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This town in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie has a population of 1,278.
At €2,493/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 7.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes des Aspres. Incomes are on the low side: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 14.8% unemployment. It lags on health as well: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Villemolaque 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.
Each subject compares Villemolaque 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.
Villemolaque has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Villemolaque as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Prieuré Saint-Estève de Monastir-del-Camp, in Passa, 0.8 mi away.
12% 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 Villemolaque.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Villemolaque is Clinique Saint Pierre, 7.5 mi away. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Villemolaque come to 98 per 100 predicted. 93 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 95: 2% below. Life expectancy in Pyrénées-Orientales: 85.5 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
Unemployment stands at 14.8%. 3.8% of Villemolaque’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €24,170 a year per consumption unit, near Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (€24,140) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970).
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.
The median price, €2,493/m², comes from 38 sales of houses and apartments in Villemolaque from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €11.60/m² a month. Houses made up 97% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,515/m² | 37 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Under 15: 15% of residents. 21% of residents are 65 or over, below Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (28%) and close to compared French towns (22%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for just over one in ten residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
| Villemolaque | Pyrénées-Orientales median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.4% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 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
Heritage, family days out and gardens in and near Villemolaque. Best known first.
Nothing in Villemolaque is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Villemolaque as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villemolaque | 1,278 | — | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Ponteilla | 3,101 | 2.7 | — | C− | — | C |
| Bages | 4,560 | 3 | C | C+ | A− | C |
| Pollestres | 5,548 | 3.9 | B− | C− | B− | B+ |
| Canohès | 6,616 | 4.4 | A− | D | A− | A− |
| Le Boulou | 5,487 | 4.7 | D | C | D | B |
| Villeneuve-de-la-Raho | 4,470 | 5 | C | D | B | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Villemolaque has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 7.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,493/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Villemolaque grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Villemolaque is a commune of 1,278 people in the Communauté de communes des Aspres. 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.