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The town has 3,126 residents and lies in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie.
A town with more to fix than most. Its weakest is jobs & income — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 12.9% unemployment. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,609/m² takes 8.1 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté urbaine Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole. Safety is its strong suit: an average of 2.1 recorded violent incidents and 14.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. All told, that adds up to a D overall and a rank of #25 of 43 in Pyrénées-Orientales. That leaves it better than just over a tenth of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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.
Each subject compares Saint-Hippolyte 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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Saint-Hippolyte has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 1st century; the first monument here was protected in 1892.
The list names few of Saint-Hippolyte’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Colonne milliaire: Photo: Claudefà · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Hippolyte.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses accounted for 97% of sales, apartments for the rest. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €9.41/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.44/m² a month, near Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (€11.84/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,678/m² | 110 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 1.4 mi to the nearest one. On results, collèges and lycées here come #41 of 46 in Pyrénées-Orientales.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean MermozNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 230 | 81%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The graded crime recorded most in Saint-Hippolyte was criminal damage (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 40 offenses locally in 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 family violence, other physical violence and sexual violence number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (18.5% of the index here). Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Saint-Hippolyte’s deaths ran at 92 per 100 expected, lower than Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (96) yet higher than compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 253 residents of Saint-Hippolyte died, against 275 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% fewer. At birth, a girl in Pyrénées-Orientales can expect 85.5 years and a boy 78.9 (2025); across France, 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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-Hippolyte is Colonne milliaire. Homes from before 1919 make up 6.5% of the total, higher than Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (5.7%) yet lower than compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town, lower than Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (28%) yet higher than compared French towns (22%). At 47.6, the median resident of Saint-Hippolyte sits in the middle of the age range. Degrees are held by 27% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Hippolyte | Pyrénées-Orientales median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 9.4% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Orientales median and France median: the median of compared communes
The jobless rate is 12.9%. At the census, 2.1% of working residents in Saint-Hippolyte went to work by public transport. The median disposable income was €24,380 a year per consumption unit, near Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (€24,140) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, heritage and family days out in and near Saint-Hippolyte. Best known first.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saint-Hippolyte as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Saint-Hippolyte is a commune of 3,126 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
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-Hippolyte | 3,126 | — | D | C− | B+ | C+ |
| Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque | 9,898 | 1.7 | D | C− | C+ | C |
| Claira | 4,922 | 1.8 | D− | D | C+ | C− |
| Torreilles | 3,753 | 2.7 | D− | D | D | C− |
| Le Barcarès | 6,109 | 3.8 | D− | D− | D− | C |
| Salses-le-Château | 3,965 | 4 | D− | C | C | C− |
| Pia | 11,615 | 4.1 | D | C− | C− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #8 of 43 in Pyrénées-Orientales. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 14 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 18% of compared French towns and #41 of 46 in Pyrénées-Orientales. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Hippolyte grades C− for cost of living.
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.