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11,630 residents make their home in this town in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie. Over-65s are 31% of the population.
Saint-Estève’s grades pull in different directions. Overall, Saint-Estève earns a B: better than 61% of compared French towns, and #3 of 43 in Pyrénées-Orientales. Schools do well (A−): bac results a point above the expected rate; brevet results 4.2 points above the expected rate. People here tend to be in good health (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The trade-off is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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 Saint-Estève does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Estève 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 Saint-Estève as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Anges, in Perpignan, 2.6 mi away.
2.3% 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 Saint-Estève. Best known first.
AttractionHôtel Pams4.7 km east, in Perpignan
MuseumMusée Hyacinthe-Rigaud4.4 km east, in Perpignan
MuseumCasa Xanxo4.6 km east, in Perpignan
MuseumMuséum d'histoire naturelle de Perpignan4.9 km east, in Perpignan
MuseumMusée des monnaies et médailles Joseph Puig3.5 km east, in PerpignanPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Estève.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Saint-Estève sell for €2,398/m² and apartments for €2,319/m². Sales in the town from July 2023 to June 2026: 446 houses and apartments. Among the homes sold, 68% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,398/m² | 305 |
| Apartments | €2,319/m² | 141 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
13% are under 15, lower than both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). The middle age in Saint-Estève is 51.7. People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town.
55% women, 45% men
About 81 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.
| Saint-Estève | Pyrénées-Orientales median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 9.4% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Orientales median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 90% passed the bac pro, of 230 candidates at 2 lycées. By results, schools here place #9 of 46 in Pyrénées-Orientales. The brevet pass rate near Saint-Estève is 85.7%, close to Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (85.1%) and below compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège le RiberalNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 192 | 80%−6 pts |
| Lycée privé Saint-Louis de Gonzague PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 148 | 100%+2 pts |
| 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
13.8% of the labour force are out of work. For its 4,200 residents in work, Saint-Estève has 3,950 jobs: 1 each. Public transport took 4.0% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
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.
Average lifespans in Pyrénées-Orientales: 85.5 years for women, 78.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 1,361 residents of Saint-Estève died, against 1,614 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% fewer. There are 13 general practitioners locally.
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.
2025 saw 200 offenses recorded in Saint-Estève. Violence against people ran at 5.5 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 13.4 (2023–2025 average). The graded crime recorded most locally 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 · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.3% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Saint-Estève is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Saint-Estève.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Estève | 11,630 | — | B | C− | B | B+ |
| Baho | 3,231 | 1.3 | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Perpignan | 121,616 | 2.8 | C− | C+ | D− | C− |
| Toulouges | 7,450 | 3 | B− | C− | B− | A− |
| Le Soler | 7,942 | 3.2 | D | C− | B− | D |
| Baixas | 2,777 | 3.2 | B+ | C+ | B+ | C+ |
| Pézilla-la-Rivière | 4,129 | 3.9 | D | C− | A | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #11 of 43 in Pyrénées-Orientales. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 26 burglaries and 73 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 77% of compared French towns and #9 of 46 in Pyrénées-Orientales. The lycée stands out: 100% of 148 candidates passed the bac at Lycée privé Saint-Louis de Gonzague in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.62/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Estève grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Saint-Estève is a commune of 11,630 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.