Living in Bouillon
In Bouillon, the median rent tenants pay is €600 a month (2025).
Bouillon is in Belgium; its population was 5,292 at the start of 2026. For Bouillon, the unemployment rate was 12% at the start of 2011.
Higher unemployment than 86% of Belgian cities that publish it, more recorded crime than 81% of Belgian cities that publish it and cleaner air than any other Belgian city that publishes it.
Which Belgium-wide rules apply when you move to Bouillon?
National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.
Housing and cost
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 59.99 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Proximus Internet Go14Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 49.99 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Proximus Mobile Maxi15Official · national market |
| Dwellings | 2,575 dwellings | 1 Jan 2021 | Statbel Census 2021 municipality housing units20Official |
| Main residence dwellings | 2,566 dwellings | 31 Dec 2021 | Statbel (Directorate-general Statistics — Statistics Belgium)18Official |
| Median monthly rent | 600 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2025 | Baux immobiliers – version annuelle / Real Estate Rents Annual; MunicipalityWideRealEstateRentsAnnual; RentP501Official |
Is Bouillon a good place to live?
There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.
Work and income
What is the unemployment rate in Bouillon?
The unemployment rate is about 12 % (January 2011).
- Unemployment rate: 12.01 % · Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 201129
Bouillon 12.0%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average gross earnings | 3,794 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2022 | Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-202216Official · regional context |
| Gigabit broadband availability | 96.19 % | Jun 2025 | BIPT/IBPT fixed broadband Atlas municipality row: H_rate_1000 is the share of households with access to fixed broadband at a maximum attainable speed of at least 1,000 Mbps; availability, not subscribed plan or measured speed. H_1000 is the covered-household count and total_households is the denominator.3Official |
| Median gross salary (regional) | 3,540 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2022 | Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-202217Official · regional context |
| Unemployment rate | 12.01 %country median 5.3% | 1 Jan 2011 | Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 201129Independent |
What does a salary buy in Bouillon?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
RentInternetMobileLeft over
Line-by-line breakdown and sources
| Each month | € |
|---|---|
| Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions. | €2,412 |
| Rentmedian rent of a whole dwelling · official · Baux immobiliers – version annuelle / Real Estate Rents Annual; MunicipalityWideRealEstateRentsAnnual; RentP50 · 2025-12-31 | − €600 |
| Internet€60 · official · Proximus Internet Go · 2026-09-30 | − €60 |
| Mobile plan€50 · official · Proximus Mobile Maxi · 2026-09-30 | − €50 |
| Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities | — |
| Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish | €1,702 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Bouillon. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
Actiris — Public employment service
Le Forem — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Bouillon. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Family and education
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schools | 14 schools | 31 Oct 2025 | FASE 2025/26 official school establishment register4Official |
School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 5 to 18. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: OKAN/OKATN (onthaalonderwijs, reception education for foreign-mother-tongue newcomers). How to enrol a child (belgium.be).
A country-wide rule for Belgium; Bouillon's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
Safety
How safe is Bouillon?
Police recorded about 7,143 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.
- Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 7,143 offences per 100,000 · Belgian Federal Police — recorded total offences by municipality, Q4 202526
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 7,143 offences per 100,000country median 5,167 | 31 Dec 2025 | Belgian Federal Police — recorded total offences by municipality, Q4 202526Independent |
Mobility and administration
Climate and air quality
Annual PM2.5 was 3.62 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. Annual NO₂ was 3 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.
Is the air quality good in Bouillon?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 3.6 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline.
Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.
- PM2.5 — annual mean: 3.62 µg/m³ · Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 62093; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-3111
Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³
City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.
