Collioure’s grades pull in different directions. It is easy to get around without a car: 81% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 24% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. School results are strong: brevet results a point above the expected rate. Where it falls short is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 14.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The overall grade lands at B−, better than 53% of compared French towns. That places it #5 of 43 in Pyrénées-Orientales. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for safety and B− for health.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Collioure 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Collioure.
Who lives here
Collioure skews older, with 43% of residents 65 or over, more than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns and across compared French towns
People aged 15 to 24 make up 6.6% of the town, below Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (9.4%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Under-15s account for 8.9% of the population. Graduates make up just over a third of adults.
60.8median age
ColliourePyrénées-Orientales medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
43%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP18%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education35%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 85 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
HousingCost of living D−
A home in Collioure sells for €4,913/m², more than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns and across compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €14.93/m² a month, above Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (€11.84/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. No town in Pyrénées-Orientales costs more to buy into than Collioure, at €4,913/m², the highest of 51. Houses sell for €4,546/m² locally, apartments for €5,000/m².
€4,913/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Collioure€4,913/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Pyrénées-Orientales median€2,444/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€4,546/m²
60
Apartments
€5,000/m²
213
€14.93/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€12.01 to €18.58/m² a month)
14.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.29/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,310
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Albères, de la Côte Vermeille et de l'Illibéris
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Collioure is rich in protected monuments: 29 per 10,000 residents, more than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Collioure is Ancienne église et ancien couvent des Dominicains. The Culture ministry lists 8 historic monuments in the town: 5 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level). Since 1998, part of the town has been a site patrimonial remarquable, a protected historic area. The protected list starts in Antiquity.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
More commuters in Collioure walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns or compared French towns: 23.6%
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,580 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment stood at 12.2%, lower than Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (14.7%) yet higher than compared French towns (10.1%). For its 850 residents in work, Collioure has 1,300 jobs: 1.5 each.
24%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving63%
On foot17%
Motorbike or scooter7%
Public transport4%
Bicycle4%
1,300
jobs based in Collioure, 1.5 per working resident
12.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,580
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 88% of compared French towns
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Collioure has a higher adjusted death rate than 51% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
539 deaths in Collioure between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 533: 1% above. Its care home for older people (74 places) counts its residents as Collioure’s; allowing for it, deaths were 12% below expected. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Collioure is Polyclinique Medipole Saint Roch, 13.8 mi away. At birth, a girl in Pyrénées-Orientales can expect 85.5 years and a boy 78.9 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw101
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Collioure · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique Medipole Saint Roch
13.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique Mediterranee Ex Cl Notre Dame D Esperance
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Pyrénées-Orientales, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Collioure has less crime per resident than 50% of compared French towns
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 3.6 cases of violence against people and 17.9 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). The police record for Collioure lists 68 offenses in 2025. The commonest graded crime locally was theft from vehicles (2025).
3.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Theft from vehicles27
Criminal damage27
Sexual violence9
Other physical violence5
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence52
Fraud28
Drug use5
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.
3.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
68
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
16.5%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, burglary and vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 16.5% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Ancienne église et ancien couvent des Dominicains: Photo: Enfo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Croix de cimetière: Photo: Enfo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort carré et tour de l'Etoile: Photo: Palauenc05 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Saint-Elme: Photo: Enfo · CC BY-SA 3.0
René Llense: Match : l'intran - 22 octobre 1935, n°484, Public domain · Joseph Desclaux: Le Miroir des sports, Public domain · François Berge: BenS67, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Georges Castex: Georges Castex, Public domain
Collioure’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Collioure
Is Collioure safe?
It grades B− for safety, #14 of 43 in Pyrénées-Orientales.
Are schools in Collioure good?
They grade B+, better than 72% of compared French towns and #11 of 46 in Pyrénées-Orientales. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Collioure expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Collioure grades D− for cost of living.
About Collioure
Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Collioure is a commune of 2,756 people in the Communauté de communes des Albères, de la Côte Vermeille et de l'Illibéris. 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
2,756 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Albères, de la Côte Vermeille et de l'Illibéris
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.
