Rapale

Identity

Rapale (INSEE 2B257) is in Haute-Corse (2B), part of CC Nebbiu - Conca d'Oro. Population 162 (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/2B257-rapale

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 98 % of the 14,666 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 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3]

3 × Restaurant (I FRATELLI · LA PISCINE DU NEBBIU). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (I FRATELLI). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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 148 (2012) → 162 (2023): 9.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 102 (1990) → 162 (2023): 58.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 151, of which 42.4 % second homes and 4.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Olmeta-di-Tuda): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Rapale): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Oletta): 6.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Florent): 10.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Murato): 2.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the OLETTA weather station, 4.9 km away at 75 m; the village itself is at 370 m. ^[13]

The village sits 295 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at OLETTA, 4.9 km away at 75 m, over 19 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 295 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 737 mm of rain a year, spread over 71 days — about 10.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at MURATO-BOURG, 2.3 km away at 530 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

What property sold for

11 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 210,000 € — 3,333 € per m² of built surface. ^[14]

The median across Haute-Corse is 3,016 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[14]

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 — 2B257/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B257/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B257/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B257/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B188
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B257
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B185
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B298
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B172
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
14. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025