Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 10,465 in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie.
Cabestany grades C+ overall: better than 42% of compared French towns, and #11 of 43 in Pyrénées-Orientales. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 94% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% 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.
The one thing Cabestany does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cabestany 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 Cabestany as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Jacques, in Perpignan, 2.2 mi away.
2.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Cabestany. Best known first.
AttractionHôtel Pams3.8 km northwest, in Perpignan
MuseumMusée Hyacinthe-Rigaud4.2 km northwest, in Perpignan
MuseumMuséum d'histoire naturelle de Perpignan3.7 km northwest, in Perpignan
MuseumCasa Xanxo4 km northwest, in PerpignanCathedralCathedralCathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Perpignan4.1 km northwest, in PerpignanPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cabestany.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 298 sales of houses and apartments in Cabestany from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €2,444/m² for the median of compared towns in Pyrénées-Orientales.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,561/m² | 252 |
| Apartments | €2,492/m² | 46 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
9.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, close to Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (9.2%) and below compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 12.9%. Cabestany has 4,400 jobs for 3,850 working residents, 1.1 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On this, Cabestany is above both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (27%) and compared French towns (30%). Those 65 and older account for 28% of residents.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
| Cabestany | Pyrénées-Orientales median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.4% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 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.
Schools rank #16 of 46 in Pyrénées-Orientales.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pau CasalsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 184 | 87%−2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Pablo PicassoNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 413 | 94%−2 pts |
| Collège Albert CamusBest against expectations: 14 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 88 | 78%+14 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 251 offenses in the graded categories in Cabestany in 2025. For armed robbery, 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, 0.3% of the index here.
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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 1,192 residents of Cabestany died, against 1,305 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% fewer. Its care home for older people (105 places) counts its residents as Cabestany’s; allowing for it, deaths were 15% below expected. 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
Nothing in Cabestany is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Cabestany as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabestany | 10,465 | — | C+ | D | C+ | B |
| Saleilles | 5,698 | 1.8 | C | D | A− | C |
| Perpignan | 121,616 | 2.5 | C− | C+ | D− | C− |
| Saint-Nazaire | 2,779 | 2.8 | — | C− | — | D |
| Bompas | 7,832 | 3.2 | C− | C− | C | C+ |
| Villeneuve-de-la-Raho | 4,470 | 3.5 | C | D | B | A− |
| Alénya | 3,782 | 3.6 | B− | C− | A− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #22 of 43 in Pyrénées-Orientales. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 38 burglaries and 93 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 63% of compared French towns and #16 of 46 in Pyrénées-Orientales. 94% of 413 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Pablo Picasso in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.91/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cabestany grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Cabestany is a commune of 10,465 people in the Communauté urbaine Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole. 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.