Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 418 people, lies in Haute-Corse, Corsica.
Volpajola is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. 30% of its homes are second homes.
The one thing Volpajola does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Volpajola 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, 1.7 mi away.
36% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Volpajola is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Volpajola.
Over-65s are just over a quarter of the population. Children under 15 make up 14%, below both Haute-Corse’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Ages in Volpajola split evenly at 51.7: half are older, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Corse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Volpajola | Haute-Corse median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.5% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 30% | 23% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Corse median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €24,120 a year per consumption unit, close to Haute-Corse’s towns (€23,160) and below compared French towns (€25,970). For its 200 residents in work, Volpajola has 50 jobs: 0.4 each. Bus, tram or train carried 3.9% of working residents in Volpajola to work at the census.
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 6 homes in Volpajola.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Volpajola yet.
Commune in Haute-Corse, Corsica
Volpajola is a commune of 418 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
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.