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This town in Corse-du-Sud, Corsica has a population of 1,389.
Eccica-Suarella’s strongest is jobs & income: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 6.7% unemployment. Housing is expensive (D): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 45% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car: 56% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Holiday and other second homes account for nearly a quarter of homes.
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. Eccica-Suarella 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 2 things Eccica-Suarella does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Eccica-Suarella 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.
Eccica-Suarella has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Eccica-Suarella as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pont génois de Zippitoli, in Bastelica, 7 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Eccica-Suarella.
At the census, 3.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Corse-du-Sud’s towns (6.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Of those in the labour force, 6.7% 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.
Eccica-Suarella recorded 14 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Among the homes sold, 71% were houses.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The share aged 15 to 24 is 8.7%. 34% of adults hold a degree, higher than both Corse-du-Sud’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (30%). The under-15s are 17% of the population here.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Corse-du-Sud 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Eccica-Suarella | Corse-du-Sud median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 8.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 25% | 24% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 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.
2 GPs practise in Eccica-Suarella. At birth, a girl in Corse-du-Sud can expect 87.2 years and a boy 82.1 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 82 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 94: 13% below.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Eccica-Suarella. Best known first.
Nothing in Eccica-Suarella is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Eccica-Suarella yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eccica-Suarella | 1,389 | — | — | D | — | B− |
| Bastelicaccia | 4,411 | 2.2 | B− | D− | A+ | B− |
| Grosseto-Prugna | 3,900 | 3.6 | B+ | D− | B | B+ |
| Sarrola-Carcopino | 3,278 | 5.1 | B− | D− | C+ | A |
| Afa | 3,350 | 6.1 | — | D− | — | C |
| Ajaccio | 76,320 | 7.2 | A | D | B+ | B |
| Alata | 3,681 | 7.9 | — | D | — | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Eccica-Suarella has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.3 recorded violent incidents and 4.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Corse-du-Sud, Corsica
Eccica-Suarella is a commune of 1,389 people in the Communauté de communes Celavu-Prunelli. 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) · 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 9, 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.