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274 residents make their home in this town in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie.
There are no grades for Matemale: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. 78% of its homes are second homes.
The one thing Matemale does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Matemale as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Sainte-Nativité-Notre-Dame, in Formiguères, 2.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, family days out and heritage in and near Matemale. Best known first.
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People aged 15 to 24 make up 7.2% of the town. 23% of residents are 65 or over, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (28%). Matemale has a median age of 48.5 years.
42% women, 58% men
About 73 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
| Matemale | Pyrénées-Orientales median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.2% | 9.4% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.7% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 29% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Orientales median and France median: the median of compared communes
After tax and benefits, the median income is €27,080 a year per consumption unit. Matemale has 100 jobs for 150 working residents, 0.8 per worker. At the census, 8.8% of working residents in Matemale didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The sales split: 76% houses, the rest apartments. 25 houses and apartments changed hands in Matemale from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Matemale is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Matemale as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Matemale is a commune of 274 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
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.