Loreto-di-Casinca

Haute-Corse · CC de la Castagniccia-Casinca · INSEE 2B145

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

Few services 38.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Loreto-di-Casinca (INSEE 2B145) is in Haute-Corse (2B), part of CC de la Castagniccia-Casinca. Population 188 (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 38.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 15,585 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.79	20	15.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.34	10	3.36
Housing mix	0.14	5	0.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

3 × Restaurant (PIZZERIA ALTA VISTA · U RATAGHJU). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LORETO DI CASINCA). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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)	1	MAMIE LILI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	3	PIZZERIA ALTA VISTA · U RATAGHJU	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LORETO DI CASINCA	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [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

1968: 430 2023: 188 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 230 (2012) → 188 (2023): -18.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 225 (1990) → 188 (2023): -16.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 220, of which 43.2 % second homes and 13.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 2.0 km NBakery — 2.4 km EGP — 3.9 km NE 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 (Sorbo-Ocagnano): 2.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Loreto-di-Casinca): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Venzolasca): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Vescovato): 2 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Loreto-di-Casinca): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 30.4

Days at or below 0 °C 50.2

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SCATA weather station, 5.4 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 624 m. ^[12]

The village sits 439 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BASTIA, 8.5 km away at 10 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 614 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,195 mm of rain a year, spread over 79 days — about 15.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SCATA, 5.4 km away at 185 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B145/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B145/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B145/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B145/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B286
INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B145
INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B343
INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B346
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
La Porta	2B	8.6 km SW	187	37.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Olivese	2A	77 km SW	221	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Villeneuve-les-Corbières	11	546 km W	253	41.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 29 %
Goumois	25	567 km N	181	37.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Milhars	81	638 km W	226	27.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 73 %
Barre-des-Cévennes	48	507 km NW	200	32.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Porta	2B	8.6 km SW	187	37.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Olivese	2A	77 km SW	221	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Barre-des-Cévennes	48	507 km NW	200	32.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Villeneuve-les-Corbières	11	546 km W	253	41.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 29 %
Goumois	25	567 km N	181	37.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Milhars	81	638 km W	226	27.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 73 %

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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 Loreto-di-Casinca'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
Saint-Félix-de-Sorgues	12	545 km W	204	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Casalabriva	2A	90 km SW	235	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Lacabarède	81	568 km W	288	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Lurais	36	819 km NW	226	15.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Barnas	07	489 km NW	209	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
La Vacquerie-et-Saint-Martin-de-Castries	34	506 km W	210	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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