Sartène’s grades pull in different directions. Health is its weak spot — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The town grades C+ overall, better than two fifths of compared French towns. That places it #5 of 9 in Corse-du-Sud. Cost of living is weaker too (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Crime is low: an average of 3.3 recorded violent incidents and 9.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for schools and B for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Sartène 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sartène.
History
More protected monuments for its size in Sartène than in Corse-du-Sud or compared French towns: 40 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Sartène is Alignement de menhirs de Pagliajo. On the Culture ministry’s list, Sartène counts 15 historic monuments: 5 classé at the top level of protection and 10 inscrit at the second. The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth D
More deaths than Sartène’s ages would predict, 107 per 100 expected, above Corse-du-Sud’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 4 general practitioners in Sartène. Women in Corse-du-Sud live to 87.2 on average and men to 82.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 450 residents of Sartène died, against 408 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 10% more.
+7%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw110
Adjusted107
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Sartène · 4.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Antenne du Smur Sartene
16.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Chirurgicale du Sud de la Corse
87.2 · 82.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Corse-du-Sud, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Homes in Sartène sell for €2,314/m² at the median, against €4,811/m² in Corse-du-Sud’s towns and €2,430/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sartène is the cheapest of the 11 towns in Corse-du-Sud: its median sale is €2,314/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €14.17/m² a month, lower than Corse-du-Sud’s towns (€16.26/m²) yet higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses made up 27% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
€2,314/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Sartène€2,314/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Corse-du-Sud median€4,811/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Apartments
€1,933/m²
77
€14.17/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.07 to €18.14/m² a month)
6.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.56/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,750
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Sartenais Valinco Taravo
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Money is tighter in Sartène than in Corse-du-Sud’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €22,550 a year per consumption unit
Sartène has 1,800 jobs for 1,600 working residents, 1.1 per worker. Just over one in ten commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
On foot10%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
1,800
jobs based in Sartène, 1.1 per working resident
9.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,550
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 65% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Sartène than in Corse-du-Sud’s towns or compared French towns: 13% are under 15
10% of residents are 15 to 24, higher than Corse-du-Sud’s towns (8.7%) and near compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 26% of residents. The middle age in Sartène is 48.7.
48.7median age
SartèneCorse-du-Sud medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat25%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Corse-du-Sud 51.4%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Corse-du-Sud median and France median: the median of compared communes
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.
On results, collèges and lycées here come #8 of 9 in Corse-du-Sud. A collège lies 0.6 mi away. Near Sartène, 94.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, close to both Corse-du-Sud’s towns (95.3%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
94%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Alignement de menhirs de Pagliajo: Photo: jean-michel gobet · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Alignements de statues-menhirs dénommés Rinaiu et I Stantare: Photo: Quirinalis · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Deux menhirs du Rizzanèse: Photo: Img~commonswiki · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dolmen de Fontanaccia: Photo: Telperion · CC BY-SA 3.0
Dominique Bucchini: Pierre Bona, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pierre Costantini: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Joseph Marie Pietri: Touchatout (Léon-Charles Bienvenu), dessin de Georges Lafosse., Public domain · Michel Lorenzi de Bradi: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Paul Susini: Georges-Léon-Alfred Perrichon / Ernest Ladrey, Public domain · Pierre Marie Pietri: Paul Nadar, Public domain
Sartène’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Sartène
Is Sartène safe?
It grades A for safety, #2 of 9 in Corse-du-Sud.
Are schools in Sartène good?
They grade B, better than 55% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Sartène expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Sartène grades C− for cost of living.
About Sartène
Commune in Corse-du-Sud, Corsica
Sartène is a commune of 3,742 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
3,742 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Sartenais Valinco Taravo
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.
