 % of the 14,884 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0.75 | 20 | 14.97 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.73 | 10 | 7.26 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (U PASTURELLU · PTITBOU). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 2 | U PASTURELLU · PTITBOU | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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
Population 160 (2012) → 168 (2023): 5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 137 (1990) → 168 (2023): 22.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 231, of which 60.6 % second homes and 0 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Pietralba): 7.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Pietralba): 7.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Morosaglia): 9 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Morosaglia): 8.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Moltifao): 1.8 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 16 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the PIETRALBA weather station, 6.4 km away at 510 m; the village itself is at 537 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at PIETRALBA, 6.4 km away at 510 m, over 30 summers. [11]
An average of 663 mm of rain a year, spread over 70 days — about 9.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at PIETRALBA, 6.4 km away at 510 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B080/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B080/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B080/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B080/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B223
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B169
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B162
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomino | 2B | 56 km NE | 184 | 25.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 82 % · humidity 0 % |
| Chipilly | 80 | 961 km NW | 172 | 26.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 % |
| Albertacce | 2B | 22 km SW | 196 | 24.8 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 12 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer | 76 | 1,036 km NW | 181 | 20.3 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 % |
| Balogna | 2A | 46 km SW | 135 | 18.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 % |
| Soccia | 2A | 39 km SW | 160 | 26.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 57 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albertacce | 2B | 22 km SW | 196 | 24.8 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 12 % · humidity 71 % |
| Soccia | 2A | 39 km SW | 160 | 26.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 57 % · humidity 71 % |
| Balogna | 2A | 46 km SW | 135 | 18.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 % |
| Tomino | 2B | 56 km NE | 184 | 25.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 82 % · humidity 0 % |
| Chipilly | 80 | 961 km NW | 172 | 26.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer | 76 | 1,036 km NW | 181 | 20.3 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 Castifao'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lama | 2B | 9.4 km NE | 155 | 24.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Murzo | 2A | 44 km SW | 98 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ghisoni | 2B | 45 km S | 182 | 27.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Soulatgé | 11 | 542 km W | 126 | 21.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Montegrosso | 2B | 20 km W | 413 | 35.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Albières | 11 | 544 km W | 117 | 21.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
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