What is the highest town in Corsica?

Lozzi (Haute-Corse) is the highest town in Corsica: its town hall stands at 1,038 m above sea level.

What are the 10 highest towns in Corsica?

In order: Lozzi (1,038 m), Rusio (916 m), Albertacce (870 m), Casamaccioli (865 m), Palneca (862 m), Évisa (860 m), Carticasi (855 m), Pioggiola (854 m), Renno (850 m), and Serra-di-Scopamène (849 m).

What is the lowest-lying town in Corsica?

Santa-Maria-Poggio (Haute-Corse) is the lowest-lying town in Corsica: its town hall stands at 1 m above sea level. See The lowest-lying towns in Corsica.

How many towns in Corsica are ranked?

357 out of 360. Not ranked: towns whose town hall elevation is not available.

Which elevation is used?

The elevation of the town hall, computed by the IGN elevation service (RGE ALTI terrain model) at the “town hall” point published by geo.api.gouv.fr. No regularly updated official source gives the lowest or highest point of a commune: its summit can be much higher.

Highest Towns in Corsica: 2026 Ranking by Elevation

This ranking covers 357 of the 360 towns in Corsica. Not ranked: towns whose town hall elevation is not available. The table is split into pages of 100 towns. At the other end of the ranking, Santa-Maria-Poggio (Haute-Corse) comes last with 1 m.

In France, a commune is the smallest unit of local government, from large cities to tiny villages. Paris, Lyon and Marseille are ranked as whole communes: their arrondissements (districts) have no rank of their own.

The ranking: highest towns in Corsica

Rank	Town	Department	Town hall elevation (m)	Population
1	Lozzi	Haute-Corse (2B)	1,038	111
2	Rusio	Haute-Corse (2B)	916	65
3	Albertacce	Haute-Corse (2B)	870	200
4	Casamaccioli	Haute-Corse (2B)	865	118
5	Palneca	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	862	134
6	Évisa	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	860	234
7	Carticasi	Haute-Corse (2B)	855	25
8	Pioggiola	Haute-Corse (2B)	854	88
9	Renno	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	850	64
10	Serra-di-Scopamène	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	849	136
11	Aullène	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	846	186
12	Olmi-Cappella	Haute-Corse (2B)	844	192
13	Corscia	Haute-Corse (2B)	843	126
14	Calacuccia	Haute-Corse (2B)	830	275
15	Tasso	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	824	89
16	Bustanico	Haute-Corse (2B)	821	66
17	Vallica	Haute-Corse (2B)	820	29
18	Zérubia	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	817	46
19	Santa-Lucia-di-Mercurio	Haute-Corse (2B)	815	117
20	Pianello	Haute-Corse (2B)	804	54
21	Tarrano	Haute-Corse (2B)	803	16
22	Cristinacce	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	802	77
23	Sampolo	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	801	91
24	Mazzola	Haute-Corse (2B)	798	22
25	Ciamannacce	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	793	131
26	Castineta	Haute-Corse (2B)	792	34
27	Quenza	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	789	204
28	Bastelica	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	788	528
29	Felce	Haute-Corse (2B)	787	54
30	Zonza	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	783	3,026
31	Tralonca	Haute-Corse (2B)	776	120
32	Santo-Pietro-di-Venaco	Haute-Corse (2B)	775	305
33	Vezzani	Haute-Corse (2B)	774	270
34	Saliceto	Haute-Corse (2B)	766	47
35	Aiti	Haute-Corse (2B)	763	29
36	Orto	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	762	81
37	Sermano	Haute-Corse (2B)	759	73
38	Cambia	Haute-Corse (2B)	752	61
39	Sorbollano	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	750	65
40	Guagno	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	749	147
41	Sant'Andréa-di-Bozio	Haute-Corse (2B)	746	56
42	Mausoléo	Haute-Corse (2B)	740	24
43	Piedicorte-di-Gaggio	Haute-Corse (2B)	735	115
44	Quasquara	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	733	69
45	Cozzano	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	731	283
46	Erbajolo	Haute-Corse (2B)	730	90
47	Alzi	Haute-Corse (2B)	730	27
48	Campana	Haute-Corse (2B)	729	22
49	Soccia	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	726	161
50	Marignana	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	723	104
51	Croce	Haute-Corse (2B)	722	81
52	Riventosa	Haute-Corse (2B)	718	148
53	Alando	Haute-Corse (2B)	716	30
54	Érone	Haute-Corse (2B)	712	10
55	Castiglione	Haute-Corse (2B)	711	40
56	Canavaggia	Haute-Corse (2B)	711	123
57	Zuani	Haute-Corse (2B)	706	37
58	Gavignano	Haute-Corse (2B)	704	61
59	Isolaccio-di-Fiumorbo	Haute-Corse (2B)	690	334
60	Perelli	Haute-Corse (2B)	688	110
61	Zicavo	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	683	205
62	Pietraserena	Haute-Corse (2B)	681	62
63	San-Gavino-di-Carbini	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	679	1,229
64	Frasseto	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	674	134
65	Castello-di-Rostino	Haute-Corse (2B)	672	522
66	Zévaco	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	671	51
67	Focicchia	Haute-Corse (2B)	667	36
68	Lento	Haute-Corse (2B)	665	118
69	Quercitello	Haute-Corse (2B)	662	54
70	Carpineto	Haute-Corse (2B)	662	39
71	Piano	Haute-Corse (2B)	661	18
72	Casanova	Haute-Corse (2B)	660	387
73	Rospigliani	Haute-Corse (2B)	657	70
74	Popolasca	Haute-Corse (2B)	657	41
75	Salice	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	655	104
76	Piobetta	Haute-Corse (2B)	654	20
77	Antisanti	Haute-Corse (2B)	652	596
78	Silvareccio	Haute-Corse (2B)	649	100
79	Mela	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	647	37
80	Poggio-di-Venaco	Haute-Corse (2B)	646	217
81	Castellare-di-Mercurio	Haute-Corse (2B)	645	31
82	San-Damiano	Haute-Corse (2B)	645	54
83	Parata	Haute-Corse (2B)	644	22
84	Casabianca	Haute-Corse (2B)	642	124
85	Vivario	Haute-Corse (2B)	640	411
86	Rosazia	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	639	53
87	Ghisoni	Haute-Corse (2B)	639	185
88	Muracciole	Haute-Corse (2B)	639	33
89	Guitera-les-Bains	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	638	155
90	Bocognano	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	637	422
91	Carcheto-Brustico	Haute-Corse (2B)	634	57
92	Tolla	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	631	122
93	Giuncaggio	Haute-Corse (2B)	631	92
94	Valle-d'Alesani	Haute-Corse (2B)	629	124
95	Piedipartino	Haute-Corse (2B)	629	19
96	Piedicroce	Haute-Corse (2B)	624	83
97	Loreto-di-Casinca	Haute-Corse (2B)	624	190
98	Nocario	Haute-Corse (2B)	621	76
99	Lano	Haute-Corse (2B)	621	21
100	Prato-di-Giovellina	Haute-Corse (2B)	621	54

Source: IGN, Géoplateforme elevation service (RGE ALTI); geo.api.gouv.fr (town hall position); elevation of the town hall of each commune. Not ranked: towns whose town hall elevation is not available. Tied values share the same rank. Data sources.

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