Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans is easy to get around without a car: 76% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 16% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Add cost of living to its strengths (B+) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The local economy is weaker than most: 0.9 jobs per working resident; 17.7% unemployment. 38% of homes here are second homes.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans 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.
Each subject compares Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans 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-Laurent-de-Cerdans.
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns or compared French towns: 10% are under 15
People 65 and over make up 37% of the town, above Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The 15-to-24 age group makes up 6.4% of residents. Typical age in Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans: 58.1, the median.
58.1median age
Saint-Laurent-de-CerdansPyrénées-Orientales medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
37%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Orientales median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans has higher unemployment than Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns or compared French towns: 17.7%
At the census, 16.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €21,600 a year.
16%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving69%
On foot13%
Public transport3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
300
jobs based in Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans, 0.9 per working resident
17.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,600
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
14%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 85% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
Renting in Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans costs less than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.15/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €1,250/m², below Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (€2,444/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Houses were three quarters of what sold. Sales in Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans from July 2023 to June 2026: 63 houses and apartments.
€1,250/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans€1,250/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Pyrénées-Orientales median€2,444/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,504/m²
47
€9.15/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.71 to €12.47/m² a month)
4.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.93/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€20,780
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Haut Vallespir
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans keeps more of its old housing than Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns or compared French towns: 26% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 17th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C+
More deaths than expected: Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans is above 60% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
320 deaths in Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 205: 56% above. Its two care homes for older people (99 places) count their residents as Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans’; allowing for them, deaths were 9% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans is Clinique du Vallespir, 10.1 mi away. This Pyrénées-Orientales town has 2 family doctors.
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw156
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans · 5.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique du Vallespir
25.2 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
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans
Is Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans safe?
Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.6 recorded violent incidents and 14 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans grades B+ for cost of living.
About Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans
Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans is a commune of 1,045 people in the Communauté de communes du Haut Vallespir. 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.