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1,155 residents make their home in this town in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie.
Saillagouse’s strongest is walkability: 90% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 15% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. 58% of its homes are second homes.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, 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). Saillagouse 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 Saillagouse does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saillagouse 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.
Saillagouse has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saillagouse as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Fructueux, in Llo, 1.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Museums, other places to visit and family days out in and near Saillagouse. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saillagouse.
At the census, 15.1% of commuters got to work without a car. 8.6% of the labour force were unemployed, below Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (14.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Per resident in work, Saillagouse counts 1.1 jobs (550 jobs, 550 workers).
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.
Houses sell for €3,150/m² in Saillagouse, apartments for €2,941/m². For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €8.58/m² a month. Also worth knowing: 91 houses and apartments changed hands in the town from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,150/m² | 48 |
| Apartments | €2,941/m² | 43 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
8.5% of residents are 15 to 24, below both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (9.4%) and compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by 34% of adults. The median resident of Saillagouse is 45.3 years old.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
| Saillagouse | Pyrénées-Orientales median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 9.4% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 25% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Orientales median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Pyrénées-Orientales, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.5 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. There are 2 general practitioners in Saillagouse. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Saillagouse come to 94 per 100 predicted. From 2016 to 2025, 76 residents of Saillagouse died, against 81 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% fewer.
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 D to A−.
Nothing in Saillagouse is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saillagouse yet.
Saillagouse has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6 recorded violent incidents and 8.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.66/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Saillagouse grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Saillagouse is a commune of 1,155 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.