Venzolasca

Identity

Venzolasca (INSEE 2B343) is in Haute-Corse (2B), part of CC de la Castagniccia-Casinca. Population 1,874 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/2B343-venzolasca

Vitality score

Vitality score 56.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 87 % of the 10,027 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SANTA LUCIA). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (TERRA ANTICA-LA RUCHE FONCIERE). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (MAONA · A COSTA · A GIOIA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (U SANT'ANGHJULU). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE CRUCIATA). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE SORBO OCAGNANO · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE VENZOLASCA VILLAGE). ^[3]

6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DOMINIQUE LEPARC, MÉDECIN · MATHIEU GERONIMI, MÉDECIN · JEAN SENCY, MÉDECIN · JEAN-NOEL CORAZZI, MÉDECIN · AURELIEN NEGRONI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE QUERCIOLO). ^[3,4]

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

3 × Hairdresser (SALON JULIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (VILLAGE DE VACANCES SANDAYA CAP SUD). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie).

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,657 (2012) → 1,874 (2023): 13.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,162 (1990) → 1,874 (2023): 61.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,482, of which 33 % second homes and 13.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Sorbo-Ocagnano): 0.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vescovato): 1.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Venzolasca): 1.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Vescovato): 1.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Venzolasca): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 5 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BASTIA weather station, 6.7 km away at 10 m; the village itself is at 204 m. ^[11]

The village sits 194 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 17 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BASTIA, 6.7 km away at 10 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 194 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 994 mm of rain a year, spread over 65 days — about 15.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at FOLELLI, 6.6 km away at 16 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B343/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B343/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B343/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B343/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B286
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B346
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B343
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024