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1,390 residents make their home in this town in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie.
Osséja’s strongest subject is walkability (A+): 86% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 26% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is a strength too: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 17% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Osséja 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 Osséja does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Osséja 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.
Osséja has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Osséja has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1964.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Osséja.
11.0% of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 26.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, higher than both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Median disposable income comes to €23,760 a year per consumption unit.
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.
Apartments in Osséja sell for €3,299/m², houses for €2,917/m². House rents are put at about €8.58/m² a month. Houses made up 29% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,917/m² | 34 |
| Apartments | €3,299/m² | 84 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Pyrénées-Orientales: 85.5 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 118 deaths in Osséja from 2016 to 2025; there were 98, 17% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Osséja is Clinique Saint Michel, 26.3 mi away. 5 GPs practise in the town.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 2.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège CerdanyaNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 78 | 90%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 6.8% of the total, between Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (5.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town. Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over. Among adults, 31% have a degree.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
| Osséja | Pyrénées-Orientales median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 9.4% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Orientales median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums and family days out in and near Osséja. Best known first.
Osséja has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Osséja yet.
Osséja has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 14.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 750 jobs for 550 working residents, Osséja draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
They grade B, better than 61% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.66/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Osséja grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Osséja is a commune of 1,390 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
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.