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NahujaPyrénées-Orientales

This town in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie has a population of 74.

Is Nahuja a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Nahuja is too small for the grades other French towns get. Holiday and other second homes account for 69% of homes.

What makes Nahuja stand out

The one thing Nahuja does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Nahuja

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Sainte-Léocadie, in Sainte-Léocadie, 1 mi away.

38% 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 Nahuja.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Nahuja than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns or compared French towns: 7.9% are under 15

Degrees are held by 34% of adults, above both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (27%) and compared French towns (30%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 13%. Half of Nahuja is older than 50, half younger.

50median age
NahujaPyrénées-Orientales medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma11%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat27%
Higher education34%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

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

Ages and diplomas in Nahuja
NahujaPyrénées-Orientales medianFrance median
Under 157.9%16%17%
15–2413%9.4%11%
25–4416%21%23%
45–6441%27%26%
65+22%28%22%
No diploma11%19%19%
CAP or BEP24%27%26%
Baccalauréat27%20%18%
Higher education34%27%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Nahuja are out of work than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns or across compared French towns: 7.9%

At the census, 5.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%).

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving91%
On foot6%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Nahuja, 0.3 per working resident
7.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

90.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, a point below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Collège pupils travel 2.4 mi to the nearest one.

90.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Nahuja90.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège CerdanyaNearest collègeCollègeCollège7890%−1 pt
90.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −1 pt against the expected rate
2.4 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Nahuja is €11.66/m² a month

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

A house rents for an estimated €8.58/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 12 homes were sold in Nahuja. Among the homes sold, 33% were houses.

€11.66/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Nahuja€11.66/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Pyrénées-Orientales median€11.84/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

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Musée de Cerdagne and 3 more in and around Nahuja

Museums and family days out in and near Nahuja. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Nahuja

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Landmarks

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

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Famous people from Nahuja

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

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About Nahuja

Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie

Nahuja is a commune of 74 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

Population
74 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Pyrénées Cerdagne
Département
Pyrénées-Orientales (66)
Région
Occitanie
Area
2.2 sq mi (5.7 km²)
INSEE code
66120

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 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.