Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Codalet.
Who lives here
An older town: 40% of people in Codalet are 65 or over, more than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns and across compared French towns
The 15-to-24 age group: 5.1%, below both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (9.4%) and compared French towns (11%). Children are 12% of the town. Half the people of Codalet are older than 59.2.
59.2median age
CodaletPyrénées-Orientales medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
40%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education29%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 87 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
History
Codalet keeps more of its old housing than Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns or compared French towns: 16% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Codalet counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments in the town is Ancienne abbaye de Saint-Michel de Cuxa ou Cuixà. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Only 2.8% of commuters in Codalet go to work without a car, fewer than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns and across compared French towns
Of those in the labour force, 15.9% are unemployed. Half of residents lived on more than €26,150 a year per consumption unit, above Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (€24,140) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). Also worth knowing: at the census, 3.9% of working residents in Codalet didn’t travel to work at all.
3%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving92%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
0
jobs based in Codalet, 0.2 per working resident
15.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,150
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
Schools
90.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Codalet, 96.8% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (94.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. The nearest collège is 0.7 mi away.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Codalet
Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Codalet is a commune of 350 people in the Communauté de communes Conflent-Canigó. 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
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.
