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Population 1,182: a town in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie.
Residents are healthier than most (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 80% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for schools and B for jobs & income.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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. Bourg-Madame has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Bourg-Madame does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bourg-Madame 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.
Bourg-Madame has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Bourg-Madame: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1910.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bourg-Madame.
Jobs based in Bourg-Madame number 500, against 500 residents in work (0.9 per worker). 3.8% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. Also worth knowing: the typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €24,450 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Bourg-Madame is Clinique Saint Michel, 27 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 83 residents of Bourg-Madame died, against 109 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 24% fewer. Women in Pyrénées-Orientales live to 85.5 on average and men to 78.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €8.58/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 71 homes were sold in Bourg-Madame. Among the homes sold, 34% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Apartments | €3,156/m² | 47 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège CerdanyaNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 78 | 90%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Bourg-Madame is Église Saint-Romain de Caldegas. The oldest protected building goes back to the 11th century. 5% of homes were built before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The 15-to-24 age group makes up nearly one in ten residents. People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, lower than Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (28%) and near compared French towns (22%). Ages in Bourg-Madame split evenly at 46.9: half are older, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
| Bourg-Madame | Pyrénées-Orientales median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 9.4% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 17% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 26% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Orientales median and France median: the median of compared communes
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Bourg-Madame: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Église Saint-Romain de Caldegas: Photo: jordi domènech · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Martin de Hix: Photo: EmDee · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bourg-Madame yet.
Bourg-Madame has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.5 recorded violent incidents and 13.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 61% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.66/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Bourg-Madame grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Bourg-Madame is a commune of 1,182 people in the Communauté de communes Pyrénées Cerdagne. 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 9, 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.
