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Corbère-les-CabanesPyrénées-Orientales

A town of 1,213 in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie.

Is Corbère-les-Cabanes a good place to live?

Corbère-les-Cabanes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 9.4% unemployment. At the median price of €2,114/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Roussillon-Conflent. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.

Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.

StrongestAHealthWeakestDJobs & income

What makes Corbère-les-Cabanes stand out

The one thing Corbère-les-Cabanes does most differently from other towns.

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How Corbère-les-Cabanes grades

Each subject compares Corbère-les-Cabanes 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.

How grading works

Jobs & income9.4% unemploymentDOpen →HealthAOpen →SchoolsB+Open →Cost of livingCOpen →Walkability0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to workCOpen →
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Corbère-les-Cabanes’ outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Corbère-les-Cabanes’ story

No historic monuments in Corbère-les-Cabanes

The Culture ministry lists no building in Corbère-les-Cabanes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Sainte-Marie de la Rodona, in Ille-sur-Têt, 2.9 mi away.

Explore the history →
Nearby attractions

Château de Castelnou and 11 more in and around Corbère-les-Cabanes

Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Corbère-les-Cabanes. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Corbère-les-Cabanes.

HealthHealth A

Fewer deaths than Corbère-les-Cabanes’ ages would predict, 70 per 100 expected, under Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns and compared French towns

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

Corbère-les-Cabanes sits below both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (96) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. From 2016 to 2025, 71 residents of Corbère-les-Cabanes died, against 101 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 30% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.

−30%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw70
Adjusted70
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Corbère-les-Cabanes · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Saint Pierre
11.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Saint Jean Perpignan
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Pyrénées-Orientales, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

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

Schools

89.9% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 0.9 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

That puts Corbère-les-Cabanes above both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (85.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%).

89.9%passed the brevetB+School Grade

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Corbère-les-Cabanes89.9%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Christian BourquinNearest collègeCollègeCollège13488%±0 pts
Collège Pierre FouchéBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollègeCollège11892%+2 pts
89.9%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +0.9 pts against the expected rate
2.2 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

HousingCost of living C

Corbère-les-Cabanes gets a C for cost of living

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

The median price, €2,114/m², comes from 41 sales of houses and apartments in Corbère-les-Cabanes from July 2023 to June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €11.21/m² a month, close to Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (€11.84/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€2,114/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Corbère-les-Cabanes€2,114/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Pyrénées-Orientales median€2,444/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€2,165/m²39
€11.21/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.89 to €14.12/m² a month)
6.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.61/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,790
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Roussillon-Conflent

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Work & commuteJobs & income D

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Corbère-les-Cabanes than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns or compared French towns: 5.6%

On this, Corbère-les-Cabanes is below both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 9.4% of the labour force are out of work.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
On foot2%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
150
jobs based in Corbère-les-Cabanes, 0.2 per working resident
9.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,540
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
1%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 32% of compared French towns

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

Who lives here

Corbère-les-Cabanes has fewer older residents than Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns or compared French towns: 20% are 65 or over

In the comparison, Corbère-les-Cabanes comes below both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 11% of the town.

43.5median age
Corbère-les-CabanesPyrénées-Orientales medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma17%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education28%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Corbère-les-Cabanes
Corbère-les-CabanesPyrénées-Orientales medianFrance median
Under 1517%16%17%
15–2411%9.4%11%
25–4424%21%23%
45–6428%27%26%
65+20%28%22%
No diploma17%19%19%
CAP or BEP30%27%26%
Baccalauréat19%20%18%
Higher education28%27%30%

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Corbère-les-Cabanes

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Landmarks

Nothing in Corbère-les-Cabanes is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Corbère-les-Cabanes

One notable person was born in Corbère-les-Cabanes.

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Corbère-les-Cabanes’ 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 →
MillasIlle-sur-TêtSaint-Féliu-d'AvallThuirPézilla-la-RivièreLe SolerMillasIlle-sur-TêtSaint-Féliu-d'AvallThuirPézilla-la-RivièreLe SolerCorbère-les-Cabanes
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Corbère-les-Cabanes1,213——C—A
Millas4,4172.6DC+CD
Ille-sur-Têt5,5562.8B−B−BD
Saint-Féliu-d'Avall2,9503.9—C−—C+
Thuir8,2434.5C+CCC
Pézilla-la-Rivière4,1295.5DC−AD
Le Soler7,9426.4DC−B−D

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

Questions about Corbère-les-Cabanes

Is Corbère-les-Cabanes safe?

Corbère-les-Cabanes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Are schools in Corbère-les-Cabanes good?

They grade B+, better than 71% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Is Corbère-les-Cabanes expensive to live in?

Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,114/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Corbère-les-Cabanes grades C for cost of living.

About Corbère-les-Cabanes

Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie

Corbère-les-Cabanes is a commune of 1,213 people in the Communauté de communes Roussillon-Conflent. 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
1,213 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Roussillon-Conflent
Département
Pyrénées-Orientales (66)
Région
Occitanie
Area
1.6 sq mi (4.2 km²)
INSEE code
66056

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.