Saint-Cyprien grades D overall: better than 10% of compared French towns, and #30 of 43 in Pyrénées-Orientales. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability (B+): 93% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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 Saint-Cyprien 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 Saint-Cyprien.
Who lives here
An older town: 43% of people in Saint-Cyprien are 65 or over, more than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns or compared French towns
For Saint-Cyprien, that is above both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). Under-15s account for 9.1% of the population.
61.1median age
Saint-CyprienPyrénées-Orientales medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
43%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 83 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Orientales median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living D
Buying in Saint-Cyprien costs more than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns or across compared French towns: the median sale is €3,871/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Saint-Cyprien sits above both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (€2,444/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) on this measure. Only one of the 51 towns in Pyrénées-Orientales costs more to buy into than Saint-Cyprien, whose median sale is €3,871/m². In Saint-Cyprien, houses go for €4,077/m² and apartments for €3,702/m².
€3,871/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Cyprien€3,871/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Pyrénées-Orientales median€2,444/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€4,077/m²
709
Apartments
€3,702/m²
949
€13.22/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.41 to €16.79/m² a month)
10.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.90/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,180
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Sud-Roussillon
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Saint-Cyprien records more crime per resident than 80% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 375 offenses in the graded categories in Saint-Cyprien in 2025. Violence against people ran at 9.4 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 20.2 (2023–2025 average). For armed robbery, 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, 0.2% of the index here.
9.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage159
Family violence49
Other physical violence43
Vehicle theft41
Theft from vehicles38
Burglary33
Sexual violence12
Fraud154
Theft without violence149
Drug use29
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.
9.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
20.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
375
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
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
HealthHealth C
Saint-Cyprien’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 74% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Saint-Cyprien records 97 deaths per 100 expected, close to Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (96) and above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 2,140 residents of Saint-Cyprien died, against 1,956 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−3%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw109
Adjusted97
Median town88
Expected100
9
GPs in Saint-Cyprien · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique Medipole Saint Roch
6.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique Mediterranee Ex Cl Notre Dame D Esperance
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Pyrénées-Orientales, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Saint-Cyprien has higher unemployment than Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns or compared French towns: 23.4%
That puts Saint-Cyprien above both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (14.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Saint-Cyprien has 2,900 jobs for 3,150 working residents, 0.9 per worker.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot4%
Bicycle3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
2,900
jobs based in Saint-Cyprien, 0.9 per working resident
23.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,520
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 71% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
1 historic monument, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Cyprien, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. 1.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Cyprien
Is Saint-Cyprien safe?
It grades C− for safety, #33 of 43 in Pyrénées-Orientales. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 33 burglaries and 159 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Saint-Cyprien good?
They grade B, better than 60% of compared French towns and #19 of 46 in Pyrénées-Orientales. The lycée stands out: 100% of 48 candidates passed the bac at Lycée privé Saint-Pierre de la Mer in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Cyprien expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.22/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Cyprien grades D for cost of living.
About Saint-Cyprien
Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Saint-Cyprien is a commune of 12,068 people in the Communauté de communes Sud-Roussillon. 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.
