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Population 2,044: a town in Corse-du-Sud, Corsica.
Households here earn well: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 4.7% unemployment. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. A 70 m² home at the median €3,658/m² costs 9.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Ajaccien. Most journeys need a car (D): 43% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Peri 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 Peri does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Peri 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.
Peri 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 Peri as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ruines de l'église Saint-Jean de Cinarca, in Sari-d'Orcino, 5.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Peri.
Households’ median disposable income: €27,720 a year per consumption unit. 4.3% 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.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. Adjusted for age and care homes, Peri records 103 deaths per 100 expected, above both Corse-du-Sud’s towns (89) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 184 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 190, 3% more.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €12.42/m² a month, about level with compared French towns (€12.41/m²) and below Corse-du-Sud’s towns (€16.26/m²). The market in Peri: 40 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 85% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,868/m² | 34 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Typical age in Peri: 48.3, the median. Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, below Corse-du-Sud’s towns (24%) and close to compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up 28% of adults.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Corse-du-Sud 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Peri | Corse-du-Sud median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 8.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 24% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Corse-du-Sud median and France median: the median of compared communes
In 2025, police and gendarmerie recorded 0 offenses in Peri in the categories the grade counts.
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
Nothing in Peri 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 Peri 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peri | 2,044 | — | — | C− | — | C− |
| Sarrola-Carcopino | 3,278 | 3.2 | B− | D− | C+ | A |
| Afa | 3,350 | 3.6 | — | D− | — | C |
| Bastelicaccia | 4,411 | 5.1 | B− | D− | A+ | B− |
| Alata | 3,681 | 6.4 | — | D | — | C+ |
| Ajaccio | 76,320 | 8.1 | A | D | B+ | B |
| Grosseto-Prugna | 3,900 | 8.1 | B+ | D− | B | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Peri has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 3.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Peri grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Corse-du-Sud, Corsica
Peri is a commune of 2,044 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 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.