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QuenzaCorse-du-Sud

Home to 200 people, this town lies in Corse-du-Sud, Corsica.

Is Quenza a good place to live?

Quenza is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. 78% of homes here are second homes. Just over two in five residents are 65 or over.

What makes Quenza stand out

The 2 things Quenza does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Chapelle Sainte-Marie
Chapelle Sainte-Marie · Classé · Photo: Cqui · CC BY-SA 3.0
Quenza’s story

Quenza in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Quenza: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1976.

26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Pierre-Paul Colonna de Cesari Rocca, born in 1748, is the one person born in Quenza before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1976First protected: Chapelle Sainte-Marie
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Landmarks

The list names few of Quenza’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Chapelle Sainte-Marie: Photo: Cqui · CC BY-SA 3.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Quenza.

Who lives here

An older town: 42% of people in Quenza are 65 or over, more than in Corse-du-Sud’s towns or compared French towns

60.7median age

Just over a fifth of adults hold a degree, below both Corse-du-Sud’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (30%). Under-15s account for 6.5% of the population. What’s more, the share aged 15 to 24 is 6%.

QuenzaCorse-du-Sud medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP17%
Baccalauréat31%
Higher education21%

Women and men · all residents

40% women, 60% men

About 68 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Corse-du-Sud 51.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Quenza
QuenzaCorse-du-Sud medianFrance median
Under 156.5%15%17%
15–246%8.7%11%
25–4416%24%23%
45–6429%28%26%
65+42%24%22%
No diploma21%19%19%
CAP or BEP17%22%26%
Baccalauréat31%24%18%
Higher education21%28%30%

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

History

Quenza keeps more of its old housing than Corse-du-Sud’s towns or compared French towns: 26% built before 1919

2historic monuments

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The oldest protected building goes back to the 11th century. Among the classé monuments in Quenza is Chapelle Sainte-Marie.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

11th c.
oldest protected part
1976
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Unemployment in Quenza, 12.1%, runs above Corse-du-Sud’s towns and compared French towns

11%walk, cycle or take transit

50 jobs are based in Quenza, for 50 working residents (0.7 per worker). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €27,300 a year. 11.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, higher than Corse-du-Sud’s towns (6.4%) yet lower than compared French towns (13.4%).

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving77%
On foot10%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Quenza, 0.7 per working resident
12.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,300
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent in Quenza is €11.84/m² a month, against €16.26/m² in Corse-du-Sud’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns

€11.84/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 9 homes were sold in Quenza. A house rents for an estimated €11.17/m² a month.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Quenza€11.84/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Corse-du-Sud median€16.26/m²
€11.84/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.72 to €14.41/m² a month)
€11.17/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 Quenza

12pages on Quenza
Nearby attractions

Trou de la bombe and 3 more in and around Quenza

Other places to visit and museums in and near Quenza. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Quenza

2 notable people were born in Quenza.

Their page →

About Quenza

Commune in Corse-du-Sud, Corsica

Quenza is a commune of 200 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Alta Rocca. 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
200 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de l'Alta Rocca
Département
Corse-du-Sud (2A)
Région
Corsica
Area
37.2 sq mi (96.3 km²)
INSEE code
2A254

Quenza’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 →
ZonzaPorto-VecchioSartèneProprianoVentiseriZonzaPorto-VecchioSartèneProprianoVentiseriQuenza
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Quenza200—————
Zonza2,98911DDCB+
Porto-Vecchio11,19814D−D−DD−
Sartène3,74214C+C−AD
Propriano3,99614C−D−BC
Ventiseri Haute-Corse2,62917—D—B−

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

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.