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Population 22: a town in Haute-Corse, Corsica.
There are no grades for Parata: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Holiday and other second homes account for 52% of homes. People aged 65 and over make up 57% of residents.
The 2 things Parata does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Parata as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Sainte-Marie, in Valle-d'Orezza, 0.7 mi away.
64% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Parata is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Parata.
People 65 and over make up 57% of the town, above both Haute-Corse’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 36% of adults. Typical age in Parata: 72, the median.
57% women, 43% men
About 75 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Corse 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Parata | Haute-Corse median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 0% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.1% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 7.1% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 57% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 36% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 0% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 7.1% | 23% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Corse median and France median: the median of compared communes
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.
Renting a house costs an estimated €8.80/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Parata. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Parata yet.
Commune in Haute-Corse, Corsica
Parata is a commune of 22 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
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.