Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,512 in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie.
Sorède grades B− overall: better than 47% of compared French towns, and #9 of 43 in Pyrénées-Orientales. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C−): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 13.5% unemployment. At the median price of €3,033/m², a 70 m² home costs 8.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes des Albères, de la Côte Vermeille et de l'Illibéris. Its strongest is safety (A): an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 11 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Sorède does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sorède 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Sorède as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-André de Sorède, in Saint-André, 1.7 mi away.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Sorède. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sorède.
Sorède sits above both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%) on this measure. Children under 15 make up 12% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Sorède | Pyrénées-Orientales median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.5% | 9.4% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 38% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Orientales median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 51 offenses in the graded categories in Sorède in 2025. On the Safety Grade, Sorède ranks 2nd of the 43 compared towns in Pyrénées-Orientales. For other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 19.8% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €3,033/m², above both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (€2,444/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,136/m² | 175 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
13.5% of the labour force were unemployed, close to Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (14.7%) and above compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
That puts Sorède above Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (85.1%) and close to compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre Mendès FranceNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 130 | 88%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 588 residents of Sorède died, against 593 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% fewer. Its care home for older people (76 places) counts its residents as Sorède’s; allowing for it, deaths were 13% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Nothing in Sorède is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Sorède.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sorède | 3,512 | — | B− | C− | A | B− |
| Saint-André | 3,388 | 1.6 | D | C | C+ | C+ |
| Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines | 3,059 | 2 | — | C | — | B |
| Palau-del-Vidre | 3,329 | 2.9 | C− | C | A− | C |
| Argelès-sur-Mer | 10,616 | 3.8 | D− | D | D− | D |
| Elne | 9,511 | 5.1 | D | C | D | D |
| Latour-Bas-Elne | 3,228 | 5.9 | — | C− | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #2 of 43 in Pyrénées-Orientales. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 31 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 43% of compared French towns and #29 of 46 in Pyrénées-Orientales. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.51/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sorède grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Sorède is a commune of 3,512 people in the Communauté de communes des Albères, de la Côte Vermeille et de l'Illibéris. 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) · 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.