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It skews older: 34% of residents are 65 or over. 1,289 people call this town in Corse-du-Sud, Corsica home.
Its weakest is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 12.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car: 31% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. 57% of homes here are second 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. Olmeto 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 Olmeto 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.
Olmeto has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 3 things Olmeto does most differently from other towns.
Olmeto has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1991.
Olmeto has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Couvent Saint-Antoine: Photo: Pierre Bona · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Olmeto.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €13.27/m² a month, lower than Corse-du-Sud’s towns (€16.26/m²) yet higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 71% houses, the rest apartments. Sales in Olmeto from July 2023 to June 2026: 45 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €5,806/m² | 32 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Over-65s are just over a third of the population. Children under 15 make up 13%, lower than both Corse-du-Sud’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). The middle age in Olmeto is 55.8.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Corse-du-Sud 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Olmeto | Corse-du-Sud median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 5.5% | 8.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 34% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 24% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Corse-du-Sud median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 6.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Half of residents lived on more than €25,180 a year per consumption unit, about level with both Corse-du-Sud’s towns (€24,550) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Olmeto has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Olmeto’s deaths ran at 85 per 100 expected, in line with Corse-du-Sud’s towns (89) and compared French towns (88). 147 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 173: 15% below. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Olmeto is Antenne du Smur Sartene, 7 mi away. One GP practises here.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Olmeto. Best known first.
Wikidata places 3 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Olmeto as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Corse-du-Sud, Corsica
Olmeto is a commune of 1,289 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olmeto | 1,289 | — | — | D | — | B |
| Propriano | 3,996 | 2.3 | C− | D− | B | C |
| Sartène | 3,742 | 6.8 | C+ | C− | A | D |
| Grosseto-Prugna | 3,900 | 13 | B+ | D− | B | B+ |
| Bastelicaccia | 4,411 | 16 | B− | D− | A+ | B− |
| Ajaccio | 76,320 | 18 | A | D | B+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Olmeto has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 14 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Olmeto grades D for cost of living.
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.
