Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 25 people, lies in Haute-Corse, Corsica.
Ortale is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Holiday and other second homes account for 75% of homes. 38% of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Ortale does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Ortale as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien couvent de Valle d'Alesani, in Piazzali, 1.1 mi away.
33% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ortale.
People 65 and over make up 38% of the town, above both Haute-Corse’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (22%). Half the people of Ortale are older than 63. 29% of adults hold a degree.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Corse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Ortale | Haute-Corse median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 0% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 35% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 38% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.3% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 50% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 13% | 23% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Corse median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 20.0% of working residents in Ortale didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 1 homes were sold in Ortale.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Ortale is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Ortale yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Commune in Haute-Corse, Corsica
Ortale is a commune of 25 people in the Communauté de communes de la Costa Verde. 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
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.