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PrunoHaute-Corse

With 180 residents, it is a town in Haute-Corse, Corsica.

Is Pruno a good place to live?

Pruno is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Second homes make up 46% of its housing. It skews older: 28% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Pruno stand out

The 2 things Pruno does most differently from other towns.

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

1 historic monument, 1 classé

Pruno has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1983.

45% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1983First protected: Église de Santa-Maria
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pruno.

Who lives here

Children make up only 11% of Pruno, fewer than in Haute-Corse’s towns and across compared French towns

People 65 and over make up 28% of the town, above Haute-Corse’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Pruno has a median age of 53.

53median age
PrunoHaute-Corse medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma12%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat28%
Higher education25%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Corse 51.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Pruno
PrunoHaute-Corse medianFrance median
Under 1511%16%17%
15–248.5%10%11%
25–4420%25%23%
45–6432%27%26%
65+28%21%22%
No diploma12%22%19%
CAP or BEP22%20%26%
Baccalauréat28%23%18%
Higher education25%26%30%

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

History

Pruno keeps more of its old housing than Haute-Corse’s towns or compared French towns: 45% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Pruno is Église de Santa-Maria. The protected list starts in the 11th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

11th c.
oldest protected part
1983
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Incomes in Pruno run lower than in Haute-Corse’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €20,340 a year per consumption unit

Unemployment stood at 12.2%, above both Haute-Corse’s towns (10.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Per resident in work, Pruno counts 0.5 jobs (50 jobs, 50 workers). At the census, 7.4% of working residents in Pruno didn’t travel to work at all.

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving85%
On foot4%
Public transport3%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Pruno, 0.5 per working resident
12.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,340
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
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 Pruno costs less than in Haute-Corse’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.90/m² a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 1 homes were sold in Pruno. House rents are put at about €8.80/m² a month.

€10.90/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Pruno€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)
€8.80/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 Pruno

11pages on Pruno

Landmarks

Pruno has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Pruno

One notable person was born in Pruno.

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Pruno’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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Penta-di-CasincaVescovatoLuccianaBorgoBigugliaFurianiPenta-di-CasincaVescovatoLuccianaBorgoBigugliaFurianiPruno
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Pruno180—————
Penta-di-Casinca3,6713.4C+DB+C−
Vescovato3,4065.3DDA−D
Lucciana6,9238CDBD
Borgo10,3119.9B+DA−C+
Biguglia7,64213A−DA−C
Furiani6,58515A−DB+B+

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

About Pruno

Commune in Haute-Corse, Corsica

Pruno is a commune of 180 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
180 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Castagniccia-Casinca
Département
Haute-Corse (2B)
Région
Corsica
Area
2.5 sq mi (6.4 km²)
INSEE code
2B252

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.