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11,615 residents make their home in this town in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie.
A tough set of grades. Its lowest grade is for jobs & income: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 13.2% unemployment. Where it does best is schools (A−): bac results 1.4 points above the expected rate; brevet results 3.8 points above the expected rate. At the median price of €2,558/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Corbières Salanque Méditerranée. Put together, the subjects come to a D overall, ranking #33 of 43 in Pyrénées-Orientales. That leaves it better than 7% of compared French towns.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Pia does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pia 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Pia as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église du Vieux-Saint-Jean, in Perpignan, 2.9 mi away.
3.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Pia. Best known first.
AttractionHôtel Pams5 km south, in Perpignan
MuseumCasa Xanxo4.9 km south, in Perpignan
MuseumMusée du Maréchal Joffre4.4 km northwest, in RivesaltesAttractionAttractionCastillet4.8 km south, in PerpignanChâteauChâteauLoge de mer de Perpignan4.8 km south, in PerpignanPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pia.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Pia records 104 deaths per 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 811 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 937, 16% more. Life expectancy at birth in Pyrénées-Orientales is 85.5 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Also worth knowing: the town has 7 family doctors.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
350 sales of houses and apartments in Pia, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,558/m². For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €11.28/m² a month. Houses were 93% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,597/m² | 325 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
353 offenses were reported in Pia during 2025. Violence against people averaged 7.5 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 21.6. The graded crime recorded most here was criminal damage (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 90% of 146 candidates passed at the vocational lycée within 5 km. Near Pia, 94.4% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (94.2%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). Ranked by results, schools here are #10 of 46 in Pyrénées-Orientales.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean RousNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 157 | 76%−1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Aristide MaillolNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 385 | 94%+1 pt |
| Collège Marcel PagnolBest against expectations: 19 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 103 | 81%+19 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Over-65s are 18% of the population. Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, above both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (9.4%) and compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by 23% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
| Pia | Pyrénées-Orientales median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.4% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Orientales median and France median: the median of compared communes
5.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 13.2%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Pia is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
5 notable people were born in Pia.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pia | 11,615 | — | D | C− | C− | C− |
| Bompas | 7,832 | 1.5 | C− | C− | C | C+ |
| Claira | 4,922 | 2.5 | D− | D | C+ | C− |
| Rivesaltes | 9,270 | 2.7 | D | C | D | C |
| Perpignan | 121,616 | 3.3 | C− | C+ | D− | C− |
| Villelongue-de-la-Salanque | 3,335 | 3.8 | D | C− | B− | C+ |
| Saint-Estève | 11,630 | 4 | B | C− | B | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #30 of 43 in Pyrénées-Orientales. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 45 burglaries and 127 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 76% of compared French towns and #10 of 46 in Pyrénées-Orientales. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,558/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.75/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Pia grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Pia is a commune of 11,615 people in the Communauté de communes Corbières Salanque Méditerranée. 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.