Corbara

Identity

Corbara (INSEE 2B093) is in Haute-Corse (2B), part of CC de l'Ile-Rousse - Balagne. Population 962 (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/2B093-corbara

Vitality score

Vitality score 52.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 89 % of the 14,576 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SPIGA CORBARA). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (E. LECLERC). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (SAVELLI AMBROISE · I GHJUNCHI · THONGCHAIYA KANNA · LA VIEILLE GARE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (I GHJUNCHI). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Cinema (FOGATA). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CREDIT MUTUEL). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (ANDREE COIFFURE A DOMICILE). ^[3,4]

9 × Hotel. ^[3,4]

3 × Campsite (CAMPING LE BODRI · BODRI BUNGALOW · LE BALANEA). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Supermarket, 1 × Restaurant, 2 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 981 (2012) → 962 (2023): -1.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 583 (1990) → 962 (2023): 65 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,191, of which 59.3 % second homes and 0.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Corbara): 1.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (L'Île-Rousse): 2.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (L'Île-Rousse): 2.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (L'Île-Rousse): 2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Corbara): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 1 day at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ILE ROUSSE weather station, 2.4 km away at 140 m; the village itself is at 289 m. ^[10]

The village sits 149 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 19 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ILE ROUSSE, 2.4 km away at 140 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 149 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 458 mm of rain a year, spread over 56 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ILE ROUSSE, 2.4 km away at 140 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B093/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B093/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B093/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B093/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B093
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B134
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024