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ScolcaHaute-Corse

In Haute-Corse, Corsica, this town has 92 residents.

Is Scolca a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Scolca is too small for the grades other French towns get. 54% of homes here are second homes. People aged 65 and over make up 38% of residents.

What makes Scolca stand out

The 2 things Scolca does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Scolca

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

The nearest classé monument is Église paroissiale Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul, in Campile, 2.6 mi away.

48% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Scolca.

Who lives here

Children make up only 5.6% of Scolca, fewer than in both Haute-Corse’s towns and compared French towns

People 65 and over make up 38% of the town, above both Haute-Corse’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up nearly a quarter of adults. Half of Scolca is older than 59.3, half younger.

59.3median age
ScolcaHaute-Corse medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP19%
Baccalauréat26%
Higher education23%

Women and men · all residents

44% women, 56% men

About 80 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Haute-Corse 51.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Scolca
ScolcaHaute-Corse medianFrance median
Under 155.6%16%17%
15–2410%10%11%
25–4415%25%23%
45–6431%27%26%
65+38%21%22%
No diploma19%22%19%
CAP or BEP19%20%26%
Baccalauréat26%23%18%
Higher education23%26%30%

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

Work & commute

Only 4.9% of commuters in Scolca go to work without a car, fewer than in both Haute-Corse’s towns and compared French towns

Unemployment stood at 10.9%, above Haute-Corse’s towns (10.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Public transport took 2.4% of Scolca’s working residents to work at the census.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
Motorbike or scooter5%
On foot2%
Public transport2%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Scolca, 0.1 per working resident
10.9%
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

Renting in Scolca costs less than in both Haute-Corse’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.99/m² a month

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

Sales in Scolca from July 2023 to June 2026: 3 houses and apartments.

€10.99/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Scolca€10.99/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haute-Corse median€13.75/m²
€10.99/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.37 to €12.90/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 Scolca

11pages on Scolca

Landmarks

Nothing in Scolca is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Scolca

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Scolca as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

How we find them →

Scolca’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 →
BorgoLuccianaVescovatoBigugliaFurianiPenta-di-CasincaBorgoLuccianaVescovatoBigugliaFurianiPenta-di-CasincaScolca
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Scolca92—————
Borgo10,3115.1B+DA−C+
Lucciana6,9235.1CDBD
Vescovato3,4065.2DDA−D
Biguglia7,6427.1A−DA−C
Furiani6,5859.1A−DB+B+
Penta-di-Casinca3,6719.2C+DB+C−

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

About Scolca

Commune in Haute-Corse, Corsica

Scolca is a commune of 92 people in the Communauté de communes de Marana-Golo. 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
92 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Marana-Golo
Département
Haute-Corse (2B)
Région
Corsica
Area
2.7 sq mi (6.9 km²)
INSEE code
2B274

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.