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OlcaniHaute-Corse

The town has 96 residents and lies in Haute-Corse, Corsica.

Is Olcani a good place to live?

French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves Olcani out for now. Nearly half of homes here are second homes. 43% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Olcani stand out

The 2 things Olcani does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Olcani

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

The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Neiges, in Brando, 5 mi away.

33% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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Landmarks

Nothing in Olcani 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 Olcani.

Who lives here

Children make up only 5.4% of Olcani, fewer than in Haute-Corse’s towns and compared French towns

61.5median age

Among adults, 21% have a degree. Olcani has a median age of 61.5.

OlcaniHaute-Corse medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma22%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education21%

Women and men · all residents

46% women, 54% men

About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Corse 51.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Olcani
OlcaniHaute-Corse medianFrance median
Under 155.4%16%17%
15–245.4%10%11%
25–4419%25%23%
45–6427%27%26%
65+43%21%22%
No diploma22%22%19%
CAP or BEP32%20%26%
Baccalauréat17%23%18%
Higher education21%26%30%

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Olcani, 12.5%, runs above Haute-Corse’s towns and compared French towns

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving100%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Olcani, 0.1 per working resident
12.5%
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

Estimated advertised rents run higher in Olcani than in Haute-Corse’s towns or across compared French towns: €15.11/m² a month

€15.11/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

2 houses and apartments changed hands in Olcani from July 2023 to June 2026.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Olcani€15.11/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haute-Corse median€13.75/m²
€15.11/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.94 to €19.12/m² a month)
€11.06/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 Olcani

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Famous people from Olcani

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

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About Olcani

Commune in Haute-Corse, Corsica

Olcani is a commune of 96 people in the Communauté de communes du Cap Corse. 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
96 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Cap Corse
Département
Haute-Corse (2B)
Région
Corsica
Area
5.6 sq mi (14.4 km²)
INSEE code
2B184

Olcani’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 →
San-Martino-di-LotaVille-di-PietrabugnoBastiaFurianiBigugliaBorgoSan-Martino-di-LotaVille-di-PietrabugnoBastiaFurianiBigugliaBorgoOlcani
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Olcani96—————
San-Martino-di-Lota3,0566.9—D—A−
Ville-di-Pietrabugno3,2157.7ADA+B+
Bastia46,8679BDB−B
Furiani6,58511A−DB+B+
Biguglia7,64214A−DA−C
Borgo10,31117B+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 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.