Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 4,922 in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie.
Claira grades D− overall: better than 3% of compared French towns, and #38 of 43 in Pyrénées-Orientales. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
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 Claira 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 no building in Claira as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Colonne milliaire, in Saint-Hippolyte, 1.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, museums and family days out in and near Claira. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Claira.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 206 sales of houses and apartments in Claira 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 | €2,518/m² | 181 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
In the comparison, Claira comes below both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (85.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%). Schools rank #44 of 46 in Pyrénées-Orientales.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean MermozNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 230 | 81%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Claira’s deaths ran at 99 per 100 expected, close to Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (96) and above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 385 residents of Claira died, against 389 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% fewer. 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
Police and gendarmerie recorded 87 offenses in the graded categories in Claira in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft, 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, 5.9% 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
For Claira, that is above both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Those 65 and older account for 22% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
| Claira | Pyrénées-Orientales median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 9.4% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Orientales median and France median: the median of compared communes
Claira sits below both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%) on this measure. Unemployment stands at 13.6%. Claira has 1,850 jobs for 1,900 working residents, 1 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Claira is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Claira.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claira | 4,922 | — | D− | D | C+ | C− |
| Saint-Hippolyte | 3,126 | 1.8 | D | C− | B+ | C+ |
| Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque | 9,898 | 2.2 | D | C− | C+ | C |
| Bompas | 7,832 | 2.4 | C− | C− | C | C+ |
| Pia | 11,615 | 2.5 | D | C− | C− | C− |
| Torreilles | 3,753 | 2.5 | D− | D | D | C− |
| Villelongue-de-la-Salanque | 3,335 | 2.8 | D | C− | B− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #23 of 43 in Pyrénées-Orientales. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 41 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 16% of compared French towns and #44 of 46 in Pyrénées-Orientales. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.90/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Claira grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Claira is a commune of 4,922 people in the Communauté de communes Corbières Salanque Méditerranée. 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.