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Over-65s are 28% of the population. It is a town of 2,199 residents in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie.
Llupia’s strongest is schools: brevet results 5 points above the expected rate. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is weaker too (C) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Llupia 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.
The one thing Llupia does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Llupia 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.
Llupia has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Llupia as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Prieuré Saint-Estève de Monastir-del-Camp, in Passa, 3.7 mi away.
3% 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 Llupia.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 1 mi away. The nearest general lycée is 7.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre MoretoNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 242 | 93%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €11.31/m² a month, about level with Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (€11.84/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 64 homes in Llupia. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €11.60/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,621/m² | 60 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
28% of residents are 65 or over, about level with Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (28%) and above compared French towns (22%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for one in ten residents. Degrees are held by 26% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
| Llupia | Pyrénées-Orientales median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.4% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Orientales median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Llupia has 2 family doctors. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 94 per 100 expected, close to Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (96) and above compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 222 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 208, 6% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Llupia is Clinique Saint Pierre, 7.1 mi away.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B.
13.2% of the labour force are out of work. The median disposable income was €25,690 a year per consumption unit, above Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (€24,140) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 2.2% of working residents in Llupia didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, heritage and gardens in and near Llupia. Best known first.
Nothing in Llupia is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Llupia.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Llupia has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 7.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 92% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Llupia grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Llupia is a commune of 2,199 people in the Communauté urbaine Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole. 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 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.