Cargèse’s strongest subject is walkability (A−): 71% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 18% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 12.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs & income is weaker too: 0.8 jobs per working resident; 10.1% unemployment. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Cargèse 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.
Each subject compares Cargèse 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.
Tour d'Omigna: Photo: Jean-Christophe BENOIST · CC BY 3.0 · Église dite latine: Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT · CC BY 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cargèse.
HousingCost of living C−
Renting in Cargèse costs less than in both Corse-du-Sud’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €11.65/m² a month
€4,471/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €4,471/m², between Corse-du-Sud’s towns (€4,811/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses made up 59% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 34 homes in Cargèse.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Cargèse€4,471/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Corse-du-Sud median€4,811/m²
€11.65/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.27 to €14.65/m² a month)
12.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.72/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,850
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Spelunca-Liamone
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
More commuters in Cargèse walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Corse-du-Sud’s towns or compared French towns: 17.6%
18%walk, cycle or take transit
The median disposable income was €23,250 a year per consumption unit, below both Corse-du-Sud’s towns (€24,550) and compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 5.5% of working residents in Cargèse at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving76%
On foot15%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
400
jobs based in Cargèse, 0.8 per working resident
10.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,250
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 81% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Older residents shape Cargèse: 32% are 65 or over, above Corse-du-Sud’s towns and compared French towns
52.4median age
13% are under 15, below both Corse-du-Sud’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 6.7% of the town. Half the people of Cargèse are older than 52.4.
CargèseCorse-du-Sud medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Corse-du-Sud 51.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Corse-du-Sud median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C
Cargèse is 16.3 mi from the nearest emergency department
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 186 residents of Cargèse died, against 167 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% more. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Cargèse records 96 deaths per 100 expected. For a family doctor, residents of Cargèse can choose among 8 GPs. Life expectancy at birth in Corse-du-Sud is 87.2 years for women and 82.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw111
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Cargèse · 14.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
16.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Nd la Misericorde
16.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Nd la Misericorde
87.2 · 82.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Corse-du-Sud, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Cargèse: 16% were built before 1919, more than in both Corse-du-Sud’s towns and compared French towns
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Most of the list is churches, chapels and other religious buildings: 2 of 3. Among the classé monuments in Cargèse is Église Saint-Spiridon dite grecque. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments here: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Cargèse has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Cargèse. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 4 cases of violence against people and 17.7 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Police and gendarmerie recorded 13 offenses here in 2025.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage13
Armed robbery0
Theft from vehicles0
Fraud8
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.
4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
30.4%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
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, 30.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Cargèse is a commune of 1,150 people in the Communauté de communes Spelunca-Liamone. 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
Population
1,150 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Spelunca-Liamone
Département
Corse-du-Sud (2A)
Région
Corsica
Area
18 sq mi (46.6 km²)
INSEE code
2A065
Cargèse’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
