Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Population 31: a town in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie.
Sansa is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. 66% of homes here are second homes.
The one thing Sansa does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Sansa as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Sainte-Nativité-Notre-Dame, in Formiguères, 3.6 mi away.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sansa.
Graduates make up just over a fifth of adults. People 65 and over make up just over a quarter of the town, lower than Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (28%) yet higher than compared French towns (22%). The age that splits Sansa in two is 59.8.
42% women, 58% men
About 72 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
| Sansa | Pyrénées-Orientales median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 6.5% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 0% | 9.4% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 45% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 14% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 38% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Orientales median and France median: the median of compared communes
14.3% of the labour force were unemployed, near Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (14.7%) and higher than compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 13.3% of working residents in Sansa at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Sansa from July 2023 to June 2026: 4 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Sansa is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sansa yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Sansa is a commune of 31 people in the Communauté de communes Pyrénées catalanes. 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) · 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.