Pyrénées-Orientales

Pyrénées-Orientales has 492,964 residents in 226 communes. Over five years, homes sold for a median €2,420/m², from €1,410/m² in Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda to €4,880/m² in Collioure among communes of more than 2,000 people. 60% of households own their main home.

Département 66 · 226 communes · Updated 24 October 2026

492,964residents2022 census

€2,420/m²median price per m²five years of sales

60%of households own their homemain home

27%second homesof all homes

Four maps of Pyrénées-Orientales.

Each commune is coloured by its value; every map uses the same colour scale, from lowest to highest. Grey: not published.

Green spaceShare of land within 500 m that is green space

0%30%+

Everyday servicesEveryday shops and services within a 15-minute walk (1.2 km)

Map of Pyrénées-Orientales : Everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk (1.2 km)

<60240+

Price per m²Median price per square metre of house and flat sales over five years

Map of Pyrénées-Orientales : Median price per square metre of house and flat sales over five years

<€1,500€5,000+

Living standardMedian disposable income per consumption unit, 2021

Map of Pyrénées-Orientales : Median disposable income per consumption unit, 2021

<€19,000€29,000+

Sources: IGN and Insee, IRIS boundaries and Admin Express 2024 (Open Licence 2.0) · DGFiP property sales (DVF), data.gouv.fr statistics (Open Licence 2.0) · Insee, Filosofi 2021 income data (Open Licence 2.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

The 59 communes with more than 2,000 people.

Colour shows where each commune sits among the others in the table, from lowest to highest.

Commune	Residents	Price per m²	Living standard	Home owners	Aged 75+	Unemployment	Green 500 m	Services 15 min
Alénya	3,712	€2,640/m²	€22,190	73%	13%	12.6%	1%	45
Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda	3,553	€1,410/m²	€18,280	53%	22%	28.8%	43%	45
Argelès-sur-Mer	10,779	€3,420/m²	€21,560	62%	19%	21.5%	13%	49
Arles-sur-Tech	2,805	€1,670/m²	€19,170	63%	16%	17.3%	38%	29
Bages	4,519	€2,430/m²	€21,580	70%	11%	14.5%	21%	25
Baho	3,266	€2,250/m²	€22,510	73%	10%	10.2%	6%	25
Baixas	2,784	€1,820/m²	€21,070	75%	8%	9.9%	1%	30
Banyuls-sur-Mer	4,583	€3,460/m²	€22,380	62%	23%	13.0%	64%	0
Bompas	7,712	€2,440/m²	€21,430	70%	14%	14.1%	0%	46
Cabestany	10,414	€2,550/m²	€23,510	71%	15%	13.0%	6%	85
Canet-en-Roussillon	13,005	€3,510/m²	€22,520	60%	20%	18.8%	4%	56
Canohès	6,575	€2,750/m²	€23,760	75%	11%	10.5%	8%	43
Claira	4,801	€2,440/m²	€21,850	70%	9%	13.6%	2%	29
Collioure	2,637	€4,880/m²	€23,370	65%	23%	12.2%	6%	112
Corneilla-del-Vercol	2,679	€2,510/m²	€22,360	74%	8%	13.4%	3%	49
Corneilla-la-Rivière	2,013	€2,040/m²	€21,830	72%	9%	11.8%	15%	21
Céret	7,544	€2,350/m²	€21,840	63%	18%	15.4%	52%	28
Elne	9,479	€2,270/m²	€19,550	56%	11%	18.1%	6%	48
Espira-de-l'Agly	3,525	€2,200/m²	€20,350	66%	9%	15.5%	13%	46
Estagel	2,124	€1,470/m²	€18,620	73%	13%	13.5%	14%	27
Ille-sur-Têt	5,546	€1,600/m²	€19,430	63%	15%	17.9%	46%	27
Laroque-des-Albères	2,245	€3,120/m²	€24,270	81%	20%	14.9%	14%	23
Latour-Bas-Elne	3,224	€3,000/m²	€23,260	74%	12%	15.1%	21%	31
Le Barcarès	6,203	€3,330/m²	€20,560	69%	20%	22.9%	7%	86
Le Boulou	5,396	€2,310/m²	€20,130	60%	16%	19.0%	14%	45
Le Soler	7,896	€2,350/m²	€21,310	65%	12%	13.7%	10%	38
Llupia	2,169	€2,570/m²	€23,070	75%	13%	13.2%	25%	27
Maureillas-las-Illas	2,859	€2,170/m²	€21,460	76%	14%	13.8%	8%	25
Millas	4,325	€1,930/m²	€19,800	66%	12%	16.9%	1%	35
Palau-del-Vidre	3,232	€2,520/m²	€21,740	73%	11%	13.6%	0%	27
Perpignan	120,996	€1,650/m²	€17,380	41%	12%	22.8%	8%	201
Pia	11,174	€2,500/m²	€20,040	74%	8%	13.2%	0%	16
Pollestres	5,489	€2,610/m²	€22,380	68%	11%	11.1%	7%	61
Ponteilla	3,012	€2,370/m²	€22,740	72%	8%	10.3%	3%	27
Port-Vendres	3,976	€2,920/m²	€19,900	44%	19%	23.0%	65%	10
Prades	6,166	€1,690/m²	€19,230	52%	19%	19.5%	74%	57
Pézilla-la-Rivière	4,048	€2,300/m²	€20,970	70%	10%	13.6%	2%	28
Rivesaltes	9,151	€2,030/m²	€20,150	55%	11%	17.0%	7%	25
Saint-André	3,395	€2,830/m²	€22,020	75%	18%	17.6%	2%	38
Saint-Cyprien	11,995	€3,750/m²	€22,210	63%	20%	22.6%	3%	65
Saint-Estève	11,673	€2,310/m²	€22,170	67%	17%	13.9%	9%	55
Saint-Féliu-d'Avall	2,934	€2,110/m²	€21,220	69%	9%	11.3%	19%	38
Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines	2,985	€2,850/m²	€22,630	77%	20%	15.5%	3%	40
Saint-Hippolyte	3,177	€2,410/m²	€22,170	78%	9%	13.1%	1%	23
Saint-Jean-Pla-de-Corts	2,283	€2,390/m²	€22,330	71%	12%	13.1%	33%	30
Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque	9,941	€2,270/m²	€21,060	64%	16%	20.1%	1%	42
Saint-Nazaire	2,786	€2,630/m²	€22,250	76%	10%	10.5%	1%	27
Sainte-Marie-la-Mer	4,749	€3,490/m²	€21,460	62%	13%	20.9%	0%	37
Saleilles	5,724	€2,670/m²	€23,510	65%	15%	11.1%	4%	53
Salses-le-Château	3,888	€2,000/m²	€20,390	67%	11%	15.7%	1%	59
Sorède	3,500	€3,130/m²	€23,400	76%	18%	13.5%	2%	50
Thuir	8,215	€2,350/m²	€21,270	58%	14%	15.9%	9%	78
Théza	2,181	€2,230/m²	€21,730	63%	8%	16.2%	20%	40
Torreilles	3,793	€2,910/m²	€22,080	67%	9%	15.8%	4%	39
Toulouges	7,375	€2,400/m²	€22,290	63%	10%	15.1%	11%	55
Trouillas	2,291	€2,050/m²	€21,790	70%	8%	10.3%	37%	28
Villelongue-de-la-Salanque	3,318	€2,250/m²	€21,060	73%	11%	12.9%	2%	42
Villeneuve-de-la-Raho	4,416	€2,830/m²	€24,500	71%	11%	11.4%	1%	54
Vinça	2,205	€1,690/m²	€20,510	70%	18%	15.3%	2%	26

