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3,782 people call this town in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie home.
Safety is where it shines (A−) — an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 11.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At B− overall, Alénya is better than 52% of compared French towns and ranks #7 of 43 in Pyrénées-Orientales. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy (A−): 96% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Work and incomes lag: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 12.6% unemployment. It also trails on cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for schools and B− for health.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Alénya does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Alénya with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Alénya as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne maternité Suisse d'Elne, ancien château d'En Bardou, in Elne, 2.8 mi away.
2.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Alénya.
The jobless rate is 12.6%. Half of residents lived on more than €24,460 a year per consumption unit, about level with Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (€24,140) and below compared French towns (€25,970). 4.9% of Alénya’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Alénya comes 3rd of the 43 compared towns in Pyrénées-Orientales on the Safety Grade. Over 2025, Alénya logged 58 recorded offenses. Of the graded crimes locally, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When sexual violence and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (12.5% of the index here). Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Alénya goes for €2,744/m², an apartment for €2,285/m². Among the homes sold, 71% were houses. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €11.73/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,744/m² | 88 |
| Apartments | €2,285/m² | 36 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Those 65 and older account for 27% of residents. Line up the people of Alénya by age and the one in the middle is 49.5. 9.7% of the population is aged 15 to 24, about level with Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (9.4%) and below compared French towns (11%).
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
| Alénya | Pyrénées-Orientales median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 9.4% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Orientales median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its schools’ results rank #19 of 46 in Pyrénées-Orientales. The nearest collège is 1.7 mi away. At the general lycée, 100% of 48 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Alice et Jean OliboNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 175 | 80%−3 pts |
| Lycée privé Saint-Pierre de la Mer PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 48 | 100%+1 pt |
| Collège privé Saint-Pierre de la Mer PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 99 | 100%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
2 GPs practise in Alénya. Its care home for older people (83 places) counts its residents as Alénya’s; allowing for it, deaths were 12% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 421 residents of Alénya died, against 397 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% more. Average lifespans in Pyrénées-Orientales: 85.5 years for women, 78.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Alénya. Best known first.
MuseumCloître d'Elne4.5 km south, in ElneFortFortPorte de Perpignan4.4 km south, in ElneFortFortPorte de Collioure4.5 km south, in ElneMuseumMuseumLes collections de Saint-Cyprien3 km southeast, in Saint-CyprienAttractionAttractionVerrerie D’art4.4 km south, in ElneChâteauChâteauChâteau de Corneilla-del-Vercol3.1 km southwest, in Corneilla-del-VercolPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Alénya is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Alénya.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alénya | 3,782 | — | B− | C− | A− | B− |
| Corneilla-del-Vercol | 2,696 | 1.7 | — | C | — | C |
| Saint-Nazaire | 2,779 | 1.9 | — | C− | — | D |
| Saleilles | 5,698 | 2.1 | C | D | A− | C |
| Saint-Cyprien | 12,068 | 2.2 | D | D | C− | C |
| Latour-Bas-Elne | 3,228 | 2.4 | — | C− | — | B− |
| Elne | 9,511 | 2.6 | D | C | D | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #3 of 43 in Pyrénées-Orientales. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 26 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 60% of compared French towns and #19 of 46 in Pyrénées-Orientales. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.45/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Alénya grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Alénya is a commune of 3,782 people in the Communauté de communes Sud-Roussillon. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.