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SpeloncatoHaute-Corse

The town has 261 residents and lies in Haute-Corse, Corsica.

Is Speloncato a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Speloncato is too small for the grades other French towns get. Second homes make up 64% of its housing. People aged 65 and over make up 37% of residents.

What makes Speloncato stand out

The 2 things Speloncato does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Speloncato

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-François-Xavier, in Monticello, 3 mi away.

A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) is on the ministry’s list; its rules are still being drawn up.

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

  • 2003The protected historic area is created
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Speloncato.

Who lives here

Speloncato has fewer young adults than Haute-Corse’s towns or compared French towns: 5.2% are 15 to 24

People 65 and over make up 37% of the town, higher than both Haute-Corse’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (22%). Children are 9.7% of the town. Degrees are held by 27% of adults.

56.1median age
SpeloncatoHaute-Corse medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma22%
CAP or BEP20%
Baccalauréat25%
Higher education27%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Corse 51.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Speloncato
SpeloncatoHaute-Corse medianFrance median
Under 159.7%16%17%
15–245.2%10%11%
25–4419%25%23%
45–6430%27%26%
65+37%21%22%
No diploma22%22%19%
CAP or BEP20%20%26%
Baccalauréat25%23%18%
Higher education27%26%30%

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

Work & commute

Incomes in Speloncato run lower than in both Haute-Corse’s towns and compared French towns: a median €21,000 a year per consumption unit

5.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, near Haute-Corse’s towns (5.4%) and lower than compared French towns (13.4%). Per resident in work, Speloncato counts 0.7 jobs (50 jobs, 100 workers). Of those in the labour force, 9.5% are unemployed.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving83%
On foot5%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Speloncato, 0.7 per working resident
9.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,000
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Speloncato is €13.09/m² a month

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

Sales in Speloncato from July 2023 to June 2026: 8 houses and apartments. Renting a house costs an estimated €9.72/m² a month.

€13.09/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Speloncato€13.09/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haute-Corse median€13.75/m²
€13.09/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.54 to €16.26/m² a month)
€9.72/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 Speloncato

11pages on Speloncato

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Speloncato

2 notable people were born in Speloncato.

Their page →

Speloncato’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 →
L'Île-RousseCalenzanaCalviL'Île-RousseCalenzanaCalviSpeloncato
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Speloncato261—————
L'Île-Rousse3,2314.7DD−B−D
Calenzana2,6847.6DDAD
Calvi5,78811D−D−CC

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

About Speloncato

Commune in Haute-Corse, Corsica

Speloncato is a commune of 261 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Île-Rousse - Balagne. 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
261 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de l'Île-Rousse - Balagne
Département
Haute-Corse (2B)
Région
Corsica
Area
6.8 sq mi (17.7 km²)
INSEE code
2B290

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 9, 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.