Strong in places, weak in others. With a C overall, Lucciana is better than 29% of compared French towns and ranks #10 of 14 in Haute-Corse. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 10% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. A 70 m² home at the median €3,194/m² costs 8.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de Marana-Golo. Its strongest is schools: brevet results 12 points above the expected rate.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Lucciana 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.
Cité antique de Mariana: Photo: Иерей Максим Массалитин · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle de San-Perteo: Photo: Quentin Scouflaire · CC BY 4.0 · Église paroissiale Saint-Michel (San Michele): Photo: Pierre Bona · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église de la Canonica: Photo: Pierre Bona · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lucciana.
Schools
Brevet results near Lucciana run high: 97.0% passed, above Haute-Corse’s towns and compared French towns
97.0%passed the brevetA+School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 8.8 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
Allowing for age and care homes, Lucciana sees more deaths than Haute-Corse’s towns or compared French towns: 110 per 100 expected
+10%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Haute-Corse live to 85.5 on average and men to 81.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 423 deaths in Lucciana between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 386: 10% above. The nearest emergency department to Lucciana is Centre hospitalier Falconaja Bastia, 9.8 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Lucciana can choose among 7 GPs.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw110
Adjusted110
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Lucciana · 5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Falconaja Bastia
10.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Falconaja Bastia
85.5 · 81.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Corse, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
A town of families: 21% of people in Lucciana are under 15, more than in Haute-Corse’s towns and across compared French towns
38.1median age
People 65 and over make up 14% of the town, lower than both Haute-Corse’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (22%). The age that splits Lucciana in two is 38.1. Among adults, 26% have a degree.
LuccianaHaute-Corse medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat25%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Corse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Corse median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living D
Lucciana’s grade for cost of living: a D
€3,194/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Lucciana sell for €3,029/m², houses for €3,539/m². The median price, €3,194/m², comes from 234 sales of houses and apartments locally from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 45% houses, the rest apartments.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Lucciana€3,194/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Corse median€3,166/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,539/m²
105
Apartments
€3,029/m²
129
€13.78/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.76 to €16.15/m² a month)
8.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.28/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,290
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de Marana-Golo
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Only 4.4% of commuters in Lucciana go to work without a car, fewer than in Haute-Corse’s towns and across compared French towns
4%walk, cycle or take transit
Jobs based in Lucciana number 3,150, against 3,200 residents in work (1 per worker). The median disposable income was €23,440 a year per consumption unit, about level with Haute-Corse’s towns (€23,160) and below compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 2.3% of working residents here at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving92%
Public transport2%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle0%
3,150
jobs based in Lucciana, 1 per working resident
10.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,440
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 22% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Lucciana has 4 historic monuments, the oldest from Antiquity
4historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to Antiquity. Among the classé monuments in Lucciana is Cité antique de Mariana. Most of the list is churches, chapels and other religious buildings: 3 of 4. Homes from before 1919 make up 1.1% of the total, below both Haute-Corse’s towns (4.2%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Lucciana has less crime per resident than 59% of compared French towns
6.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
In all, 133 offenses reached the police record in Lucciana in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 6.8 violent offenses and 12.7 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage78
Family violence13
Sexual violence13
Vehicle theft13
Theft from vehicles11
Other physical violence5
Fraud37
Theft without violence33
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.
6.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
133
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.9%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of armed robbery and burglary go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Lucciana is a commune of 6,923 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
6,923 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Marana-Golo
Département
Haute-Corse (2B)
Région
Corsica
Area
11.3 sq mi (29.2 km²)
INSEE code
2B148
Lucciana’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Lucciana
Is Lucciana safe?
It grades B for safety, #11 of 14 in Haute-Corse.
Are schools in Lucciana good?
They grade A+, better than 100% of compared French towns and #2 of 12 in Haute-Corse. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Lucciana expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,194/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.78/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Lucciana grades D for cost of living.
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.
