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It is a town of 204 residents in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie.
At under 1,000 residents, Finestret is too small for the grades other French towns get. Holiday and other second homes account for nearly a third of homes. 32% of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Finestret does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Finestret as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Sainte-Marie, in Espira-de-Conflent, 0.7 mi away.
23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Finestret.
People 65 and over make up nearly a third of the town, above both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up just over two in five adults. Ages in Finestret split evenly at 56.9: half are older, half younger.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
| Finestret | Pyrénées-Orientales median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 8.2% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 9.4% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 32% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 18% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Orientales median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment runs at 13.3%. At the census, 2.7% of working residents in Finestret didn’t travel to work at all. The median disposable income is €25,530 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Finestret from July 2023 to June 2026: 18 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Finestret is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Finestret yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finestret | 204 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Prades | 6,148 | 4.5 | B− | C+ | C | C |
| Ille-sur-Têt | 5,556 | 6.6 | B− | B− | B | D |
| Millas | 4,417 | 11 | D | C+ | C | D |
| Thuir | 8,243 | 12 | C+ | C | C | C |
| Arles-sur-Tech | 2,815 | 13 | D | C+ | B− | D− |
| Saint-Féliu-d'Avall | 2,950 | 13 | — | C− | — | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Finestret is a commune of 204 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
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 November 4, 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.