Ortale
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 18.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 96 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Ortale (INSEE 2B194) is in Haute-Corse (2B), part of CC de la Costa Verde. Population 25 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/2B194-ortale
Vitality score
Vitality score 18.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 96 % of the 1,434 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.97 | 10 | 9.71 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (AUBERGE CHEZ FRANCOIS). [4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | AUBERGE CHEZ FRANCOIS | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 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
Population 26 (2012) → 25 (2023): -3.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 17 (1990) → 25 (2023): 47.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 58, of which 75.9 % second homes and 0 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Cervione): 5.9 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Cervione): 5.8 km to the east (straight line). [8]
GP (Cervione): 6 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (San-Nicolao): 10.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Valle-d'Alesani): 1.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 2 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ALISTRO weather station, 11.6 km away at 65 m; the village itself is at 440 m. [11]
The village sits 375 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 19 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ALISTRO, 11.6 km away at 65 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 375 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 987 mm of rain a year, spread over 76 days — about 13 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at PIETRA-DI-VERDE, 2.9 km away at 440 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B194/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B194/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B194/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B194/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B087
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B313
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B334
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monacia-d'Orezza | 2B | 7.6 km N | 25 | 7.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 47 % · humidity 64 % |
| Carticasi | 2B | 12 km NW | 25 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 59 % · humidity 0 % |
| Orus | 09 | 650 km W | 23 | 7.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| Caudiès-de-Conflent | 66 | 596 km W | 23 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| Mayrègne | 31 | 729 km W | 28 | 9.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| Campana | 2B | 9.9 km NW | 22 | 1.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 50 % · humidity 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monacia-d'Orezza | 2B | 7.6 km N | 25 | 7.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 47 % · humidity 64 % |
| Campana | 2B | 9.9 km NW | 22 | 1.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 50 % · humidity 0 % |
| Carticasi | 2B | 12 km NW | 25 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 59 % · humidity 0 % |
| Caudiès-de-Conflent | 66 | 596 km W | 23 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| Orus | 09 | 650 km W | 23 | 7.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| Mayrègne | 31 | 729 km W | 28 | 9.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · 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 Ortale'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Costa | 2B | 45 km NW | 49 | 6.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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