Pie-d'Orezza

Haute-Corse · CC de la Castagniccia-Casinca · INSEE 2B222

A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.

No daily shops 18.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pie-d'Orezza (INSEE 2B222) is in Haute-Corse (2B), part of CC de la Castagniccia-Casinca. Population 35 (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/2B222-pie-d-orezza

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 2,719 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.4	10	3.97
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3]

1 × Café / bar (CHEZ AURELE). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CHEZ AURELE	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

1968: 58 2023: 35 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 36 (2012) → 35 (2023): -2.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 39 (1990) → 35 (2023): -10.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 78, of which 78.2 % second homes and 0 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Primary school — 1.1 km EBakery — 2.5 km NGP — 12.2 km EPharmacy — 14.4 km E Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Verdèse): 2.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pie-d'Orezza): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (San-Nicolao): 12.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (San-Nicolao): 14.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Piedicroce): 1.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.3

Days at or below 0 °C 27.8

Muggy days a summer 0.5

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LA PORTA-GEND weather station, 5.7 km away at 522 m; the village itself is at 610 m. ^[12]

The village sits 88 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 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at CORTE_FDF, 16.9 km away at 362 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 248 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 1,026 mm of rain a year, spread over 80 days — about 12.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LA PORTA-GEND, 5.7 km away at 522 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B222/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B222/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B222/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B222/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B344
INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B222
INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B313
INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B219
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
Comus	11	613 km W	33	2.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 3 % · humidity 93 %
Ortale	2B	8.4 km SE	25	18.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 65 % · humidity 0 %
Montgreleix	15	616 km NW	31	0.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Niort-de-Sault	11	604 km W	34	1.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Grust	65	770 km W	38	19.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 66 %
Muracciole	2B	27 km SW	33	11.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ortale	2B	8.4 km SE	25	18.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 65 % · humidity 0 %
Muracciole	2B	27 km SW	33	11.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Niort-de-Sault	11	604 km W	34	1.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Comus	11	613 km W	33	2.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 3 % · humidity 93 %
Montgreleix	15	616 km NW	31	0.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Grust	65	770 km W	38	19.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 66 %

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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 Pie-d'Orezza'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
Joucou	11	597 km W	30	8.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Polveroso	2B	3.3 km N	31	11.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Stazzona	2B	1.4 km E	38	6.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Campana	2B	1.8 km N	22	1.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Lamanère	66	561 km W	62	19.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Ficaja	2B	5.6 km N	54	14.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

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