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This town in Corse-du-Sud, Corsica has a population of 151.

Is Foce a good place to live?

There are no grades for Foce: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Two in five homes here are second homes.

What makes Foce stand out

The one thing Foce does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Foce’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Foce’s story

No historic monuments in Foce

The Culture ministry lists no building in Foce as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Pont de Spina-Cavallu sur le Rizzanèse (également sur commune de Sartène), in Arbellara, 2.9 mi away.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Foce.

Who lives here

Children make up only 12% of Foce, fewer than in Corse-du-Sud’s towns and across compared French towns

Just over a third of adults hold a degree, above Corse-du-Sud’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. The 15-to-24 age group makes up 7.2% of residents. Those 65 and older account for 19% of residents.

50.8median age
FoceCorse-du-Sud medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma23%
CAP or BEP16%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education34%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Corse-du-Sud 51.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Foce
FoceCorse-du-Sud medianFrance median
Under 1512%15%17%
15–247.2%8.7%11%
25–4420%24%23%
45–6441%28%26%
65+19%24%22%
No diploma23%19%19%
CAP or BEP16%22%26%
Baccalauréat19%24%18%
Higher education34%28%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Corse-du-Sud median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Foce has lower unemployment than Corse-du-Sud’s towns or compared French towns: 7.3%

3.7% 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. The median disposable income is €25,420 a year per consumption unit.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving95%
Public transport2%
On foot1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Foce, 0.2 per working resident
7.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,420
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
1%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

86.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, a point below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The closest collège is 2.1 mi off. At the lycées within 5 km of Foce, 94.0% passed the bac, in line with Corse-du-Sud’s towns (95.3%) and compared French towns (92.9%).

94%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Foce86.0%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Foce94.0%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Georges ClemenceauNearest collègeCollègeCollège4286%−1 pt
Lycée polyvalent Georges ClemenceauNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée5294%+2 pts
94%
passed the general and technological bac, +2 pts against the expected rate
86.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −1 pt against the expected rate
2.1 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent in Foce is €12.42/m² a month, against €16.26/m² in Corse-du-Sud’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

From July 2023 to June 2026, 4 homes were sold in Foce. Renting a house costs an estimated €10.56/m² a month.

€12.42/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Foce€12.42/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Corse-du-Sud median€16.26/m²
€12.42/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.87 to €15.63/m² a month)
€10.56/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Foce

12pages on Foce

Landmarks

Nothing in Foce is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Foce

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Foce yet.

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Foce’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Corse-du-Sud →
SartèneProprianoPorto-VecchioZonzaBonifacioSartèneProprianoPorto-VecchioZonzaBonifacioFoce
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Foce151—————
Sartène3,7422.7C+C−AD
Propriano3,9966.8C−D−BC
Porto-Vecchio11,19813D−D−DD−
Zonza2,98917DDCB+
Bonifacio3,34418CD−B−C

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Foce

Commune in Corse-du-Sud, Corsica

Foce is a commune of 151 people in the Communauté de communes du Sartenais Valinco Taravo. 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
151 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Sartenais Valinco Taravo
Département
Corse-du-Sud (2A)
Région
Corsica
Area
8 sq mi (20.8 km²)
INSEE code
2A115

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 4, 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.