Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
In Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, this town has 2,004 residents.
Corneilla-la-Rivière’s best grade is for walkability (B+): 99% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Jobs & income is its weak spot — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 11.8% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €2,048/m², so 70 m² costs 6.4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté urbaine Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole. It lags on schools as well: brevet results 2.9 points below the expected rate.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Corneilla-la-Rivière has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Corneilla-la-Rivière 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.
Corneilla-la-Rivière has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Corneilla-la-Rivière as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien cimetière wisigothique, in Estagel, 5.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Corneilla-la-Rivière.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Corneilla-la-Rivière, 84.6% of collège pupils passed the brevet, close to Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (85.1%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). For the general bac, the closest lycée is 7.7 mi away. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Christian BourquinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 134 | 88%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,048/m², comes from 79 sales of houses and apartments in Corneilla-la-Rivière from July 2023 to June 2026. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €8.77/m² a month. Houses were 96% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,147/m² | 76 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
11.8% of the labour force were unemployed, between Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (14.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The census found 7.9% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Households’ median disposable income: €24,170 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Pyrénées-Orientales, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 78.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 151 residents of Corneilla-la-Rivière died, against 181 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Corneilla-la-Rivière is Clinique Saint Pierre, 6.9 mi away. The town has one family doctor.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
One in ten residents are 15 to 24, about level with Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (9.4%) and below compared French towns (11%). The middle age in Corneilla-la-Rivière is 43.9. Degrees are held by 31% of adults.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
| Corneilla-la-Rivière | Pyrénées-Orientales median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 9.4% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Orientales median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Corneilla-la-Rivière is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Corneilla-la-Rivière.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corneilla-la-Rivière | 2,004 | — | — | C | — | B |
| Saint-Féliu-d'Avall | 2,950 | 1.5 | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Millas | 4,417 | 1.9 | D | C+ | C | D |
| Pézilla-la-Rivière | 4,129 | 2 | D | C− | A | D |
| Le Soler | 7,942 | 3.5 | D | C− | B− | D |
| Baho | 3,231 | 4.7 | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Thuir | 8,243 | 4.8 | C+ | C | C | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Corneilla-la-Rivière has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.3 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.
They grade C−, better than 25% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,048/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.46/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Corneilla-la-Rivière grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Corneilla-la-Rivière is a commune of 2,004 people in the Communauté urbaine Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole. 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 November 9, 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.