Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via’s schools beat most (A): bac results 2 points above the expected rate; brevet results a point below the expected rate. It also does well on health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €3,027/m², a 70 m² home costs 8.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Pyrénées catalanes. Safety is its weak spot: an average of 11.1 recorded violent incidents and 20.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via 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 Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via sees more crime per resident than 85% of compared French towns
2025 saw 50 offenses recorded in Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via. This Pyrénées-Orientales town has 1,350 jobs for 750 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. More of the graded crimes locally were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
11.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage26
Sexual violence13
Other physical violence11
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence43
Drug use12
Fraud12
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.
11.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
20.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
50
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
19.8%
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 · When family violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (19.8% 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. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
On foot, Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via works better than four in five compared French towns
A tenth of the labour force were unemployed, about level with compared French towns (10.1%) and below Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (14.7%). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 17.3% of commuters travelled at the census. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €24,560 a year.
17%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
On foot15%
Public transport2%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
1,350
jobs based in Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via, 1.8 per working resident
10.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,560
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 81% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Fewer deaths than Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via’s ages would predict, 79 per 100 expected, under Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
111 deaths in Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 140: 21% below. Women in Pyrénées-Orientales live to 85.5 on average and men to 78.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The town has 7 family doctors.
−21%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw79
Adjusted79
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via · 7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
20.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Saint Michel
42.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chiva site Saint Jean de Verges
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Pyrénées-Orientales, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Renting in Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via costs less than in both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.91/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via sell for €3,000/m², houses for €3,768/m². The median price, €3,027/m², comes from 545 sales of houses and apartments in the town from July 2023 to June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 545 homes were sold locally.
€3,027/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via€3,027/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Pyrénées-Orientales median€2,444/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,768/m²
60
Apartments
€3,000/m²
485
€10.91/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.31 to €14.32/m² a month)
8.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.58/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,600
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Pyrénées catalanes
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via is rich in protected monuments: 40 per 10,000 residents, more than in both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via has 7 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 6 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments in the town is Église Saint-Martin d'Odeillo. Most of the list is churches, chapels and other religious buildings: 4 of 7. Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Students and young workers shape Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via: 19% are 15 to 24, above Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns and compared French towns
People 65 and over make up a fifth of the town, lower than both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). Under-15s account for 10% of the population. Graduates make up 38% of adults.
44.9median age
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-ViaPyrénées-Orientales medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
19%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma10%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education38%
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 118 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
They grade A, better than 86% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,027/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via grades C for cost of living.
About Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via
Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via is a commune of 1,762 people in the Communauté de communes Pyrénées catalanes. 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
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.
