Speloncato

Identity

Speloncato (INSEE 2B290) is in Haute-Corse (2B), part of CC de l'Ile-Rousse - Balagne. Population 261 (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/2B290-speloncato

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 17,386 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (U RICASSU). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LA VOUTE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SPELONCATO AP). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 285 (2012) → 261 (2023): -8.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 194 (1990) → 261 (2023): 34.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 399, of which 64.4 % second homes and 0.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Monticello): 8.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Speloncato): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ville-di-Paraso): 0.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (L'Île-Rousse): 8.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Belgodère): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 2 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the ILE ROUSSE weather station, 9.3 km away at 140 m; the village itself is at 519 m. ^[13]

The village sits 379 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 9 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at ILE ROUSSE, 9.3 km away at 140 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 379 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 563 mm of rain a year, spread over 67 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at BELGODERE-GEND, 4.5 km away at 286 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B290/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B290/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B290/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B290/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B168
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B290
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B352
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B134
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B034
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024