Piedicorte-di-Gaggio

Identity

Piedicorte-di-Gaggio (INSEE 2B218) is in Haute-Corse (2B), part of CC de l'Oriente. Population 114 (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/2B218-piedicorte-di-gaggio

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 99 % of the 11,753 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]

2 × Restaurant (U FUCONE RESTAURATION · LA TABLE D'ELISE). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LEONE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PIEDICORTE DI GAGGIO). ^[3]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser, 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 103 (2012) → 114 (2023): 10.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 129 (1990) → 114 (2023): -11.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 185, of which 62.2 % second homes and 3.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Tallone): 9.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vezzani): 9.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Venaco): 12.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Venaco): 12.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Piedicorte-di-Gaggio): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 24 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the VENACO-GEND weather station, 12.7 km away at 615 m; the village itself is at 735 m. ^[12]

The village sits 120 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 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at CORTE_FDF, 14.5 km away at 362 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 373 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 1,068 mm of rain a year, spread over 84 days — about 12.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MATRA, 7.3 km away at 575 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B218/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B218/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B218/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B218/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B320
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B347
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B341
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B218
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024