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Population 3,996: a town in Corse-du-Sud, Corsica.
A tough set of grades. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 12.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability — 84% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. All told, that adds up to a C− overall, better than nearly a fifth of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #7 of 9 in Corse-du-Sud.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Propriano does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Propriano 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Propriano as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Deux menhirs du Rizzanèse, in Sartène, 3 mi away.
4.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Propriano.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Propriano sell for €4,192/m², houses for €4,019/m². The estimated advertised rent is €17.42/m² a month, higher than both Corse-du-Sud’s towns (€16.26/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 18% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,019/m² | 38 |
| Apartments | €4,192/m² | 173 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Jobs based in Propriano number 2,200, against 1,600 residents in work (1.4 per worker). 13.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, higher than Corse-du-Sud’s towns (6.4%) and near compared French towns (13.4%). The jobless rate is 10.9%.
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.
For a family doctor, residents of Propriano can choose among 4 GPs. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Propriano records 95 deaths per 100 expected. 486 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 443: 10% above. In Corse-du-Sud, life expectancy at birth reaches 87.2 years for women and 82.1 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
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.
26% of residents are 65 or over, above both Corse-du-Sud’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9.5% of residents. At 48, the median resident of Propriano sits in the middle of the age range.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Corse-du-Sud 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Propriano | Corse-du-Sud median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 8.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 24% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Corse-du-Sud median and France median: the median of compared communes
In all, 68 offenses reached the police record in Propriano in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 14.6 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 4.7 (2023–2025 average). Of the graded crimes in the town, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
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 · For family violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 8.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Propriano is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Propriano.
Antoine Sollacaro: Nicolas Richoffer, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Propriano | 3,996 | — | C− | D− | B | C |
| Sartène | 3,742 | 4.9 | C+ | C− | A | D |
| Grosseto-Prugna | 3,900 | 15 | B+ | D− | B | B+ |
| Bastelicaccia | 4,411 | 18 | B− | D− | A+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #5 of 9 in Corse-du-Sud.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Propriano grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Corse-du-Sud, Corsica
Propriano is a commune of 3,996 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
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.