Several subjects drag its grade down. Its weakest is safety: an average of 12.4 recorded violent incidents and 39.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Canet-en-Roussillon’s overall grade is D−, behind almost every compared French town. That places it #39 of 43 in Pyrénées-Orientales. It lags on cost of living as well: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is its strong suit (A): 95% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 14% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Canet-en-Roussillon 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.
Ruines de l'ancien château: Photo: LeZibou · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Canet-en-Roussillon.
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is higher in Canet-en-Roussillon than in 99% of compared French towns
12.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearD−Safety Grade
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Canet-en-Roussillon. All told, Canet-en-Roussillon had 691 recorded offenses in 2025. This Pyrénées-Orientales town comes 41st of the 43 compared towns in Pyrénées-Orientales on the Safety Grade.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage308
Burglary91
Theft from vehicles82
Other physical violence77
Family violence53
Vehicle theft49
Sexual violence31
Theft without violence291
Fraud170
Drug use56
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.
12.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
39.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
691
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · 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, 0.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
Children make up only 9.4% of Canet-en-Roussillon, fewer than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns and across compared French towns
58.9median age
People aged 15 to 24 make up 7.8% of the town, below Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (9.4%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Two in five residents have reached 65. At 58.9, the median resident of Canet-en-Roussillon sits in the middle of the age range.
Canet-en-RoussillonPyrénées-Orientales medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
40%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 85 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−
A home in Canet-en-Roussillon sells for €3,613/m², more than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns and across compared French towns
€3,613/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Canet-en-Roussillon sell for €3,758/m², houses for €3,330/m². The estimated advertised rent is €13.70/m² a month, above Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (€11.84/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Of the homes sold, 28% were houses.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Canet-en-Roussillon€3,613/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Pyrénées-Orientales median€2,444/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,330/m²
402
Apartments
€3,758/m²
1,039
€13.70/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.80 to €17.38/m² a month)
11.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€14.27/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,520
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté urbaine Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Canet-en-Roussillon has higher unemployment than Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns or compared French towns: 19.2%
14%walk, cycle or take transit
Canet-en-Roussillon has 4,200 jobs for 3,950 working residents, 1.1 per worker. 14.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €25,040 a year per consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
On foot6%
Public transport4%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter3%
4,200
jobs based in Canet-en-Roussillon, 1.1 per working resident
19.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,040
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
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−
Adjusted for age and care homes, Canet-en-Roussillon sees more deaths than 84% of compared French towns
+3%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (92 places) counts its residents as Canet-en-Roussillon’s; allowing for it, deaths were 3% above expected. From 2016 to 2025, 2,151 residents of Canet-en-Roussillon died, against 2,004 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% more. Also worth knowing: women in Pyrénées-Orientales live to 85.5 on average and men to 78.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 9 GPs practise in the town.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw107
Adjusted103
Median town88
Expected100
9
GPs in Canet-en-Roussillon · 4.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique Medipole Saint Roch
5.6 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
80.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 7 points below the expected rate
97%passed the bac (general and technological)CSchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Ranked by results, schools here are #33 of 46 in Pyrénées-Orientales. The closest collège is 1.5 mi off. At the general lycée, 97% of 343 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
3 historic monuments in Canet-en-Roussillon, 1 classé
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Canet-en-Roussillon is Villa Muchir. The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 1.5% of the total.
Canet-en-Roussillon is a commune of 13,227 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
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Canet-en-Roussillon
Is Canet-en-Roussillon safe?
It grades D− for safety, #41 of 43 in Pyrénées-Orientales. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 91 burglaries and 308 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Canet-en-Roussillon good?
They grade C, better than 33% of compared French towns and #33 of 46 in Pyrénées-Orientales. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Canet-en-Roussillon expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Canet-en-Roussillon grades D− for cost of living.
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.
