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OreillaPyrénées-Orientales

This town in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie has a population of 28.

Is Oreilla a good place to live?

Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Oreilla has none. Second homes make up 70% of its housing. It skews young: 14% of residents are 15 to 24.

What makes Oreilla stand out

The 2 things Oreilla does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Oreilla

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-André d'Evol, in Olette, 0.8 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

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Who lives here

A young town: 14% of people in Oreilla are 15 to 24, more than in both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns and compared French towns

Among adults, 38% have a degree. People 65 and over make up nearly a third of the town, above Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. At 55, the median resident of Oreilla sits in the middle of the age range.

55median age
OreillaPyrénées-Orientales medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP17%
Baccalauréat25%
Higher education38%

Women and men · all residents

43% women, 57% men

About 75 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Oreilla
OreillaPyrénées-Orientales medianFrance median
Under 150%16%17%
15–2414%9.4%11%
25–4411%21%23%
45–6443%27%26%
65+32%28%22%
No diploma13%19%19%
CAP or BEP17%27%26%
Baccalauréat25%20%18%
Higher education38%27%30%

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

Work & commute

More people in Oreilla are out of work than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns or across compared French towns: 16.7%

10.0% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.

10%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
Public transport10%
On foot0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Oreilla, 0 per working resident
16.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
0%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Oreilla than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns or across compared French towns: €9.96/m² a month

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

House rents are put at about €8.38/m² a month. Oreilla recorded 6 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€9.96/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Oreilla€9.96/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Pyrénées-Orientales median€11.84/m²
€9.96/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.87 to €12.61/m² a month)
€8.38/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

L'Indien and 5 more in and around Oreilla

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Oreilla. Best known first.

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

12pages on Oreilla

Landmarks

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

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Famous people from Oreilla

One notable person was born in Oreilla.

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Oreilla’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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PradesPradesOreilla
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Oreilla28—————
Prades6,1489.6B−C+CC

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Oreilla

Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie

Oreilla is a commune of 28 people in the Communauté de communes Conflent-Canigó. 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
28 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Conflent-Canigó
Département
Pyrénées-Orientales (66)
Région
Occitanie
Area
6.4 sq mi (16.4 km²)
INSEE code
66128

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.