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FossePyrénées-Orientales

52 residents make their home in this town in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie.

Is Fosse a good place to live?

There are no grades for Fosse: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Holiday and other second homes account for 50% of homes. Young adults aged 15 to 24 make up 16% of residents.

What makes Fosse stand out

The 2 things Fosse does most differently from other towns.

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Fosse’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Fosse’s story

No historic monuments in Fosse

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame-de-Laval, in Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes, 2.6 mi away.

26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fosse.

Who lives here

Children make up only 5.3% of Fosse, fewer than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns and compared French towns

People 65 and over make up 32% of the town, above Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Graduates make up 35% of adults. The middle age in Fosse is 56.8.

56.8median age
FossePyrénées-Orientales medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma12%
CAP or BEP19%
Baccalauréat25%
Higher education35%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Fosse
FossePyrénées-Orientales medianFrance median
Under 155.3%16%17%
15–2416%9.4%11%
25–4412%21%23%
45–6435%27%26%
65+32%28%22%
No diploma12%19%19%
CAP or BEP19%27%26%
Baccalauréat25%20%18%
Higher education35%27%30%

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Fosse, 4.8%, runs below Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns and compared French towns

At the census, 9.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.

10%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving71%
Public transport10%
On foot0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Fosse, 0.4 per working resident
4.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
19%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Fosse costs less than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.49/m² a month

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

Sales in Fosse from July 2023 to June 2026: 4 houses and apartments.

€8.49/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Fosse€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)
€8.97/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 Fosse

12pages on Fosse

Landmarks

Nothing in Fosse is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Fosse

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

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Fosse’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-TêtQuillanMillasSaint-Féliu-d'AvallPradesIlle-sur-TêtQuillanMillasSaint-Féliu-d'AvallFosse
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Fosse52—————
Prades6,14812B−C+CC
Ille-sur-Têt5,55613B−B−BD
Quillan Aude2,97814BA−B−C
Millas4,41715DC+CD
Saint-Féliu-d'Avall2,95018—C−—C+

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

About Fosse

Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie

Fosse is a commune of 52 people in the Communauté de communes Agly Fenouillèdes. 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
52 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Agly Fenouillèdes
Département
Pyrénées-Orientales (66)
Région
Occitanie
Area
1.7 sq mi (4.4 km²)
INSEE code
66083

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.