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Corsica · Département 2A

Find your town in Corse-du-Sud

Corse-du-Sud has 124 towns and villages, each with its page. Its 11 towns of 2,500 or more are graded against towns across France on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more; 15 of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades.

9graded towns
1grade A− or better
124towns and villages
Ajacciolargest · 76,320
Corse-du-Sud at a glance

What Corse-du-Sud is like

The median ranked town in Corse-du-Sud grades highest on schools and safety against towns across France, and lowest on cost of living. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.

The median town, subject by subjectThe median ranked town in Corse-du-Sud against French towns · the line marks the median French town
The finder

Find a town that’s…

9 towns · ordered by Corse-du-Sud rank

A

Ajaccio

Large town · 76,320 people · #514 of 3,798 nationally

StrongestASchoolsAWalkabilityLowestDCost of living
B+

Grosseto-Prugna

Town · 3,900 people · #984 of 3,798 nationally

StrongestA+Jobs & incomeA−SchoolsLowestD−Cost of living
B−

Sarrola-Carcopino

Town · 3,278 people · #1,723 of 3,798 nationally

StrongestAHealthA−SchoolsLowestD−Cost of living
B−

Bastelicaccia

Town · 4,411 people · #1,855 of 3,798 nationally

StrongestA+SafetyB+Jobs & incomeLowestD−Cost of living
C+

Sartène

Town · 3,742 people · #2,266 of 3,798 nationally

StrongestASafetyBWalkabilityLowestDHealth
C

Bonifacio

Town · 3,344 people · #2,675 of 3,798 nationally

StrongestA+SchoolsB−SafetyLowestD−Cost of living
C−

Propriano

Town · 3,996 people · #3,060 of 3,798 nationally

StrongestA−WalkabilityBSafetyLowestD−Cost of living
D

Zonza

Town · 2,989 people · #3,356 of 3,798 nationally

StrongestB+HealthCJobs & incomeLowestDCost of living
D−

Porto-Vecchio

Town · 11,198 people · #3,665 of 3,798 nationally

StrongestASchoolsC+Jobs & incomeLowestD−Cost of living

2 of these towns have a Safety Grade with a caution: between 10% and 25% of their index uses the département’s average for crimes too few to publish.

No overall grade

Towns without an overall grade

Each has its page and the subject grades it has. In France an overall grade needs a Safety Grade, and five graded subjects in all.

Every town and village

113 smaller towns and villages in Corse-du-Sud

With the 11 towns of 2,500 or more above, these are all 124 communes of Corse-du-Sud, A to Z. Towns of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades on their page (the figure is the population); villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades. The search at the top finds these too.

98 villages under 1,000 people, A to Z: their page, no grades
Next door

Départements next to Corse-du-Sud

The départements that share a border with it: each one’s communes, and how many of its towns have an overall grade.

Questions about Corse-du-Sud

What is the best place to live in Corse-du-Sud?

Ajaccio ranks first of 9 graded towns of 2,500 or more: schools (A) and walkability (A) are its strongest grades; cost of living (D) is its lowest. Grosseto-Prugna and Sarrola-Carcopino follow.

How do the biggest towns in Corse-du-Sud grade?

Ajaccio (76,320 people) grades A overall, with its best grade in schools. Porto-Vecchio (11,198 people) grades D− overall, with its best grade in schools.

How are these towns ranked?

By the overall grade, which blends six graded subjects (cost of living, safety, schools, health, jobs and income, walkability) from public data, each comparing a town with every French town of 1,000 or more. The rank is among the towns of 2,500 or more in Corse-du-Sud, where five or more have an overall grade.

Is every commune in Corse-du-Sud on TownRatings?

Yes: all 124 have their page, listed on this page. Grading depends on size: the 11 towns of 2,500 or more get every grade we can give them, the 15 of 1,000 to 2,499 get subject grades, and the 98 villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades.

Why isn’t my town ranked?

The ranking covers towns of 2,500 or more with an overall grade. Afa and Alata have no overall grade; their pages show the grades they have, and why.

Photos: Ajaccio, Einaz80 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Grosseto-Prugna, Gwentux (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Sarrola-Carcopino, Didiphor (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Sartène, Isiwal (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Bonifacio, Carsten Steger (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Propriano, Patrick Nouhailler's… (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Zonza, Pierre Bona (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Porto-Vecchio, Jean-Pol GRANDMONT (CC BY 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons.

Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, run #57 of November 4, 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (population). Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.