Moltifao

Identity

Moltifao (INSEE 2B162) is in Haute-Corse (2B), part of CC Pasquale Paoli. Population 735 (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/2B162-moltifao

Vitality score

Vitality score 40/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 16,181 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LE FERMIER · RESTAURANT TIZARELLA · U MULINU). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (U CACCIANINCU). ^[4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE MOLTIFAO). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MOLTIFAO AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (AUDREY COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (TIZZARELLA · CAMPING CABANELLA). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 734 (2012) → 735 (2023): 0.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 427 (1990) → 735 (2023): 72.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 639, of which 46.8 % second homes and 0 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Morosaglia): 7.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Morosaglia): 7.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Morosaglia): 7.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Morosaglia): 7.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Moltifao): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 11 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PIETRALBA weather station, 7.3 km away at 510 m; the village itself is at 407 m. ^[10]

The village sits 103 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at PIETRALBA, 7.3 km away at 510 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 103 m above 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 663 mm of rain a year, spread over 70 days — about 9.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PIETRALBA, 7.3 km away at 510 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B162/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B162/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B162/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B162/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B169
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B162
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024