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Sainte-LéocadiePyrénées-Orientales

A town of 157 in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie.

Is Sainte-Léocadie a good place to live?

Sainte-Léocadie is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Sainte-Léocadie stand out

The 2 things Sainte-Léocadie does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Sainte-Léocadie
Église Sainte-Léocadie · Classé · Photo: jordi domènech · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sainte-Léocadie’s story

Sainte-Léocadie in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Sainte-Léocadie: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1960.

11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1960First protected: Église Sainte-Léocadie
  • 1984Most recently protected: Ferme Cal Mateu
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sainte-Léocadie.

History

Old homes shape Sainte-Léocadie: 11% 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.

On this, Sainte-Léocadie is above both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (5.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Sainte-Léocadie: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Sainte-Léocadie is Église Sainte-Léocadie.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

18th c.
oldest protected part
1960
first monument protected

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

Who lives here

A town of families: 22% of people in Sainte-Léocadie are under 15, more than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns or compared French towns

In the comparison, Sainte-Léocadie comes above both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.1% of the population.

40.6median age
Sainte-LéocadiePyrénées-Orientales medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma6%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat32%
Higher education33%

Women and men · all residents

44% women, 56% men

About 78 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Sainte-Léocadie
Sainte-LéocadiePyrénées-Orientales medianFrance median
Under 1522%16%17%
15–247.1%9.4%11%
25–4430%21%23%
45–6419%27%26%
65+22%28%22%
No diploma6.4%19%19%
CAP or BEP21%27%26%
Baccalauréat32%20%18%
Higher education33%27%30%

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Sainte-Léocadie, 5.9%, runs below Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns and compared French towns

For Sainte-Léocadie, that is below both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (14.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Sainte-Léocadie has 50 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.7 per worker. At the census, 7.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving78%
On foot4%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
50
jobs based in Sainte-Léocadie, 0.7 per working resident
5.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,900
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
12%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

90.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, a point below the expected rate

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

Sainte-Léocadie sits above both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (85.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%) on this measure.

90.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Sainte-Léocadie90.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège CerdanyaNearest collègeCollègeCollège7890%−1 pt
90.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −1 pt against the expected rate
3.1 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

Housing

Homes in Sainte-Léocadie cost more than in Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns or across compared French towns, with a median sale of €4,058/m²

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

That puts Sainte-Léocadie above both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (€2,444/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²).

€4,058/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Sainte-Léocadie€4,058/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Pyrénées-Orientales median€2,444/m²
€11.66/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.52 to €15.96/m² a month)
€8.58/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Musée de Cerdagne and 6 more in and around Sainte-Léocadie

Other places to visit, museums and family days out in and near Sainte-Léocadie. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Sainte-Léocadie

14pages on Sainte-Léocadie

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Sainte-Léocadie: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

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Photo credits

Ferme Cal Mateu: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Sainte-Léocadie: Photo: jordi domènech · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Sainte-Léocadie

One notable person was born in Sainte-Léocadie.

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About Sainte-Léocadie

Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie

Sainte-Léocadie is a commune of 157 people in the Communauté de communes Pyrénées Cerdagne. 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
157 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Pyrénées Cerdagne
Département
Pyrénées-Orientales (66)
Région
Occitanie
Area
3.4 sq mi (8.9 km²)
INSEE code
66181

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 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.