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A town of 1,483 in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie.
Banyuls-dels-Aspres has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 13% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,334/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes des Aspres.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Banyuls-dels-Aspres does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Banyuls-dels-Aspres 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Banyuls-dels-Aspres as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Sainte-Marie, in Brouilla, 1.9 mi away.
11% 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 Banyuls-dels-Aspres.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Banyuls-dels-Aspres sits above both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (96) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. From 2016 to 2025, 135 residents of Banyuls-dels-Aspres died, against 119 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 13% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,334/m², comes from 65 sales of houses and apartments in Banyuls-dels-Aspres from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,348/m² | 60 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
That puts Banyuls-dels-Aspres below both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Banyuls-dels-Aspres has 200 jobs for 650 working residents, 0.3 per worker. Unemployment stands at 11.3%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On this, Banyuls-dels-Aspres is below both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (9.4%) and compared French towns (11%). Those 65 and older account for 23% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
| Banyuls-dels-Aspres | Pyrénées-Orientales median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 9.4% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Orientales median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage in and near Banyuls-dels-Aspres. Best known first.
Nothing in Banyuls-dels-Aspres is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Banyuls-dels-Aspres.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banyuls-dels-Aspres | 1,483 | — | — | C | — | D |
| Bages | 4,560 | 3.2 | C | C+ | A− | C |
| Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines | 3,059 | 3.3 | — | C | — | B |
| Le Boulou | 5,487 | 3.3 | D | C | D | B |
| Palau-del-Vidre | 3,329 | 4.8 | C− | C | A− | C |
| Ponteilla | 3,101 | 4.9 | — | C− | — | C |
| Pollestres | 5,548 | 5.3 | B− | C− | B− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Banyuls-dels-Aspres has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.8 recorded violent incidents and 25.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,334/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.60/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Banyuls-dels-Aspres grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Banyuls-dels-Aspres is a commune of 1,483 people in the Communauté de communes des Aspres. 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 October 30, 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.