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Saint-Michel-de-LlotesPyrénées-Orientales

A town of 364 in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie.

Is Saint-Michel-de-Llotes a good place to live?

Saint-Michel-de-Llotes is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Dolmen du Mas Payrot
Dolmen du Mas Payrot · Inscrit · Photo: Milca56 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Saint-Michel-de-Llotes’ story

Saint-Michel-de-Llotes in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Michel-de-Llotes, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1959.

18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1959First protected: Dolmen du Mas Payrot
  • 1973Most recently protected: Église Saint-Michel
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Michel-de-Llotes.

History

Old homes shape Saint-Michel-de-Llotes: 18% were built before 1919, more than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns or compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

For Saint-Michel-de-Llotes, that is above both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (5.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Michel-de-Llotes, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit2
Prehistory
oldest protected part
1959
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Children make up only 13% of Saint-Michel-de-Llotes, fewer than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns and compared French towns

Saint-Michel-de-Llotes sits below both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) on this measure. Over-65s are 25% of the population.

51.6median age
Saint-Michel-de-LlotesPyrénées-Orientales medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education32%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Michel-de-Llotes
Saint-Michel-de-LlotesPyrénées-Orientales medianFrance median
Under 1513%16%17%
15–249.3%9.4%11%
25–4421%21%23%
45–6432%27%26%
65+25%28%22%
No diploma13%19%19%
CAP or BEP24%27%26%
Baccalauréat22%20%18%
Higher education32%27%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Orientales median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Fewer people in Saint-Michel-de-Llotes are out of work than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns or across compared French towns: 4.9%

That puts Saint-Michel-de-Llotes below both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (14.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Saint-Michel-de-Llotes has 0 jobs for 150 working residents, 0.1 per worker. At the census, 4.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
On foot2%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
0
jobs based in Saint-Michel-de-Llotes, 0.1 per working resident
4.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,590
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

92.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

On this, Saint-Michel-de-Llotes is above both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (85.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%).

92.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Saint-Michel-de-Llotes92.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Pierre FouchéNearest collègeCollègeCollège11892%+2 pts
92.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +2 pts against the expected rate
1.1 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Saint-Michel-de-Llotes is €11.21/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price.

€11.21/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Michel-de-Llotes€11.21/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Pyrénées-Orientales median€11.84/m²
€11.21/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.89 to €14.12/m² a month)
€8.61/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Musée de l'agriculture catalane and 8 more in and around Saint-Michel-de-Llotes

Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Saint-Michel-de-Llotes. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

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Everything we know about Saint-Michel-de-Llotes

13pages on Saint-Michel-de-Llotes

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Michel-de-Llotes, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Église Saint-Michel: Photo: EmDee · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dolmen du Mas Payrot: Photo: Milca56 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Saint-Michel-de-Llotes

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Michel-de-Llotes yet.

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Saint-Michel-de-Llotes’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Pyrénées-Orientales →
Ille-sur-TêtMillasSaint-Féliu-d'AvallThuirPézilla-la-RivièreLe SolerIlle-sur-TêtMillasSaint-Féliu-d'AvallThuirPézilla-la-RivièreLe SolerSaint-Michel-de-Llotes
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Michel-de-Llotes364—————
Ille-sur-Têt5,5561.2B−B−BD
Millas4,4174.5DC+CD
Saint-Féliu-d'Avall2,9506.4—C−—C+
Thuir8,2436.9C+CCC
Pézilla-la-Rivière4,1298DC−AD
Le Soler7,9429DC−B−D

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Saint-Michel-de-Llotes

Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie

Saint-Michel-de-Llotes is a commune of 364 people in the Communauté de communes Roussillon-Conflent. 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

Population
364 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Roussillon-Conflent
Département
Pyrénées-Orientales (66)
Région
Occitanie
Area
3.4 sq mi (8.9 km²)
INSEE code
66185

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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 October 30, 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.