Sources: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0) · DGFiP property sales (DVF), data.gouv.fr statistics (Open Licence 2.0) · Insee, Filosofi 2021 income data (Open Licence 2.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

People.

492,964 residents and 236,784 households at the 2022 census, next to the département figure.

16%

aged under 15

14%

aged 15–29

34%

aged 60 and over

40%

of households are people living alone

20%

of households are couples with children

12%

of households are single-parent families

Source: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0)

Homes.

365,752 homes, 65% of them main residences, with 3.9 rooms on average.

56%

of homes are houses

60%

of households own their home

of households rent social housing (HLM)

27%

second homes

empty homes

85%

of households have a car

When main homes were built

before 19197%

1919–19457%

1946–197020%

1971–199031%

1991–200518%

2006–201917%

Source: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0)

Property prices.

54,375 house and flat sales over five years.

€2,420/m²median price, houses and flatsFrance : €2,600/m²

€2,310/m²flats25,371 sales

€2,490/m²houses29,004 sales

Median prices from sales published in France’s Demandes de valeurs foncières (DVF) over ten half-years, for sales of a single property. Individual sales are not shown. A median is only given where there were at least ten sales.

Source: DGFiP property sales (DVF), data.gouv.fr statistics (Open Licence 2.0)

Income and work.

Work and qualifications at the 2022 census.

16.8%

unemployment among 15–64s (census definition)

28%

of over-15s who have left school hold a higher-education degree

managers and professionals among over-15s

35%

retired among over-15s

Sources: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0)

Health, shops and services.

Facilities and services in Pyrénées-Orientales on 1 January 2025, from Insee’s permanent database of facilities.

10.3GPs per 10,000 residents2025

169pharmacieson 1 January 2025

553food storessupermarkets, convenience stores, grocers

General practitioners509

Dentists323

Nurses1,355

Physiotherapists1,349

Pharmacies169

Group health centres23

Emergency departments7

Supermarkets and hypermarkets124

Convenience stores and grocers429

Bakeries424

Butchers131

Petrol stations73

EV charging stations221

Post offices and postal points160

Banks156

France services centres27

Police and gendarmerie37

Restaurants2,656

Hairdressers854

Nurseries123

Swimming pools36

Sports halls100

Gyms105

Cinemas20

Libraries173

Performance venues2

Insee’s permanent database of facilities lists the shops, services and health professionals present in each commune on 1 January. Health professionals in private practice are counted one by one; several may work at the same address.

Source: Insee, permanent database of facilities 2025 (Open Licence 2.0)

Natural and industrial hazards.

Share of the département’s 226 communes exposed to each major hazard, and natural-disaster declarations since 1982.

Flooding100%

Earthquake100%

Radon100%

Ground movement92%

Forest fire82%

Transport of hazardous goods41%

Dam failure32%

Avalanche18%

Mining subsidence17%

Industrial hazard1%

2,508natural-disaster declarationssince 1982

44%of communes have a natural-hazard prevention planin force

Natural-disaster declarations by type

Floods and mudflows1,632

Coastal surges and wave damage271

Storms and cyclones226

Other (snow, hail, avalanches…)224

Drought (clay shrinkage)62

Earthquakes60

Ground movement33

A natural-disaster declaration (arrêté CatNat) lets insurers pay out for the damage. The count reflects past events, not a forecast of future risk. The list of hazards comes from each département’s major-risk file; a prevention plan in force limits building in exposed zones.

Source: Géorisques, GASPAR database (Open Licence 2.0), as of 5 October 2026