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ConatPyrénées-Orientales

A town in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, home to 65 people.

Is Conat a good place to live?

Conat has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 51% of homes here are second homes. Over-65s are just over a third of the population.

What makes Conat stand out

The 2 things Conat does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église paroissiale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Conat
Église paroissiale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Conat · Inscrit · Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0
Conat’s story

Conat in pictures

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

44% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1985First protected: Église paroissiale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Conat
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Nearby attractions

Fort Libéria and 12 more in and around Conat

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Conat. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Conat.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Conat than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns or compared French towns: 11% are under 15

Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, above both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (9.4%) and compared French towns (11%). Just over a third of residents are 65 or over. Degrees are held by 32% of adults.

49.5median age
ConatPyrénées-Orientales medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma8%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat25%
Higher education32%

Women and men · all residents

46% women, 54% men

About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Conat
ConatPyrénées-Orientales medianFrance median
Under 1511%16%17%
15–2412%9.4%11%
25–4422%21%23%
45–6420%27%26%
65+35%28%22%
No diploma7.5%19%19%
CAP or BEP28%27%26%
Baccalauréat25%20%18%
Higher education32%27%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Conat: 44% were built before 1919, more than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns and across compared French towns

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

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

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
1985
first monument protected
44%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Conat, 22.7%, runs above Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns and compared French towns

At the census, 17.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, higher than both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%).

18%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving65%
On foot12%
Motorbike or scooter12%
Public transport6%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Conat, 1.1 per working resident
22.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Conat than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns or across compared French towns: €8.49/m² a month

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

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 7 homes in Conat.

€8.49/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Conat€8.49/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Pyrénées-Orientales median€11.84/m²
€8.49/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.90 to €10.45/m² a month)
€8.38/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Conat

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Landmarks

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

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Photo credits

Église paroissiale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Conat: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Conat

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

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Conat’s 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 →
PradesIlle-sur-TêtArles-sur-TechMillasPradesIlle-sur-TêtArles-sur-TechMillasConat
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Conat65—————
Prades6,1483.5B−C+CC
Ille-sur-Têt5,55614B−B−BD
Arles-sur-Tech2,81518DC+B−D−
Millas4,41718DC+CD

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

About Conat

Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie

Conat is a commune of 65 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

Population
65 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Conflent-Canigó
Département
Pyrénées-Orientales (66)
Région
Occitanie
Area
7.4 sq mi (19.2 km²)
INSEE code
66054

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.