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In Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, this town has 2,126 residents.
Where it does best is health (A) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on schools as well — brevet results 3.5 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,218/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Sud-Roussillon.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Théza 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.
The one thing Théza does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Théza 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.
Théza has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Théza as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Saint-Julien, in Villeneuve-de-la-Raho, 1.5 mi away.
4.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and family days out in and near Théza. Best known first.
MuseumCloître d'Elne4.8 km south, in ElneFortFortPorte de Perpignan4.7 km southeast, in ElneFortFortPorte de Collioure4.9 km southeast, in ElneTheme parkTheme parkLe Complexe 664.2 km northwest, in PerpignanMuseumMuseumCentre de Sculpture Romane4.6 km north, in CabestanyPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Théza.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Théza have one GP on hand. Average lifespans in Pyrénées-Orientales: 85.5 years for women, 78.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 166 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 121, 27% fewer.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 3.4 mi away. The nearest collège is 2.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul LangevinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 226 | 77%−5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 34% of adults, higher than both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (27%) and compared French towns (30%). One measure of family life: 19% of residents are under 15. On top of that, the 15-to-24 age group makes up just over one in ten residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
| Théza | Pyrénées-Orientales median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.4% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Orientales median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,218/m², comes from 67 sales of houses and apartments in Théza from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €11.73/m² a month. Of the homes sold, 72% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,328/m² | 48 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
12.5% of the labour force are out of work. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €24,200 a year. No commute at all: 3.1% of working residents in Théza at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Violence against people averaged 3.1 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 16.2. Théza’s tally for 2025: 26 recorded offenses. The graded crime recorded most here was criminal damage (2025).
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 · For family violence, 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, 26.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Théza is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Théza.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Théza | 2,126 | — | — | C+ | — | A |
| Corneilla-del-Vercol | 2,696 | 1 | — | C | — | C |
| Saleilles | 5,698 | 1.2 | C | D | A− | C |
| Alénya | 3,782 | 1.6 | B− | C− | A− | B− |
| Villeneuve-de-la-Raho | 4,470 | 1.7 | C | D | B | A− |
| Elne | 9,511 | 2.8 | D | C | D | D |
| Saint-Nazaire | 2,779 | 2.8 | — | C− | — | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Théza has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 21 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 15% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,218/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.79/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Théza grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Théza is a commune of 2,126 people in the Communauté de communes Sud-Roussillon. 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 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.