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Home to 4,405 people, this town lies in Haute-Corse, Corsica.
Ghisonaccia is a safe place by the numbers: an average of 5.4 recorded violent incidents and 8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The town’s overall grade is B−, better than 52% of compared French towns. That places it #7 of 14 in Haute-Corse. Schools are a strength too (A) — bac results 5 points above the expected rate; brevet results 6 points above the expected rate. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, 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 Ghisonaccia 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.
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The 2 things Ghisonaccia does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Ghisonaccia as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Vestiges de la nécropole préromaine et villa romaine, in Aléria, 6.7 mi away.
1.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Ghisonaccia is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ghisonaccia.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €13.43/m² a month. Ghisonaccia recorded 82 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses accounted for nearly two thirds of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,068/m² | 53 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Jobs outnumber working residents in Ghisonaccia (2,400 to 1,800): it draws people in from around. Police and gendarmerie figures for Ghisonaccia show 55 offenses in 2025. Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 8.2% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 2.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du FiumorboNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 175 | 84%+6 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent du Fium'orbuNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 114 | 98%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income is €21,690 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 5.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above Haute-Corse’s towns (5.4%) but below compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Haute-Corse is 85.5 years for women and 81.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 389 deaths in Ghisonaccia between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 429: 9% below. 3 GPs practise here.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here. The 65-and-over age group makes up 20% of residents. Line up the people of Ghisonaccia by age and the one in the middle is 43.2.
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Corse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Ghisonaccia | Haute-Corse median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 33% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 23% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Corse median and France median: the median of compared communes
One notable person was born in Ghisonaccia.
Commune in Haute-Corse, Corsica
Ghisonaccia is a commune of 4,405 people in the Communauté de communes de Fium'Orbu Castellu. 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
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghisonaccia | 4,405 | — | B− | D | A | C+ |
| Prunelli-di-Fiumorbo | 3,880 | 2.2 | C+ | D | A+ | C |
| Ventiseri | 2,629 | 6.3 | — | D | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #5 of 14 in Haute-Corse.
They grade A, better than 89% of compared French towns and #6 of 12 in Haute-Corse. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.11/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Ghisonaccia grades D for cost of living.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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 8, 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.