Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
6,616 people live in this town in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie.
The everyday basics are strong; the price of a home is the catch. Schools are its strong suit — brevet results 8 points above the expected rate. Overall, Canohès earns an A−: better than 81% of compared French towns, and #1 of 43 in Pyrénées-Orientales. What counts against it is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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 Canohès 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 1 historic monument in Canohès, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1972.
3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Canohès.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On results, collèges and lycées here come #1 of 46 in Pyrénées-Orientales. No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 3.6 mi away. A collège lies 0.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège François MitterrandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 165 | 100%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Canohès goes for €2,772/m², an apartment for €2,582/m². Houses made up 85% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €11.75/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,772/m² | 217 |
| Apartments | €2,582/m² | 37 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
5 GPs practise in Canohès. Life expectancy in Pyrénées-Orientales: 85.5 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 541 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 646: 16% below.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Violence against people averaged 2.5 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 13.2. 97 offenses were reported in Canohès during 2025. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes 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 · When other physical violence and sexual violence number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (4.0% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The median disposable income is €26,800 a year per consumption unit. 10.5% of the labour force were unemployed, about level with compared French towns (10.1%) and below Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (14.7%). Jobs based in Canohès number 1,000, against 2,750 residents in work (0.4 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
3% of its homes were built before 1919, below Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (5.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 11th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Graduates make up 36% of adults. People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town, between Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). Line up the people of Canohès by age and the one in the middle is 46.1.
52% women, 48% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
| Canohès | Pyrénées-Orientales median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 9.4% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Orientales median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, gardens and family days out in and near Canohès. Best known first.
Canohès has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Cyr-et-Sainte-Julitte: Photo: Palauenc05 · CC BY-SA 4.0
One notable person was born in Canohès.
Richard Milian: Lepetitlord, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canohès | 6,616 | — | A− | D | A− | A− |
| Toulouges | 7,450 | 1.1 | B− | C− | B− | A− |
| Pollestres | 5,548 | 1.9 | B− | C− | B− | B+ |
| Ponteilla | 3,101 | 2 | — | C− | — | C |
| Le Soler | 7,942 | 2.8 | D | C− | B− | D |
| Baho | 3,231 | 3.4 | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Saint-Estève | 11,630 | 4.1 | B | C− | B | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #5 of 43 in Pyrénées-Orientales. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 15 burglaries and 58 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A+, better than 100% of compared French towns and #1 of 46 in Pyrénées-Orientales. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.11/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Canohès grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Canohès is a commune of 6,616 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.
