Soveria
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 19.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Soveria (INSEE 2B289) is in Haute-Corse (2B), part of CC Pasquale Paoli. Population 109 (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/2B289-soveria
Vitality score
Vitality score 19.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 78 % of the 11,356 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 | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| 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 × Restaurant (SARL PIZZERIA U PASSU). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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 | 1 | SARL PIZZERIA U PASSU | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 120 (2012) → 109 (2023): -9.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 59 (1990) → 109 (2023): 84.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 101, of which 51.5 % second homes and 0 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Corte): 4.9 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Omessa): 4.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Corte): 5.7 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Calacuccia): 11.7 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Omessa): 4.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 54 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the CORTE U SERENU weather station, 6.3 km away at 400 m; the village itself is at 509 m. [11]
The village sits 109 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 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at CORTE_FDF, 6.6 km away at 362 m, over 20 summers. [11]
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. [11]
An average of 737 mm of rain a year, spread over 77 days — about 9.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at CASTIRLA, 3.5 km away at 376 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B289/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B289/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B289/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B289/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B096
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B193
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B047
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fougaron | 31 | 677 km W | 109 | 23 | Few services | no figures |
| Aspres-lès-Corps | 05 | 373 km NW | 102 | 14.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 18 % · winter 26 % |
| Arcizans-Dessus | 65 | 765 km W | 116 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 93 % |
| Niedersteinbach | 67 | 750 km N | 124 | 13.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vèbre | 09 | 611 km W | 113 | 15.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Serriera | 2A | 38 km W | 113 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 23 % · humidity 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serriera | 2A | 38 km W | 113 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 23 % · humidity 0 % |
| Aspres-lès-Corps | 05 | 373 km NW | 102 | 14.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 18 % · winter 26 % |
| Vèbre | 09 | 611 km W | 113 | 15.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fougaron | 31 | 677 km W | 109 | 23 | Few services | no figures |
| Niedersteinbach | 67 | 750 km N | 124 | 13.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Arcizans-Dessus | 65 | 765 km W | 116 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 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 Soveria'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castirla | 2B | 2.3 km NW | 166 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Beauvoisin | 26 | 386 km NW | 141 | 13.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vallérargues | 30 | 437 km NW | 132 | 22.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Roque-en-Provence | 06 | 243 km NW | 67 | 24.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Plaisians | 26 | 374 km NW | 209 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sourribes | 04 | 323 km NW | 174 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
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