Piedicroce

Identity

Piedicroce (INSEE 2B219) is in Haute-Corse (2B), part of CC de la Castagniccia-Casinca. Population 81 (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/2B219-piedicroce

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 98 % of the 8,579 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (ALFONSI). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BAR LES ORMEAUX). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Hotel (LE REFUGE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 127 (2012) → 81 (2023): -36.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 91 (1990) → 81 (2023): -11 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 157, of which 52.2 % second homes and 15.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Verdèse): 2.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Piedicroce): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (San-Nicolao): 11.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (San-Nicolao): 13.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Piedicroce): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LA PORTA-GEND weather station, 5.6 km away at 522 m; the village itself is at 624 m. ^[11]

The village sits 102 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 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CORTE_FDF, 17.9 km away at 362 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 262 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 1,148 mm of rain a year, spread over 86 days — about 13.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at FELCE, 5 km away at 810 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 — 2B219/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B219/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B219/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B219/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B344
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B219
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B313
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024