Urtaca

Identity

Urtaca (INSEE 2B332) is in Haute-Corse (2B), part of CC de l'Ile-Rousse - Balagne. Population 263 (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/2B332-urtaca

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 96 % of the 17,415 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (COSTA ET FILS). ^[3]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CHEZ MYSSIA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BAR DE LA PLACE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE URTACA). ^[3]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 187 (2012) → 263 (2023): 40.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 155 (1990) → 263 (2023): 69.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 281, of which 48 % second homes and 1.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Pietralba): 6.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pietralba): 5.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Florent): 14.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Florent): 14.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Urtaca): 0.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 10 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PIETRALBA weather station, 6.1 km away at 510 m; the village itself is at 377 m. ^[11]

The village sits 133 m below 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 6 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PIETRALBA, 6.1 km away at 510 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 133 m above 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 663 mm of rain a year, spread over 70 days — about 9.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PIETRALBA, 6.1 km away at 510 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 — 2B332/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B332/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B332/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B332/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B223
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B298
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B332
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024