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This town in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie has a population of 3,101.
Ponteilla’s strongest is schools — brevet results 8 points above the expected rate. Where it falls short is jobs & income — 0.2 jobs per working resident; 10.3% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €2,593/m² costs 8.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté urbaine Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole. Health is weaker too: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median 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 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Ponteilla has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Ponteilla does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Ponteilla 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.
Ponteilla has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Ponteilla as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Prieuré Saint-Estève de Monastir-del-Camp, in Passa, 2.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ponteilla.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By results, schools here place #1 of 46 in Pyrénées-Orientales. General-bac pupils go 5.5 mi to the nearest lycée. The nearest collège is 2.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège François MitterrandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 165 | 100%+8 pts |
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.
95 sales of houses and apartments in Ponteilla, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,593/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €11.17/m² a month, below Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (€11.84/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. The sales split: 97% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,618/m² | 92 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
10.3% of the labour force were unemployed, below Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (14.7%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 2.7% of working residents in Ponteilla didn’t travel to work at all. Households’ median disposable income: €24,790 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
198 deaths in Ponteilla between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 211: 6% below. Adjusted for age and care homes, Ponteilla records 94 deaths per 100 expected, near Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (96) and higher than compared French towns (88). For a family doctor, residents of Ponteilla have one GP on hand. Life expectancy in Pyrénées-Orientales: 85.5 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B.
One measure of family life: 19% of residents are under 15. Degrees are held by 31% of adults, higher than Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (27%) and near compared French towns (30%). Half of Ponteilla is older than 42.4, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
| Ponteilla | Pyrénées-Orientales median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 9.4% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Orientales median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, gardens and family days out in and near Ponteilla. Best known first.
Nothing in Ponteilla is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Ponteilla.
Pere Figueres: Pasqual Tirach, CC BY-SA 4.0
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Ponteilla has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.9 recorded violent incidents and 8.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A+, better than 100% of compared French towns and #1 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 €2,593/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Ponteilla grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Ponteilla is a commune of 3,101 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
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.
