Venaco

Haute-Corse · CC du Centre Corse · INSEE 2B341

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Served 60.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Venaco (INSEE 2B341) is in Haute-Corse (2B), part of CC du Centre Corse. Population 644 (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/2B341-venaco

Vitality score

Vitality score 60.2/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 98 % of the 16,766 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	0.5	25	12.47
Social	0.91	20	18.15
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.55	10	5.49
Housing mix	0.17	5	0.84

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 2 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON ESPOSITO · LE PAIN DES AMIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE VENACO). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (PETRA PIANA · RESTAURANT DE LA PLACE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (BAR CENTRAL). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARC BROCHARD, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU VENACAIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (E CASELLE · HOTEL U FRASCONE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (FERME DE PERIDUNDELLU). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	MAISON ESPOSITO · LE PAIN DES AMIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	EPICERIE VENACO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	3	PETRA PIANA · RESTAURANT DE LA PLACE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	BAR CENTRAL	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	MARC BROCHARD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU VENACAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	2	E CASELLE · HOTEL U FRASCONE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Campsite	1	FERME DE PERIDUNDELLU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 886 2023: 644 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 763 (2012) → 644 (2023): -15.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 614 (1990) → 644 (2023): 4.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 664, of which 41.6 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Venaco): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Venaco): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Venaco): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Venaco): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Venaco): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 31.7

Days at or below 0 °C 20.3

Muggy days a summer 0.5

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the VENACO-GEND weather station, 0.1 km away at 615 m; the village itself is at 580 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at CORTE_FDF, 7.3 km away at 362 m, over 20 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 218 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 1,048 mm of rain a year, spread over 87 days — about 12 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at VENACO-GEND, 0.1 km away at 615 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B341/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B341/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B341/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B341/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B341
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
Saint-Honoré-les-Bains	58	669 km NW	678	58.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Verteuil-sur-Charente	16	826 km NW	580	53.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Nectaire	63	620 km NW	822	65.4	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %
Thiézac	15	608 km NW	590	58.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 31 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Saulge	58	702 km NW	650	57	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Aregno	2B	45 km NW	588	52.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 74 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Aregno	2B	45 km NW	588	52.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 74 % · humidity 0 %
Thiézac	15	608 km NW	590	58.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 31 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Nectaire	63	620 km NW	822	65.4	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Honoré-les-Bains	58	669 km NW	678	58.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Saulge	58	702 km NW	650	57	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Verteuil-sur-Charente	16	826 km NW	580	53.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · 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 Venaco'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
Saint-Gervais-sur-Mare	34	523 km W	859	60.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Levie	2A	59 km S	674	70.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Lucie-de-Tallano	2A	60 km S	363	64.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Graissessac	34	520 km W	554	47.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Camarès	12	541 km W	1,030	44.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Génolhac	30	484 km NW	815	64.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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