Volpajola

Identity

Volpajola (INSEE 2B355) is in Haute-Corse (2B), part of CC de la Castagniccia-Casinca. Population 418 (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/2B355-volpajola

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 91 % of the 17,955 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (BRASSERIE U MULINCHESE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (TABAC BERGHEN RP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (G COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, 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 453 (2012) → 418 (2023): -7.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 275 (1990) → 418 (2023): 52 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 254, of which 30.3 % second homes and 0.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Borgo): 7.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Volpajola): 2.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lucciana): 6.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Lucciana): 7.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Volpajola): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 2 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CAMPILE_SAPC weather station, 3.5 km away at 499 m; the village itself is at 386 m. ^[11]

The village sits 113 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 9 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BASTIA, 10.7 km away at 10 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 376 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 1,068 mm of rain a year, spread over 75 days — about 14.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CAMPILE, 3.4 km away at 484 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 — 2B355/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B355/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B355/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B355/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B042
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B355
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B148
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024