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LentoHaute-Corse

With 117 residents, it is a town in Haute-Corse, Corsica.

Is Lento a good place to live?

Lento isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. 62% of homes here are second homes. Nearly a third of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Lento stand out

The 2 things Lento does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Lento’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Lento’s story

No historic monuments in Lento

The Culture ministry lists no building in Lento as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Thomas de Pastoreccia, in Castello-di-Rostino, 3.8 mi away.

16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lento.

Who lives here

Lento skews older, with 32% of residents 65 or over, more than in both Haute-Corse’s towns and compared French towns

One measure of family life: 13% of residents are under 15. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7% of residents, lower than both Haute-Corse’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%).

54.3median age
LentoHaute-Corse medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP13%
Baccalauréat26%
Higher education33%

Women and men · all residents

45% women, 55% men

About 121 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Corse 51.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Lento
LentoHaute-Corse medianFrance median
Under 1513%16%17%
15–247%10%11%
25–4415%25%23%
45–6433%27%26%
65+32%21%22%
No diploma19%22%19%
CAP or BEP13%20%26%
Baccalauréat26%23%18%
Higher education33%26%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Lento are out of work than in Haute-Corse’s towns or across compared French towns: 6.8%

At the census, 4.8% of commuters got to work without a car.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
On foot2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Lento, 0.4 per working resident
6.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
2%
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 Lento costs less than in both Haute-Corse’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.99/m² a month

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

A house rents for an estimated €9.72/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 5 homes were sold in Lento.

€10.99/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Lento€10.99/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haute-Corse median€13.75/m²
€10.99/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.37 to €12.90/m² a month)
€9.72/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 Lento

11pages on Lento

Landmarks

Nothing in Lento is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Lento

One notable person was born in Lento.

Their page →

Lento’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 →
VescovatoBorgoLuccianaBigugliaFurianiPenta-di-CasincaVescovatoBorgoLuccianaBigugliaFurianiPenta-di-CasincaLento
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Lento117—————
Vescovato3,4069DDA−D
Borgo10,3119.1B+DA−C+
Lucciana6,9239.3CDBD
Biguglia7,64210A−DA−C
Furiani6,58512A−DB+B+
Penta-di-Casinca3,67112C+DB+C−

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

About Lento

Commune in Haute-Corse, Corsica

Lento is a commune of 117 people in the Communauté de communes de Marana-Golo. 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
117 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Marana-Golo
Département
Haute-Corse (2B)
Région
Corsica
Area
9.1 sq mi (23.6 km²)
INSEE code
2B140

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.