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The town, home to 1,749 people, lies in Corse-du-Sud, Corsica.
Appietto’s strongest subject is jobs & income (B+) — 0.2 jobs per working resident; 6.0% unemployment. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 13.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car: 28% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 1% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Second homes make up 37% of its housing.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Appietto has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Appietto does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Appietto with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Appietto has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Appietto as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de la Punta, in Alata, 3.7 mi away.
4.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Appietto.
After tax and benefits, the median income is €29,280 a year per consumption unit. 1.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Corse-du-Sud’s towns (6.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Of those in the labour force, 6.0% are unemployed.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €14.42/m² a month, between Corse-du-Sud’s towns (€16.26/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €14.63/m² a month. Houses made up just over three fifths of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 25% of the town. Typical age in Appietto: 49.4, the median. Just over a quarter of adults hold a degree, near Corse-du-Sud’s towns (28%) and lower than compared French towns (30%).
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Corse-du-Sud 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Appietto | Corse-du-Sud median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.9% | 8.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 24% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Corse-du-Sud median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
137 deaths in Appietto between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 152: 10% below. Women in Corse-du-Sud live to 87.2 on average and men to 82.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Appietto is Ch Nd la Misericorde, 3.6 mi away.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Violence against people averaged 2.6 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 8.9. Police and gendarmerie recorded 16 offenses in Appietto in 2025. Of the graded crimes in the town, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 35.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Appietto is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Appietto as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appietto | 1,749 | — | — | D | — | C+ |
| Alata | 3,681 | 1.5 | — | D | — | C+ |
| Afa | 3,350 | 2.2 | — | D− | — | C |
| Sarrola-Carcopino | 3,278 | 3.1 | B− | D− | C+ | A |
| Ajaccio | 76,320 | 4.6 | A | D | B+ | B |
| Bastelicaccia | 4,411 | 6.1 | B− | D− | A+ | B− |
| Grosseto-Prugna | 3,900 | 8.1 | B+ | D− | B | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Appietto has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Appietto grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Corse-du-Sud, Corsica
Appietto is a commune of 1,749 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Ajaccien. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 8, 2026. 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.