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Population 34: a town in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie.
Valcebollère isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Holiday and other second homes account for 72% of homes. It skews older: nearly two in five residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Valcebollère does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Valcebollère as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Sainte-Léocadie, in Sainte-Léocadie, 3.7 mi away.
27% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Valcebollère is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Valcebollère.
A third of adults hold a degree. The 15-to-24 age group: 2.8%, below both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (9.4%) and compared French towns (11%). Children under 15 count for 14% of the people here.
44% women, 56% men
About 80 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
| Valcebollère | Pyrénées-Orientales median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 2.8% | 9.4% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 5.6% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 39% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 39% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 17% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Orientales median and France median: the median of compared communes
The unemployment rate comes to 15.4%.
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.
House rents are put at about €8.58/m² a month. Valcebollère recorded 3 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Valcebollère yet.
Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Valcebollère is a commune of 34 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
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.