Banyuls-sur-Mer grades C− overall: better than 19% of compared French towns, and #18 of 43 in Pyrénées-Orientales. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability (A): 75% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 25% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Banyuls-sur-Mer 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Banyuls-sur-Mer.
Who lives here
Older residents shape Banyuls-sur-Mer: 43% are 65 or over, above Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns and compared French towns
For Banyuls-sur-Mer, that is above both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). Children are 8.8% of the town.
60.7median age
Banyuls-sur-MerPyrénées-Orientales medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
43%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Orientales median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living D
Homes in Banyuls-sur-Mer cost more than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns or across compared French towns, with a median sale of €3,564/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Banyuls-sur-Mer sits above both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (€2,444/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) on this measure. In Banyuls-sur-Mer, houses go for €3,468/m² and apartments for €3,575/m².
€3,564/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Banyuls-sur-Mer€3,564/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Pyrénées-Orientales median€2,444/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,468/m²
143
Apartments
€3,575/m²
191
€12.88/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.44 to €15.89/m² a month)
10.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.29/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,310
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Albères, de la Côte Vermeille et de l'Illibéris
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Banyuls-sur-Mer gets to work on foot, by bike and by public transport more than Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns or compared French towns: 24.7% of commuters
That puts Banyuls-sur-Mer above both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 13.0%. Banyuls-sur-Mer has 1,500 jobs for 1,350 working residents, 1.1 per worker.
25%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving67%
On foot17%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter4%
Public transport3%
1,500
jobs based in Banyuls-sur-Mer, 1.1 per working resident
13.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,280
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 87% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Banyuls-sur-Mer is 17.7 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
9 GPs practise in Banyuls-sur-Mer. Adjusted for age and care homes, Banyuls-sur-Mer records 100 deaths per 100 expected, above both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (96) and compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+0%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw118
Adjusted100
Median town88
Expected100
9
GPs in Banyuls-sur-Mer · 4.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
17.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique Medipole Saint Roch
17.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique Mediterranee Ex Cl Notre Dame D Esperance
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Pyrénées-Orientales, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Banyuls-sur-Mer records more crime per resident than 79% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 116 offenses in the graded categories in Banyuls-sur-Mer in 2025. Violence against people ran at 7.3 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 22 (2023–2025 average). For sexual violence and vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 2.2% of the index here.
7.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage34
Burglary30
Theft from vehicles26
Family violence15
Other physical violence11
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence58
Fraud51
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.
7.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
22
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
116
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
4 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 2024
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Banyuls-sur-Mer, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2024. 13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
4historic monuments
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit4
10th c.
oldest protected part
1962
first monument protected
2024
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
Église de la Rectorie: Photo: Palauenc05 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Monument aux morts de la guerre de 1914-1918: Photo: El Caro · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Château de Querroig: Photo: Arnaugir · CC BY-SA 3.0
Aristide Maillol: Alfred Kuhn (1885-1940), Public domain · Adolphe d’Espie: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Raymond Centène: René Robin, CC BY 4.0 · Nadine Cosentino: Michel-georges bernard, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lucien Barris: File:USAP_1944.jpg, Public domain · Marius Douzan: MOSSOT, CC BY-SA 4.0
Banyuls-sur-Mer’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Banyuls-sur-Mer
Is Banyuls-sur-Mer safe?
It grades C− for safety, #31 of 43 in Pyrénées-Orientales. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 30 burglaries and 34 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Banyuls-sur-Mer good?
They grade B+, better than 72% of compared French towns and #11 of 46 in Pyrénées-Orientales. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Banyuls-sur-Mer expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.88/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Banyuls-sur-Mer grades D for cost of living.
About Banyuls-sur-Mer
Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Banyuls-sur-Mer is a commune of 4,496 people in the Communauté de communes des Albères, de la Côte Vermeille et de l'Illibéris. 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
Population
4,496 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Albères, de la Côte Vermeille et de l'Illibéris
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.
