Find your town in Haute-Corse
Haute-Corse has 236 towns and villages, each with its page. Its 16 towns of 2,500 or more are graded against towns across France on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more; 14 of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades.
What Haute-Corse is like
The median ranked town in Haute-Corse grades highest on schools and safety against towns across France, and lowest on cost of living. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
4 of 14 (29%) grade A− or better, against 25% of French towns.
Every town ranked by scoreThe full list for Haute-Corse, with what drives each gradeDépartement report cardHow Haute-Corse compares with France’s other départements, subject by subjectCompare two townsSide by side, subject by subjectFind a town that’s…
14 towns · ordered by Haute-Corse rank
4 of these towns have a Safety Grade with a caution: between 10% and 25% of their index uses the département’s average for crimes too few to publish.
Towns without an overall grade
Each has its page and the subject grades it has. In France an overall grade needs a Safety Grade, and five graded subjects in all.
220 smaller towns and villages in Haute-Corse
With the 16 towns of 2,500 or more above, these are all 236 communes of Haute-Corse, A to Z. Towns of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades on their page (the figure is the population); villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades. The search at the top finds these too.
206 villages under 1,000 people, A to Z: their page, no grades
Départements next to Haute-Corse
The départements that share a border with it: each one’s communes, and how many of its towns have an overall grade.
Questions about Haute-Corse
What is the best place to live in Haute-Corse?
Ville-di-Pietrabugno ranks first of 14 graded towns of 2,500 or more: safety (A+) and schools (A) are its strongest grades; cost of living (D) is its lowest. Corte and Furiani follow.
How do the biggest towns in Haute-Corse grade?
Bastia (46,867 people) grades B overall, with its best grade in walkability. Borgo (10,311 people) grades B+ overall, with its best grade in schools.
How are these towns ranked?
By the overall grade, which blends six graded subjects (cost of living, safety, schools, health, jobs and income, walkability) from public data, each comparing a town with every French town of 1,000 or more. The rank is among the towns of 2,500 or more in Haute-Corse, where five or more have an overall grade.
Is every commune in Haute-Corse on TownRatings?
Yes: all 236 have their page, listed on this page. Grading depends on size: the 16 towns of 2,500 or more get every grade we can give them, the 14 of 1,000 to 2,499 get subject grades, and the 206 villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades.
Why isn’t my town ranked?
The ranking covers towns of 2,500 or more with an overall grade. San-Martino-di-Lota and Ventiseri have no overall grade; their pages show the grades they have, and why.
Photos: Ville-di-Pietrabugno, Pierre Bona (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Corte, dronepicr (CC BY 2.0) · Furiani, Pierre Bona (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Biguglia, Gzen92 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Borgo, Pierre Bona (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Bastia, dronepicr (CC BY 2.0) · Ghisonaccia, U.S. Army Air Forces photo in History of the 52nd Fighter G… (Public domain) · Penta-di-Casinca, Pascaline2b (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Prunelli-di-Fiumorbo, Bonachera jf (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Lucciana, Pierre Bona (CC BY-SA 3.0) · L'Île-Rousse, Jean-Pol GRANDMONT (CC BY 3.0) · Calenzana, Pierre Bona (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Vescovato, Pierre Bona (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Calvi, Pierre Bona (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, run #47 of October 30, 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (population). 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.