Omessa

Identity

Omessa (INSEE 2B193) is in Haute-Corse (2B), part of CC Pasquale Paoli. Population 595 (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/2B193-omessa

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 91 % of the 17,131 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 × Butcher (boucherie) (FRANCESCHINI AUGUSTIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPI MARKET). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (SANDR'AGO · IN CASA FRANCARDO). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BAR DU CENTRE). ^[4]

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

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

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

1 × Campsite (CAMPING CAMPITA). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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 536 (2012) → 595 (2023): 11 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 517 (1990) → 595 (2023): 15.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 520, of which 39.6 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Corte): 7.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Omessa): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Corte): 8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Morosaglia): 10.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Omessa): 3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 51 days a year at or above 30 °C and 10 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the RUSIO weather station, 5.6 km away at 863 m; the village itself is at 439 m. ^[11]

The village sits 424 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CORTE_FDF, 8.2 km away at 362 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 77 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 737 mm of rain a year, spread over 77 days — about 9.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CASTIRLA, 5.4 km away at 376 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B193/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B193/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B193/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B193/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B096
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B193
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B169
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024