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CassagnesPyrénées-Orientales

A town of 294 in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie.

Is Cassagnes a good place to live?

Cassagnes is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Cassagnes stand out

The one thing Cassagnes does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Château de Cuxous
Château de Cuxous · Inscrit · Photo: Meria z Geoian · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cassagnes’ story

Cassagnes in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Cassagnes, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1996.

27% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1996First protected: Château de Cuxous
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cassagnes.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Cassagnes than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns or compared French towns: 14% are under 15

That puts Cassagnes below both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 28% of the town.

51median age
CassagnesPyrénées-Orientales medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat28%
Higher education27%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Cassagnes
CassagnesPyrénées-Orientales medianFrance median
Under 1514%16%17%
15–2410%9.4%11%
25–4419%21%23%
45–6428%27%26%
65+28%28%22%
No diploma13%19%19%
CAP or BEP22%27%26%
Baccalauréat28%20%18%
Higher education27%27%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Orientales median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Cassagnes keeps more of its old housing than Pyrénées-Orientales or compared French towns: 27% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

On this, Cassagnes is above both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (5.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Cassagnes, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
12th c.
oldest protected part
1996
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Cassagnes has higher unemployment than Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns or compared French towns: 20.9%

In the comparison, Cassagnes comes above both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (14.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Cassagnes has 50 jobs for 100 working residents, 0.4 per worker. The median disposable income is €19,850 a year per consumption unit.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving84%
Motorbike or scooter2%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Cassagnes, 0.4 per working resident
20.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€19,850
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
11%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Cassagnes costs less than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.84/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

For Cassagnes, that is below both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (€11.84/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€9.84/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Cassagnes€9.84/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Pyrénées-Orientales median€11.84/m²
€9.84/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.95 to €12.19/m² a month)
€8.97/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Cuxous and 4 more in and around Cassagnes

Heritage and museums in and near Cassagnes. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Cassagnes

12pages on Cassagnes

Landmarks

Cassagnes has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Château de Cuxous: Photo: Meria z Geoian · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Cassagnes

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Cassagnes yet.

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Cassagnes’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Pyrénées-Orientales →
Ille-sur-TêtMillasSaint-Féliu-d'AvallPézilla-la-RivièreBaixasLe SolerIlle-sur-TêtMillasSaint-Féliu-d'AvallPézilla-la-RivièreBaixasLe SolerCassagnes
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Cassagnes294—————
Ille-sur-Têt5,5564.9B−B−BD
Millas4,4175.3DC+CD
Saint-Féliu-d'Avall2,9507.9—C−—C+
Pézilla-la-Rivière4,1298.6DC−AD
Baixas2,77710B+C+B+C+
Le Soler7,94210DC−B−D

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Cassagnes

Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie

Cassagnes is a commune of 294 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

Population
294 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté urbaine Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole
Département
Pyrénées-Orientales (66)
Région
Occitanie
Area
5.9 sq mi (15.3 km²)
INSEE code
66042

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.