Pietralba

Haute-Corse · CC de l'Ile-Rousse - Balagne · INSEE 2B223

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 55.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pietralba (INSEE 2B223) is in Haute-Corse (2B), part of CC de l'Ile-Rousse - Balagne. Population 507 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 55.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 17,761 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	0.53	25	13.19
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.21	5	1.03

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (COPADIS - LES PORTES DE LA BALAGNE). ^[3,4]

3 × Butcher (boucherie) (A CASANA · LE COCHON D'OR · CHARCUTERIE FERMIERE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (CORSE PANETIERE DISTRIBUTION LES PORTES DE LA BALAGNE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (PIETRALBA AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (STUDIO ROCOCO). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	COPADIS - LES PORTES DE LA BALAGNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	3	A CASANA · LE COCHON D'OR · CHARCUTERIE FERMIERE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	CORSE PANETIERE DISTRIBUTION LES PORTES DE LA BALAGNE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	PIETRALBA AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	STUDIO ROCOCO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 384 2023: 507 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 430 (2012) → 507 (2023): 17.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 244 (1990) → 507 (2023): 107.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 436, of which 39.7 % second homes and 2.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 9.2 km SGP — 9.3 km S 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 (Pietralba): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pietralba): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Morosaglia): 9.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Morosaglia): 9.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Pietralba): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.7

Days at or below 0 °C 15.8▸

Muggy days a summer 3.5

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 16 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PIETRALBA weather station, 1.2 km away at 510 m; the village itself is at 498 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at PIETRALBA, 1.2 km away at 510 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 663 mm of rain a year, spread over 70 days — about 9.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PIETRALBA, 1.2 km away at 510 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

9 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 65,000 € — 1,017 € per m². ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B223/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B223/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B223/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B223/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B223
INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B169
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Tavera	2A	55 km S	453	44.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bédouès-Cocurès	48	492 km NW	457	44.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %
Ciron	36	775 km NW	520	38.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Monacia-d'Aullène	2A	116 km S	540	46.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %
Aulas	30	481 km W	456	33.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Chamalières-sur-Loire	43	511 km NW	506	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 11 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Tavera	2A	55 km S	453	44.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Monacia-d'Aullène	2A	116 km S	540	46.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %
Aulas	30	481 km W	456	33.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Bédouès-Cocurès	48	492 km NW	457	44.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %
Chamalières-sur-Loire	43	511 km NW	506	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 11 % · humidity 71 %
Ciron	36	775 km NW	520	38.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Pietralba'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
Vivario	2B	42 km S	409	36.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Axat	11	569 km W	479	52.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Moltifao	2B	8.5 km SW	735	40	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Montegrosso	2B	26 km W	413	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Riols	34	530 km W	708	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Tauriac	46	651 km NW	473	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

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