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Home to 61 people, this town lies in Haute-Corse, Corsica.

Is Gavignano a good place to live?

Gavignano has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 52% of homes here are second homes. People aged 65 and over make up just over two in five residents.

What makes Gavignano stand out

The 2 things Gavignano does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Chapelle San-Pantaleone
Chapelle San-Pantaleone · Classé · Photo: Pierre Bona · CC BY-SA 4.0
Gavignano’s story

Gavignano in pictures

Gavignano has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 9th century; the first monument here was protected in 1975.

56% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1975First protected: Chapelle San-Pantaleone
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gavignano.

Who lives here

Gavignano skews older, with 42% of residents 65 or over, more than in both Haute-Corse’s towns and compared French towns

Degrees are held by 31% of adults, about level with compared French towns (30%) and above Haute-Corse’s towns (26%). People aged 15 to 24 are 5.1% of the population. Children under 15 make up 8.5% of residents.

61.3median age
GavignanoHaute-Corse medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma17%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat29%
Higher education31%

Women and men · all residents

46% women, 54% men

About 119 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Corse 51.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Gavignano
GavignanoHaute-Corse medianFrance median
Under 158.5%16%17%
15–245.1%10%11%
25–4417%25%23%
45–6427%27%26%
65+42%21%22%
No diploma17%22%19%
CAP or BEP21%20%26%
Baccalauréat29%23%18%
Higher education31%26%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Gavignano: 56% were built before 1919, more than in both Haute-Corse’s towns and compared French towns

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

Among the classé monuments in Gavignano is Chapelle San-Pantaleone. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 9th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

9th c.
oldest protected part
1975
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

More people in Gavignano are out of work than in Haute-Corse’s towns or across compared French towns: 13.6%

10.0% of Gavignano’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Gavignano, 0.7 per working resident
13.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
10%
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 of an apartment in Gavignano is €12.62/m² a month

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

Renting a house costs an estimated €11.53/m² a month. 7 houses and apartments changed hands in Gavignano from July 2023 to June 2026.

€12.62/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Gavignano€12.62/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haute-Corse median€13.75/m²
€12.62/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.43 to €15.27/m² a month)
€11.53/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Musée Pascal-Paoli and 2 more in and around Gavignano

Museums and heritage in and near Gavignano. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Gavignano

12pages on Gavignano

Landmarks

Gavignano has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Chapelle San-Pantaleone: Photo: Pierre Bona · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Gavignano

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Gavignano yet.

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Gavignano’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 Haute-Corse →
CorteVescovatoPenta-di-CasincaLuccianaBorgoBigugliaCorteVescovatoPenta-di-CasincaLuccianaBorgoBigugliaGavignano
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Gavignano61—————
Corte7,81910A−DAB−
Vescovato3,40611DDA−D
Penta-di-Casinca3,67111C+DB+C−
Lucciana6,92313CDBD
Borgo10,31113B+DA−C+
Biguglia7,64216A−DA−C

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

About Gavignano

Commune in Haute-Corse, Corsica

Gavignano is a commune of 61 people in the Communauté de communes Pasquale Paoli. 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
61 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Pasquale Paoli
Département
Haute-Corse (2B)
Région
Corsica
Area
4.2 sq mi (10.8 km²)
INSEE code
2B122

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.