Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. 18% of homes here are second homes. Homes go for a median €845/m². It skews older: nearly two in five residents are 65 or over.
What makes Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes stand out
The 3 things Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1982.
26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Paul-Marcel Balmigère, born in 1882, is the one person born in Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes before 1900 that Wikidata records.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Tour d'angle, dite tour du Viguier: Photo: Capsot · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Notre-Dame-de-Laval: Photo: ArnoLagrange · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes.
Who lives here
An older town: 39% of people in Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes are 65 or over, more than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns and across compared French towns
59.8median age
People aged 15 to 24 are 6% of the population. Children under 15 make up 10%, lower than both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes has a median age of 59.8.
Caudiès-de-FenouillèdesPyrénées-Orientales medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
39%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Orientales median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes: 26% were built before 1919, more than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns and across compared French towns
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 15th century. Among the classé monuments in Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes is Église Notre-Dame-de-Laval. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments here: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Incomes in Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes run lower than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns and across compared French towns: a median €20,700 a year per consumption unit
14%walk, cycle or take transit
Unemployment stood at 16.0%, above Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (14.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. 100 jobs are based in Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes, for 150 working residents (0.5 per worker). At the census, 7.9% of working residents in Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes didn’t travel to work at all.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving77%
On foot10%
Bicycle3%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
100
jobs based in Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes, 0.5 per working resident
16.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,700
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Housing
Renting in Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes costs less than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.98/m² a month
€845/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €6.04/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 39 homes in Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes. Of the homes sold, 97% were houses.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes€845/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Pyrénées-Orientales median€2,444/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€835/m²
38
€8.98/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.37 to €10.94/m² a month)
€6.04/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes is a commune of 586 people in the Communauté de communes Agly Fenouillèdes. 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
586 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Agly Fenouillèdes
Département
Pyrénées-Orientales (66)
Région
Occitanie
Area
14.5 sq mi (37.6 km²)
INSEE code
66046
Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
