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1,166 residents make their home in this town in Haute-Corse, Corsica.
Linguizzetta’s best grade is for health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are on the low side: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 10.3% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €2,439/m² costs 7.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de l'Oriente. It lags on walkability as well (C−): 25% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Linguizzetta has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Linguizzetta does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Linguizzetta 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.
Linguizzetta has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Linguizzetta as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Fort Matra, in Aléria, 7.7 mi away.
3.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Linguizzetta.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Linguizzetta is Antenne Smur Ghisonaccia, 14.9 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 95 residents of Linguizzetta died, against 133 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% fewer. Average lifespans in Haute-Corse: 85.5 years for women, 81.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,439/m²: 137 houses and apartments sold in Linguizzetta between July 2023 and June 2026. Apartments in Linguizzetta sell for €2,464/m², houses for €2,323/m². Houses accounted for a quarter of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,323/m² | 34 |
| Apartments | €2,464/m² | 103 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
4.8% of Linguizzetta’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. Unemployment stood at 10.3%, near both Haute-Corse’s towns (10.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
26% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Haute-Corse’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (22%). Typical age in Linguizzetta: 49.7, the median.
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Corse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Linguizzetta | Haute-Corse median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 23% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Corse median and France median: the median of compared communes
Violence against people averaged 4.9 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 14.8. All told, Linguizzetta had 13 recorded offenses in 2025. The commonest graded crime in the town was criminal damage (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 other physical violence, 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, 31.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Linguizzetta is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Linguizzetta.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linguizzetta | 1,166 | — | — | D | — | A |
| Ghisonaccia | 4,405 | 14 | B− | D | A | C+ |
| Penta-di-Casinca | 3,671 | 16 | C+ | D | B+ | C− |
| Prunelli-di-Fiumorbo | 3,880 | 17 | C+ | D | A+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Linguizzetta has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,439/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.62/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Linguizzetta grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Corse, Corsica
Linguizzetta is a commune of 1,166 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Oriente. 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
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 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.