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MonteHaute-Corse

A town in Haute-Corse, Corsica, home to 650 people.

Is Monte a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Monte is too small for the grades other French towns get. 16% of its homes are second homes.

What makes Monte stand out

The one thing Monte does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Monte

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-André, in Loreto-di-Casinca, 1.9 mi away.

13% 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 Monte.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Monte than in Haute-Corse’s towns or compared French towns: 14% are under 15

Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, above Haute-Corse’s towns (21%) and close to compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town. Among adults, 25% have a degree.

46.4median age
MonteHaute-Corse medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma23%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education25%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Corse 51.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Monte
MonteHaute-Corse medianFrance median
Under 1514%16%17%
15–249%10%11%
25–4425%25%23%
45–6429%27%26%
65+23%21%22%
No diploma23%22%19%
CAP or BEP24%20%26%
Baccalauréat18%23%18%
Higher education25%26%30%

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

Work & commute

Money is tighter in Monte than in Haute-Corse’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €21,800 a year per consumption unit

On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 2.4% of commuters travelled at the census. Jobs located in Monte: 100, for 250 residents in work (0.3 each). 9.4% of the labour force are out of work.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving95%
Public transport2%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Monte, 0.3 per working resident
9.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,800
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
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

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Monte than in Haute-Corse’s towns or across compared French towns: €11.74/m² a month

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

The sales split: 41% houses, the rest apartments. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 17 homes in Monte.

€11.74/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Monte€11.74/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haute-Corse median€13.75/m²
€11.74/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.49 to €14.52/m² a month)
€11.53/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 Monte

11pages on Monte

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Monte

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

How we find them →

Monte’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 →
VescovatoLuccianaBorgoPenta-di-CasincaBigugliaFurianiVescovatoLuccianaBorgoPenta-di-CasincaBigugliaFurianiMonte
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Monte650—————
Vescovato3,4061.1DDA−D
Lucciana6,9233CDBD
Borgo10,3114.5B+DA−C+
Penta-di-Casinca3,6715.3C+DB+C−
Biguglia7,6427.9A−DA−C
Furiani6,58510A−DB+B+

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

About Monte

Commune in Haute-Corse, Corsica

Monte is a commune of 650 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
650 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Marana-Golo
Département
Haute-Corse (2B)
Région
Corsica
Area
5.8 sq mi (14.9 km²)
INSEE code
2B166

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.