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MansoHaute-Corse

Home to 116 people, this town lies in Haute-Corse, Corsica.

Is Manso a good place to live?

Manso isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Second homes make up 55% of its housing. It skews older: 37% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Manso stand out

The 2 things Manso does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Manso

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

The nearest classé monument is Pont génois de Pianella, in Ota, 7.8 mi away.

15% 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 Manso.

Who lives here

Children make up only 3.5% of Manso, fewer than in both Haute-Corse’s towns and compared French towns

A quarter of adults hold a degree, about level with Haute-Corse’s towns (26%) and below compared French towns (30%). The middle age in Manso is 61.1.

61.1median age
MansoHaute-Corse medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education25%

Women and men · all residents

43% women, 57% men

About 77 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Haute-Corse 51.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Manso
MansoHaute-Corse medianFrance median
Under 153.5%16%17%
15–243.5%10%11%
25–4421%25%23%
45–6435%27%26%
65+37%21%22%
No diploma13%22%19%
CAP or BEP31%20%26%
Baccalauréat23%23%18%
Higher education25%26%30%

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

Work & commute

Manso has higher unemployment than Haute-Corse’s towns or compared French towns: 11.8%

6.5% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving74%
On foot7%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Manso, 0.5 per working resident
11.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
20%
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 Manso is €12.69/m² a month

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

Renting a house costs an estimated €12.38/m² a month. Manso recorded 1 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€12.69/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Manso€12.69/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haute-Corse median€13.75/m²
€12.69/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.84 to €16.35/m² a month)
€12.38/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 Manso

11pages on Manso

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Manso

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

How we find them →

Manso’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 →
CalenzanaCalviCalenzanaCalviManso
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Manso116—————
Calenzana2,68411DDAD
Calvi5,78813D−D−CC

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

About Manso

Commune in Haute-Corse, Corsica

Manso is a commune of 116 people in the Communauté de communes de Calvi Balagne. 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
116 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Calvi Balagne
Département
Haute-Corse (2B)
Région
Corsica
Area
46.8 sq mi (121.3 km²)
INSEE code
2B153

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.