Popolasca
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 17.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Popolasca (INSEE 2B244) is in Haute-Corse (2B), part of CC Pasquale Paoli. Population 41 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 17.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 90 % of the 3,513 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.82 | 10 | 8.23 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | 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
Population 50 (2012) → 41 (2023): -18 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 31 (1990) → 41 (2023): 32.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 56, of which 55.4 % second homes and 0 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Morosaglia): 6.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Omessa): 6 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Morosaglia): 7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Morosaglia): 6.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Omessa): 6.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 52 days a year at or above 30 °C and 101 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the MOROSAGLIA-GEND weather station, 6.7 km away at 198 m; the village itself is at 657 m. [10]
The village sits 459 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at PIETRALBA, 12.5 km away at 510 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 147 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 737 mm of rain a year, spread over 77 days — about 9.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at CASTIRLA, 5.9 km away at 376 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B244/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B244/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B244/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B244/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B169
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B193
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lavillatte | 07 | 490 km NW | 44 | 7.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Berbezit | 43 | 545 km NW | 45 | 7.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sainte-Eulalie | 48 | 526 km NW | 37 | 8.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 3 % · humidity 86 % |
| Prato-di-Giovellina | 2B | 2.8 km E | 52 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Barrancoueu | 65 | 721 km W | 40 | 9.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bilia | 2A | 92 km S | 54 | 17 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 4 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prato-di-Giovellina | 2B | 2.8 km E | 52 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bilia | 2A | 92 km S | 54 | 17 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 4 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lavillatte | 07 | 490 km NW | 44 | 7.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sainte-Eulalie | 48 | 526 km NW | 37 | 8.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 3 % · humidity 86 % |
| Berbezit | 43 | 545 km NW | 45 | 7.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Barrancoueu | 65 | 721 km W | 40 | 9.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 % |
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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 Popolasca'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prato-di-Giovellina | 2B | 2.8 km E | 52 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sivergues | 84 | 340 km NW | 39 | 5.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Castiglione | 2B | 1.7 km S | 40 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saléon | 05 | 344 km NW | 79 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Montrond | 05 | 349 km NW | 90 | 15.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
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