Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 31 residents and lies in Haute-Corse, Corsica.
Polveroso is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. 72% of homes here are second homes. It skews older: 39% of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Polveroso does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Polveroso 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, 1.7 mi away.
36% 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 Polveroso.
Graduates make up 23% of adults. The median resident of Polveroso is 51.5 years old. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for a tenth of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
| Polveroso | Haute-Corse median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 9.7% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 39% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 12% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 27% | 23% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Corse median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 16.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
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.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 1 homes in Polveroso.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Polveroso. Best known first.
Nothing in Polveroso is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Polveroso.
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
Polveroso is a commune of 31 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
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.