Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 405 people, lies in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie.
Palau-de-Cerdagne has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Three in five homes here are second homes.
The 2 things Palau-de-Cerdagne does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Palau-de-Cerdagne as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin de Hix, in Bourg-Madame, 1.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Palau-de-Cerdagne.
Degrees are held by 38% of adults, above both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (27%) and compared French towns (30%). Retirement age and beyond: nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or older. Line up the people of Palau-de-Cerdagne by age and the one in the middle is 49.3.
55% women, 45% men
About 82 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
| Palau-de-Cerdagne | Pyrénées-Orientales median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.9% | 9.4% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 35% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 17% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Orientales median and France median: the median of compared communes
The census found 17.2% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. For its 200 residents in work, Palau-de-Cerdagne has 50 jobs: 0.3 each. Half of residents lived on more than €25,250 a year per consumption unit, above Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (€24,140) and close to compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 7.9 mi off.
| 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Of the homes sold, 57% were houses. Houses are advertised at an estimated €8.58/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 35 homes in Palau-de-Cerdagne.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Palau-de-Cerdagne is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Palau-de-Cerdagne.
Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Palau-de-Cerdagne is a commune of 405 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 9, 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.