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A town of 3,228 in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie.
Latour-Bas-Elne has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 12.6% unemployment. At the median price of €3,000/m², a 70 m² home costs 8.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Sud-Roussillon. Its strongest is walkability (B+): 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Latour-Bas-Elne does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Latour-Bas-Elne 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.
Latour-Bas-Elne has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Latour-Bas-Elne as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Sainte-Eulalie (ancienne cathédrale), in Elne, 1.6 mi away.
2.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and family days out in and near Latour-Bas-Elne. Best known first.
MuseumCloître d'Elne2.5 km southwest, in ElneFortFortPorte de Collioure2.3 km southwest, in ElneFortFortPorte de Perpignan2.4 km west, in ElneMuseumMuseumLes collections de Saint-Cyprien1.1 km north, in Saint-CyprienAttractionAttractionVerrerie D’art2.6 km west, in ElneWater parkWater parkAqualand2.6 km east, in Saint-CyprienPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Latour-Bas-Elne.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €3,000/m², above both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (€2,444/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,029/m² | 92 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Latour-Bas-Elne sits above both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%) on this measure. Children are 15% of the town.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Latour-Bas-Elne | Pyrénées-Orientales median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 9.4% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Orientales median and France median: the median of compared communes
8.0% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, close to Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (9.2%) and below compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 12.6%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
That puts Latour-Bas-Elne below both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (85.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Saint-Pierre de la Mer PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 99 | 100%+2 pts |
| Lycée privé Saint-Pierre de la Mer PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 48 | 100%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 441 residents of Latour-Bas-Elne died, against 420 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% more. Its care home for older people (80 places) counts its residents as Latour-Bas-Elne’s; allowing for it, deaths were 14% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Nothing in Latour-Bas-Elne is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Latour-Bas-Elne.
Fernand Vaquer: Fédération française de Rugby, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latour-Bas-Elne | 3,228 | — | — | C− | — | B− |
| Saint-Cyprien | 12,068 | 1.3 | D | D | C− | C |
| Elne | 9,511 | 1.5 | D | C | D | D |
| Alénya | 3,782 | 2.4 | B− | C− | A− | B− |
| Corneilla-del-Vercol | 2,696 | 2.6 | — | C | — | C |
| Palau-del-Vidre | 3,329 | 3.3 | C− | C | A− | C |
| Saint-Nazaire | 2,779 | 4 | — | C− | — | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Latour-Bas-Elne has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.5 recorded violent incidents and 12.9 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 26% of compared French towns and #37 of 46 in Pyrénées-Orientales. The lycée stands out: 100% of 48 candidates passed the bac at Lycée privé Saint-Pierre de la Mer in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.59/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Latour-Bas-Elne grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Latour-Bas-Elne is a commune of 3,228 people in the Communauté de communes Sud-Roussillon. 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 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.
