Pézilla-la-Rivière grades D overall: better than 13% of compared French towns, and #23 of 43 in Pyrénées-Orientales. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D−): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 11.3% unemployment. At the median price of €2,249/m², a 70 m² home costs 7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté urbaine Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole. Its strongest is safety (A): an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 8.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Pézilla-la-Rivière 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pézilla-la-Rivière.
HealthHealth D
Allowing for age and care homes, Pézilla-la-Rivière sees more deaths than Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns or compared French towns: 114 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Pézilla-la-Rivière, that is above both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (96) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 539 residents of Pézilla-la-Rivière died, against 391 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 38% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+14%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw138
Adjusted114
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Pézilla-la-Rivière · 4.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Saint Pierre
6.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Saint Jean Perpignan
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Pyrénées-Orientales, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Pézilla-la-Rivière records less crime per resident than 93% of compared French towns
No compared town in Pyrénées-Orientales has less graded crime per resident than Pézilla-la-Rivière: it ranks first of 43. Police and gendarmerie recorded 40 offenses in the graded categories in Pézilla-la-Rivière in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 23.2% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
3.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage25
Family violence15
Armed robbery0
Fraud39
Theft without violence7
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
3.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
40
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
23.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
81.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 6 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Pézilla-la-Rivière sits below both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (85.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%) on this measure. Schools rank #46 of 46 in Pyrénées-Orientales.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C−
Pézilla-la-Rivière gets a C− for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,249/m², comes from 139 sales of houses and apartments in Pézilla-la-Rivière from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.24/m² a month, close to Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (€11.84/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€2,249/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Pézilla-la-Rivière€2,249/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Pyrénées-Orientales median€2,444/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,267/m²
135
€11.24/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.22 to €13.70/m² a month)
7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.19/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,520
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté urbaine Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D−
Pézilla-la-Rivière gets a D− for jobs & income
At the census, 5.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, close to Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (9.2%) and below compared French towns (13.4%). 11.3% of the labour force are out of work.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
450
jobs based in Pézilla-la-Rivière, 0.3 per working resident
11.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,860
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 63% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Pézilla-la-Rivière: 13% were built before 1919, more than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
That puts Pézilla-la-Rivière above both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (5.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Pézilla-la-Rivière, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Pézilla-la-Rivière
Is Pézilla-la-Rivière safe?
It grades A for safety, #1 of 43 in Pyrénées-Orientales.
Are schools in Pézilla-la-Rivière good?
They grade D, better than 8% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Pézilla-la-Rivière expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,249/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Pézilla-la-Rivière grades C− for cost of living.
About Pézilla-la-Rivière
Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Pézilla-la-Rivière is a commune of 4,129 people in the Communauté urbaine Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole. 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
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.
