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SollacaroCorse-du-Sud

396 residents make their home in this town in Corse-du-Sud, Corsica.

Is Sollacaro a good place to live?

There are no grades for Sollacaro: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. 54% of homes here are second homes. Over-65s are 33% of the population.

What makes Sollacaro stand out

The 2 things Sollacaro does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Site préhistorique I Callanchi - Saparata Alta
Site préhistorique I Callanchi - Saparata Alta · Classé · Photo: Cqui · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sollacaro’s story

Sollacaro in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Sollacaro: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1967.

27% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1967First protected: Site préhistorique de Filitosa
  • 2012Most recently protected: Ancienne église paroissiale de Saint-Albert de Calvese
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Nearby attractions

Filitosa and 2 more in and around Sollacaro

Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Sollacaro. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sollacaro.

Who lives here

Few people in Sollacaro are 15 to 24: 5.4%, fewer than in Corse-du-Sud’s towns and compared French towns

A third of residents are 65 or over, above Corse-du-Sud’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Under-15s account for 12% of the population. Sollacaro has a median age of 55.2 years.

55.2median age
SollacaroCorse-du-Sud medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma20%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education24%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Corse-du-Sud 51.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Sollacaro
SollacaroCorse-du-Sud medianFrance median
Under 1512%15%17%
15–245.4%8.7%11%
25–4420%24%23%
45–6430%28%26%
65+33%24%22%
No diploma20%19%19%
CAP or BEP24%22%26%
Baccalauréat24%24%18%
Higher education24%28%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Sollacaro: 27% were built before 1919, more than in Corse-du-Sud’s towns or compared French towns

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

Protection here reaches back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Sollacaro is Site préhistorique de Filitosa. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments locally: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

3historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit1
Prehistory
oldest protected part
1967
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Incomes in Sollacaro run higher than in Corse-du-Sud’s towns or compared French towns: a median €27,300 a year per consumption unit

Unemployment stands at 12.0%. Jobs located in Sollacaro: 100, for 150 residents in work (0.5 each). At the census, 9.4% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above Corse-du-Sud’s towns (6.4%) but below compared French towns (13.4%).

9%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving85%
On foot7%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
100
jobs based in Sollacaro, 0.5 per working resident
12.0%
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
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Sollacaro costs an estimated advertised €13.27/m² a month, against €16.26/m² in Corse-du-Sud’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns

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

A house rents for an estimated €10.56/m² a month. Of the homes sold, 60% were houses. The market in Sollacaro: 10 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€13.27/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Sollacaro€13.27/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Corse-du-Sud median€16.26/m²
€13.27/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.39 to €16.96/m² a month)
€10.56/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 Sollacaro

12pages on Sollacaro

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Sollacaro: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

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Photo credits

Site préhistorique de Filitosa: Photo: JopkeB · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Sollacaro

One notable person was born in Sollacaro.

Their page →

Sollacaro’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 →
ProprianoSartèneGrosseto-PrugnaBastelicacciaAjaccioSarrola-CarcopinoProprianoSartèneGrosseto-PrugnaBastelicacciaAjaccioSarrola-CarcopinoSollacaro
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Sollacaro396—————
Propriano3,9965C−D−BC
Sartène3,7429.3C+C−AD
Grosseto-Prugna3,90011B+D−BB+
Bastelicaccia4,41113B−D−A+B−
Ajaccio76,32015ADB+B
Sarrola-Carcopino3,27816B−D−C+A

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

About Sollacaro

Commune in Corse-du-Sud, Corsica

Sollacaro is a commune of 396 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
396 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Sartenais Valinco Taravo
Département
Corse-du-Sud (2A)
Région
Corsica
Area
9.3 sq mi (24.1 km²)
INSEE code
2A284

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 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.