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.

What are the 10 lowest-lying towns in Corsica?

In order: Santa-Maria-Poggio (1 m), Bastia (4 m), Santa-Lucia-di-Moriani (4 m), Ajaccio (4 m), Propriano (5 m), Aléria (9 m), Algajola (11 m), Brando (11 m), San-Nicolao (11 m), and Ogliastro (14 m).

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. See the highest 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.

Lowest-Lying 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. At the other end of the ranking, Lozzi (Haute-Corse) comes last with 1,038 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: lowest-lying towns in Corsica

Rank	Town	Department	Town hall elevation (m)	Population
1	Santa-Maria-Poggio	Haute-Corse (2B)	1	816
2	Bastia	Haute-Corse (2B)	4	47,374
3	Santa-Lucia-di-Moriani	Haute-Corse (2B)	4	1,542
4	Ajaccio	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	4	77,132
5	Propriano	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	5	4,028
6	Aléria	Haute-Corse (2B)	9	2,297
7	Algajola	Haute-Corse (2B)	11	371
8	Brando	Haute-Corse (2B)	11	1,622
9	San-Nicolao	Haute-Corse (2B)	11	2,084
10	Ogliastro	Haute-Corse (2B)	14	90
11	Saint-Florent	Haute-Corse (2B)	14	1,707
12	Ghisonaccia	Haute-Corse (2B)	17	4,460
13	Biguglia	Haute-Corse (2B)	19	7,780
14	Sari-Solenzara	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	20	1,466
15	Santa-Maria-di-Lota	Haute-Corse (2B)	21	2,074
16	Calvi	Haute-Corse (2B)	24	5,869
17	Furiani	Haute-Corse (2B)	27	6,684
18	Ventiseri	Haute-Corse (2B)	29	2,670
19	Centuri	Haute-Corse (2B)	34	175
20	Galéria	Haute-Corse (2B)	35	401
21	Lucciana	Haute-Corse (2B)	43	7,012
22	Bonifacio	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	44	3,404
23	Porto-Vecchio	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	55	11,387
24	Aghione	Haute-Corse (2B)	55	261
25	Bastelicaccia	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	69	4,489
26	Pianottoli-Caldarello	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	80	764
27	Lecci	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	83	2,166
28	Cargèse	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	84	1,168
29	Figari	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	88	1,806
30	Sotta	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	95	1,920
31	Monacia-d'Aullène	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	101	553
32	Patrimonio	Haute-Corse (2B)	103	921
33	Serriera	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	114	113
34	Luri	Haute-Corse (2B)	121	889
35	Serra-di-Ferro	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	125	739
36	Nonza	Haute-Corse (2B)	129	62
37	Pino	Haute-Corse (2B)	132	148
38	Farinole	Haute-Corse (2B)	138	241
39	Afa	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	146	3,406
40	Pietracorbara	Haute-Corse (2B)	154	661
41	Tomino	Haute-Corse (2B)	156	186
42	Castellare-di-Casinca	Haute-Corse (2B)	164	707
43	Lumio	Haute-Corse (2B)	171	1,239
44	Vescovato	Haute-Corse (2B)	173	3,426
45	Monticello	Haute-Corse (2B)	199	2,110
46	Osani	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	201	99
47	Morsiglia	Haute-Corse (2B)	203	113
48	Venzolasca	Haute-Corse (2B)	204	1,891
49	Rogliano	Haute-Corse (2B)	205	536
50	Morosaglia	Haute-Corse (2B)	206	971
51	Meria	Haute-Corse (2B)	207	83
52	Partinello	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	207	95
53	Manso	Haute-Corse (2B)	207	119
54	Villanova	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	210	407
55	Pigna	Haute-Corse (2B)	214	130
56	San-Giuliano	Haute-Corse (2B)	217	815
57	Eccica-Suarella	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	227	1,425
58	Cagnano	Haute-Corse (2B)	232	151
59	Conca	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	236	1,193
60	Aregno	Haute-Corse (2B)	239	600
61	Oletta	Haute-Corse (2B)	247	1,807
62	Casaglione	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	254	575
63	Santa-Reparata-di-Balagna	Haute-Corse (2B)	256	1,043
64	Prunelli-di-Casacconi	Haute-Corse (2B)	257	151
65	Valle-di-Campoloro	Haute-Corse (2B)	265	342
66	Ersa	Haute-Corse (2B)	266	124
67	Sant'Andréa-d'Orcino	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	274	148
68	Taglio-Isolaccio	Haute-Corse (2B)	279	630
69	Sorbo-Ocagnano	Haute-Corse (2B)	285	922
70	Loreto-di-Tallano	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	288	51
71	Canari	Haute-Corse (2B)	289	310
72	Corbara	Haute-Corse (2B)	289	980
73	Borgo	Haute-Corse (2B)	289	10,507
74	Calenzana	Haute-Corse (2B)	292	2,714
75	Belgodère	Haute-Corse (2B)	296	849
76	Ville-di-Pietrabugno	Haute-Corse (2B)	301	3,274
77	Sartène	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	301	3,824
78	Calcatoggio	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	302	524
79	Poggio-d'Oletta	Haute-Corse (2B)	303	224
80	Granace	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	303	94
81	Moncale	Haute-Corse (2B)	306	351
82	Avapessa	Haute-Corse (2B)	308	80
83	Vallecalle	Haute-Corse (2B)	310	175
84	Olmeta-di-Tuda	Haute-Corse (2B)	312	587
85	Barrettali	Haute-Corse (2B)	313	175
86	Costa	Haute-Corse (2B)	314	49
87	Poggio-Mezzana	Haute-Corse (2B)	316	892
88	Barbaggio	Haute-Corse (2B)	319	368
89	Murzo	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	319	100
90	Olmeta-di-Capocorso	Haute-Corse (2B)	323	125
91	Novella	Haute-Corse (2B)	325	83
92	Cervione	Haute-Corse (2B)	325	2,171
93	Sisco	Haute-Corse (2B)	327	1,192
94	Zoza	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	329	66
95	Talasani	Haute-Corse (2B)	338	853
96	Lavatoggio	Haute-Corse (2B)	340	156
97	Viggianello	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	340	915
98	Piedigriggio	Haute-Corse (2B)	341	165
99	Ota	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	343	475
100	Arbori	Corse-du-Sud (2A)	345	53

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.

The lowest-lying towns in Corsica

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