Rocher gravé dit Latour 2, situé Coma d'Ayrevals: Photo: Meria Geoian · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ancienne église Saint-Fructueux ou chapelle d'Iravals: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Latour-de-Carol.
History
Latour-de-Carol keeps more of its old housing than Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns or compared French towns: 15% built before 1919
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Latour-de-Carol is Ancienne église Saint-Fructueux ou chapelle d'Iravals. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in the town: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Latour-de-Carol is a graduates’ town: 34% hold a degree, more than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns and across compared French towns
44.4median age
21% of residents are 65 or over. Children under 15 make up 18%, above both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Aged 15 to 24: nearly one in ten residents.
Latour-de-CarolPyrénées-Orientales medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
21%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education34%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Orientales median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commute
Latour-de-Carol has lower unemployment than Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns or compared French towns: 5.8%
17%walk, cycle or take transit
Half of residents lived on more than €23,980 a year per consumption unit, near Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (€24,140) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs located in Latour-de-Carol: 150, for 200 residents in work (0.6 each). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 16.6% of commuters at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving75%
On foot13%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter0%
Public transport0%
150
jobs based in Latour-de-Carol, 0.6 per working resident
5.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,980
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Housing
The median sale price of homes in Latour-de-Carol is €2,691/m²
€2,691/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The sales split: 71% houses, the rest apartments. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €8.58/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €11.66/m² a month, close to Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (€11.84/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Latour-de-Carol€2,691/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Pyrénées-Orientales median€2,444/m²
€11.66/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.52 to €15.96/m² a month)
€8.58/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
Latour-de-Carol is a commune of 480 people in the Communauté de communes Pyrénées Cerdagne. 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.
