Poggio-Mezzana

Identity

Poggio-Mezzana (INSEE 2B242) is in Haute-Corse (2B), part of CC de la Costa Verde. Population 885 (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/2B242-poggio-mezzana

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 15,080 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAGALIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EC FAR). ^[3,4]

7 × Restaurant (L'ETOILE DES MERS · PIZZA U BIBU · LE PODGIO · MTAM). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE KLUB CARAVELLE). ^[4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT LEVOLLE MARINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MIAMI PLAGE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), 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 626 (2012) → 885 (2023): 41.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 360 (1990) → 885 (2023): 145.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,482, of which 67.5 % second homes and 3.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Poggio-Mezzana): 2.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Velone-Orneto): 1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (San-Nicolao): 3.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (San-Nicolao): 4.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Velone-Orneto): 0.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 49 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SCATA weather station, 7.2 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 316 m. ^[11]

The village sits 131 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 12 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BASTIA, 15.6 km away at 10 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 306 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 994 mm of rain a year, spread over 65 days — about 15.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at FOLELLI, 4.9 km away at 16 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 — 2B242/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B242/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B242/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B242/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B242
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B340
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B313
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024