Monticello
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 35.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 24 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Monticello (INSEE 2B168) is in Haute-Corse (2B), part of CC de l'Ile-Rousse - Balagne. Population 2,065 (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/2B168-monticello
Vitality score
Vitality score 35.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 24 % of the 9,401 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 | 0.26 | 25 | 6.56 |
| Social | 0.48 | 20 | 9.5 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.01 | 5 | 0.04 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (ACQUA E FARINA). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (HALL PRIMEURS BALAGNE). [3,4]
6 × Restaurant (SARL TROIS M · P'TIT THAI · A CASELLA). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MONTICELLO). [3]
5 × Hotel (HOTEL FUNTANA MARINA · HOTEL A PASTURELLA · HÔTEL A PIATTATELLA · MINERA · CASA PARADISU). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Supermarket, 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [4,3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | ACQUA E FARINA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 1 | HALL PRIMEURS BALAGNE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 6 | SARL TROIS M · P'TIT THAI · A CASELLA | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MONTICELLO | 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 | 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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 5 | HOTEL FUNTANA MARINA · HOTEL A PASTURELLA · HÔTEL A PIATTATELLA · MINERA · CASA PARADISU | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 1,740 (2012) → 2,065 (2023): 18.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 944 (1990) → 2,065 (2023): 118.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,991, of which 49.6 % second homes and 0.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Monticello): 1.6 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Monticello): 1.6 km to the north (straight line). [8]
GP (L'Île-Rousse): 1.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (L'Île-Rousse): 2.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Monticello): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 13 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, 3.3 km away at 140 m; the village itself is at 199 m. [10]
The village sits 59 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 24 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ILE ROUSSE, 3.3 km away at 140 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 59 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, 3.3 km away at 140 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B168/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B168/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B168/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B168/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B168
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B134
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Équemauville | 14 | 1,011 km NW | 1,574 | 30.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 61 % · humidity 0 % |
| Aureilhan | 40 | 839 km W | 1,146 | 35.3 | Few services | no figures |
| Ambleteuse | 62 | 1,068 km NW | 2,033 | 51.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 78 % · humidity 0 % |
| Malbuisson | 25 | 510 km NW | 903 | 52.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| Blainville-sur-Mer | 50 | 1,085 km NW | 1,600 | 40.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 76 % · humidity 0 % |
| Santa-Lucia-di-Moriani | 2B | 54 km SE | 1,514 | 49.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · humidity 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa-Lucia-di-Moriani | 2B | 54 km SE | 1,514 | 49.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · humidity 0 % |
| Malbuisson | 25 | 510 km NW | 903 | 52.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| Aureilhan | 40 | 839 km W | 1,146 | 35.3 | Few services | no figures |
| Équemauville | 14 | 1,011 km NW | 1,574 | 30.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 61 % · humidity 0 % |
| Ambleteuse | 62 | 1,068 km NW | 2,033 | 51.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 78 % · humidity 0 % |
| Blainville-sur-Mer | 50 | 1,085 km NW | 1,600 | 40.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 76 % · humidity 0 % |
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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 Monticello'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Èze | 06 | 179 km NW | 2,144 | 42.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Biriatou | 64 | 873 km W | 1,297 | 36.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Linguizzetta | 2B | 58 km SE | 1,166 | 48 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cervione | 2B | 54 km SE | 2,149 | 66.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Guéthary | 64 | 863 km W | 1,306 | 49.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Castellar | 06 | 177 km NW | 996 | 43.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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