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VerdèseHaute-Corse

42 people call this town in Haute-Corse, Corsica home.

Is Verdèse a good place to live?

Verdèse has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Three fifths of its homes are second homes. People aged 65 and over make up 32% of residents.

What makes Verdèse stand out

The 2 things Verdèse does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Verdèse

The Culture ministry lists no building in Verdèse 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, 1.2 mi away.

54% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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Landmarks

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

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Verdèse.

Who lives here

Children make up only 7.3% of Verdèse, fewer than in Haute-Corse’s towns and compared French towns

55.2median age

People 65 and over make up nearly a third of the town, higher than both Haute-Corse’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 38% have a degree. At 55.2, the median resident of Verdèse sits in the middle of the age range.

VerdèseHaute-Corse medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma22%
CAP or BEP16%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education38%

Women and men · all residents

41% women, 59% men

About 71 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Haute-Corse 51.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Verdèse
VerdèseHaute-Corse medianFrance median
Under 157.3%16%17%
15–240%10%11%
25–4415%25%23%
45–6446%27%26%
65+32%21%22%
No diploma22%22%19%
CAP or BEP16%20%26%
Baccalauréat14%23%18%
Higher education38%26%30%

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Verdèse, 15.8%, runs above Haute-Corse’s towns and compared French towns

13%walk, cycle or take transit

12.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above Haute-Corse’s towns (5.4%) but below compared French towns (13.4%).

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
Bicycle13%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Verdèse, 0.1 per working resident
15.8%
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

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Verdèse is €12.62/m² a month

€12.62/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

Renting a house costs an estimated €11.53/m² a month. Sales in Verdèse from July 2023 to June 2026: 3 houses and apartments.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Verdèse€12.62/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haute-Corse median€13.75/m²
€12.62/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.43 to €15.27/m² a month)
€11.53/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 Verdèse

12pages on Verdèse
Nearby attractions

Couvent Saint-François d'Orezza and 3 more in and around Verdèse

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Verdèse. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Verdèse

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Verdèse yet.

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About Verdèse

Commune in Haute-Corse, Corsica

Verdèse is a commune of 42 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
42 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Castagniccia-Casinca
Département
Haute-Corse (2B)
Région
Corsica
Area
0.4 sq mi (1 km²)
INSEE code
2B344

Verdèse’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 →
Penta-di-CasincaVescovatoLuccianaCorteBorgoBigugliaPenta-di-CasincaVescovatoLuccianaCorteBorgoBigugliaVerdèse
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Verdèse42—————
Penta-di-Casinca3,6718.1C+DB+C−
Vescovato3,4069DDA−D
Lucciana6,92312CDBD
Corte7,81912A−DAB−
Borgo10,31113B+DA−C+
Biguglia7,64216A−DA−C

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

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.