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NocarioHaute-Corse

Home to 74 people, this town lies in Haute-Corse, Corsica.

Is Nocario a good place to live?

There are no grades for Nocario: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Holiday and other second homes account for nearly three in five homes. People aged 65 and over make up 41% of residents.

What makes Nocario stand out

The 2 things Nocario does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Nocario

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Saints-Pierre-et-Paul, in Piedicroce, 1.4 mi away.

74% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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Landmarks

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

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Nocario.

Who lives here

Children make up only 6.6% of Nocario, fewer than in both Haute-Corse’s towns and compared French towns

62.5median age

The share aged 15 to 24 is 5.3%. 25% of adults hold a degree. The middle age in Nocario is 62.5.

NocarioHaute-Corse medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education25%

Women and men · all residents

46% women, 54% men

About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Corse 51.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Nocario
NocarioHaute-Corse medianFrance median
Under 156.6%16%17%
15–245.3%10%11%
25–447.9%25%23%
45–6439%27%26%
65+41%21%22%
No diploma21%22%19%
CAP or BEP22%20%26%
Baccalauréat15%23%18%
Higher education25%26%30%

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

Work & commute

Nocario has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.4 for each

6%walk, cycle or take transit

At the census, 5.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Unemployment stands at 11.1%.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving94%
Bicycle6%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Nocario, 0.4 per working resident
11.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
0%
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 Nocario costs less than in both Haute-Corse’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.90/m² a month

€10.90/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Nocario€10.90/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haute-Corse median€13.75/m²
€10.90/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.65 to €13.75/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 Nocario

12pages on Nocario
Nearby attractions

Couvent Saint-François d'Orezza and 3 more in and around Nocario

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Nocario. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Nocario

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

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About Nocario

Commune in Haute-Corse, Corsica

Nocario is a commune of 74 people in the Communauté de communes de la Castagniccia-Casinca. 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
74 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Castagniccia-Casinca
Département
Haute-Corse (2B)
Région
Corsica
Area
1.2 sq mi (3.1 km²)
INSEE code
2B176

Nocario’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 →
Penta-di-CasincaVescovatoLuccianaCorteBorgoBigugliaPenta-di-CasincaVescovatoLuccianaCorteBorgoBigugliaNocario
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Nocario74—————
Penta-di-Casinca3,6718.4C+DB+C−
Vescovato3,4069.1DDA−D
Lucciana6,92312CDBD
Corte7,81912A−DAB−
Borgo10,31113B+DA−C+
Biguglia7,64216A−DA−C

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

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 9, 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.