Find your town in Pyrénées-Orientales
Pyrénées-Orientales has 226 towns and villages, each with its page. Its 51 towns of 2,500 or more are graded against towns across France on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more; 37 of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades.
What Pyrénées-Orientales is like
The median ranked town in Pyrénées-Orientales grades highest on walkability and schools against towns across France, and lowest on jobs & income. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
1 of 43 (2%) grade A− or better, against 25% of French towns.
Every town ranked by scoreThe full list for Pyrénées-Orientales, with what drives each gradeDépartement report cardHow Pyrénées-Orientales compares with France’s other départements, subject by subjectCompare two townsSide by side, subject by subjectFind a town that’s…
43 towns · ordered by Pyrénées-Orientales rank
9 of these towns have a Safety Grade with a caution: between 10% and 25% of their index uses the département’s average for crimes too few to publish.
Towns without an overall grade
Each has its page and the subject grades it has. In France an overall grade needs a Safety Grade, and five graded subjects in all.
175 smaller towns and villages in Pyrénées-Orientales
With the 51 towns of 2,500 or more above, these are all 226 communes of Pyrénées-Orientales, A to Z. Towns of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades on their page (the figure is the population); villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades. The search at the top finds these too.
138 villages under 1,000 people, A to Z: their page, no grades
Départements next to Pyrénées-Orientales
The départements that share a border with it: each one’s communes, and how many of its towns have an overall grade.
Questions about Pyrénées-Orientales
What is the best place to live in Pyrénées-Orientales?
Canohès ranks first of 43 graded towns of 2,500 or more: schools (A+) and health (A−) are its strongest grades; cost of living (D) is its lowest. Baixas and Saint-Estève follow.
How do the biggest towns in Pyrénées-Orientales grade?
Perpignan (121,616 people) grades C− overall, with its best grade in walkability. Canet-en-Roussillon (13,227 people) grades D− overall, with its best grade in walkability.
How are these towns ranked?
By the overall grade, which blends six graded subjects (cost of living, safety, schools, health, jobs and income, walkability) from public data, each comparing a town with every French town of 1,000 or more. The rank is among the towns of 2,500 or more in Pyrénées-Orientales, where five or more have an overall grade.
Is every commune in Pyrénées-Orientales on TownRatings?
Yes: all 226 have their page, listed on this page. Grading depends on size: the 51 towns of 2,500 or more get every grade we can give them, the 37 of 1,000 to 2,499 get subject grades, and the 138 villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades.
Why isn’t my town ranked?
The ranking covers towns of 2,500 or more with an overall grade. Baho and Corneilla-del-Vercol and Latour-Bas-Elne and Maureillas-las-Illas and 4 more have no overall grade; their pages show the grades they have, and why.
Photos: Canohès, Fabricio Cardenas (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Baixas, LySioS-wkp (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Saint-Estève, Alan Mattingly (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Pollestres, LySioS (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Collioure, Pierre Goiffon (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Ille-sur-Têt, Meria z Geoian (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Alénya, Alan Mattingly (CC0) · Toulouges, Valdlentin (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Sorède, AC (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Prades, Jordi Gili (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Cabestany, LySioS-wkp (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Thuir, Alan Mattingly (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Villeneuve-de-la-Raho, LySioS (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Bages, LySioS-wkp (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Saleilles, LySioS-wkp (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Palau-del-Vidre, Palauenc05 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Céret, Fabricio Cardenas (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Banyuls-sur-Mer, Yebaco (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Port-Vendres, ChrisO (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Bompas, Jairoulak (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Perpignan, Ymblanter (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Arles-sur-Tech, diego_cue (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Pézilla-la-Rivière, BibPèzilla4 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Villelongue-de-la-Salanque, Paternel 1 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Saint-Hippolyte, Alan Mattingly (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Saint-André, Suaudeau (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Millas, Meria z Geoian (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda, Jean-Pierre Bazard (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Le Boulou, Fabricio Cardenas (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Saint-Cyprien, BlueBreezeWiki (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Espira-de-l'Agly, LySioS-wkp (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Le Soler, Jairoulak (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Pia, 瀬戸洋一、浦田有佳里他：「マルチステークホルダープロセスに… (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Elne, Kataloniec (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Rivesaltes, Drong~commonswiki (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque, Fabricio Cardenas (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Salses-le-Château, Pere López Brosa (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Claira, Jairoulak (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Canet-en-Roussillon, Photographe anonyme pour Ville de Canet-en-Roussillon (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Sainte-Marie-la-Mer, Paternel 1 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Argelès-sur-Mer, Auguste Chauvin (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Torreilles, Fabricio Cardenas (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Le Barcarès, Martine SODAIGUI (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, run #47 of October 30, 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (population). 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.