Pietraserena

Identity

Pietraserena (INSEE 2B226) is in Haute-Corse (2B), part of CC de l'Oriente. Population 62 (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/2B226-pietraserena

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 91 % of the 6,452 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

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

2 × Restaurant (SAN GHJUSEPPU · PIZZERIA CHEZ PAUL). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (SAN GHJUSEPPU). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 74 (2012) → 62 (2023): -16.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 92 (1990) → 62 (2023): -32.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 124, of which 63.7 % second homes and 2.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Tallone): 7.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vezzani): 10.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Venaco): 14.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Venaco): 14.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Piedicorte-di-Gaggio): 1.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the VENACO-GEND weather station, 14.2 km away at 615 m; the village itself is at 681 m. ^[12]

The village sits 66 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, 15.8 km away at 362 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 319 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, 6.4 km away at 575 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

5 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 169,070 € — 2,000 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Haute-Corse is 3,016 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B226/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B226/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B226/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B226/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
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025