Bouillon 3.6
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO₂ — annual mean | 3 µg/m³country median 9.0 | 31 Dec 2024 | Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 11055; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-319Official |
| PM10 — annual mean | 5.85 µg/m³country median 13.1 | 31 Dec 2024 | Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 13019; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-3110Official |
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 3.62 µg/m³country median 7.4 | 31 Dec 2024 | Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 62093; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-3111Official |
| Monthly extreme high temperature | Jan 12.02 · Feb 16.41 · Mar 19.21 · Apr 24.73 · May 27.44 · Jun 32.46 · Jul 39.4 · Aug 35.8 · Sep 33.65 · Oct 24.81 · Nov 17.47 · Dec 13.63 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center5Official |
| Monthly extreme low temperature | Jan -14.29 · Feb -16.7 · Mar -11.06 · Apr -4.89 · May -1.95 · Jun 2.82 · Jul 5.72 · Aug 5.41 · Sep 1.98 · Oct -4.87 · Nov -5.06 · Dec -13.61 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center5Official |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 0.84 · Feb 1.44 · Mar 4.54 · Apr 8.52 · May 12.3 · Jun 15.83 · Jul 17.9 · Aug 17.46 · Sep 13.92 · Oct 9.78 · Nov 5.24 · Dec 1.77 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center5Official |
Annual PM2.5 fell 54.7% between 2014 and 2024, from 8.0 to 3.6.
Population and city profile
The city covered 148.6 km² in 2025. Population density was 35.6 people per km² in 2026.
How many people live in Bouillon?
The published population was 5,292 people in January 2026. Source: Belgium official denominator source2
By nationality
National passport93.8%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| City area | 148.6 km² | 1 Jan 2025 | Official cadastral total area by municipality; 2025 superficie totale (ha), converted to km2.6Official |
| Foreign-resident share | 6.34 % | 31 Dec 2025 | Statbel (Statistics Belgium)19Official |
| Foreign residents | 328 people | 1 Jan 2026 | Official population by nationality at municipality grain; foreign population is TOTAL minus Belgique in the TOTAL row.7Official |
| Population density | 35.6 people/km² | 1 Jan 2026 | Official resident population by Belgian municipality on 1 January 2026; Total column.8Official |
| Population | 5,292 people | 1 Jan 2026 | Belgium official denominator source2Official |
International community in Bouillon
Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.
Country of birth
All persons in Statbel Census 2021 municipality rows; the published male and female category rows are summed to total sex · 2021-01-01
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Total population | 5,420 | 100.0% |
| Born in Belgium | 4,783 | 88.2% |
| Born in another EU member state | 456 | 8.4% |
| Born in a non-EU country | 181 | 3.3% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source24
Citizenship
All persons in Statbel Census 2021 municipality rows; the published male and female category rows are summed to total sex · 2021-01-01
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Total population | 5,420 | 100.0% |
| Belgian nationality | 5,079 | 93.7% |
| Foreign nationality: other EU member state | 286 | 5.3% |
| Foreign nationality: non-EU country | 46 | 0.8% |
| Not indicated | 8 | 0.1% |
| Stateless | 1 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source22
Ancestry or ethnicity
All persons in the Statbel 2021-01-01 municipal origin publication · 2021-01-01
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Total Belgian with foreign origin | 835 | 15.4% |
| Total population | 5,420 | 100.0% |
| Total population — born in Belgium | 4,783 | 88.2% |
| Belgian of Belgian origin — total | 4,244 | 78.3% |
| Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium | 4,135 | 76.3% |
| Total population — born outside Belgium | 637 | 11.8% |
| Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium | 614 | 11.3% |
| Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total | 467 | 8.6% |
| Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium | 440 | 8.1% |
| Non-Belgian — total | 341 | 6.3% |
| Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total | 312 | 5.8% |
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| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium | 307 | 5.7% |
| Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium | 221 | 4.1% |
| Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium | 191 | 3.5% |
| Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium | 121 | 2.2% |
| Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium | 109 | 2.0% |
| Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total | 56 | 1.0% |
| Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium | 53 | 1.0% |
| Non-Belgian — born in Belgium | 34 | 0.6% |
| Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium | 27 | 0.5% |
| Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium | 3 | 0.1% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source23
Additional context
Alternatives for people set on Bouillon
Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.
Libin as a Bouillon alternative in the same region
25 km away, better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,174 Libin vs 7,143 Bouillon−42%
- Unemployment: 7.1% Libin vs 12.0% Bouillon−41%
- Residents: 5,391 Libin vs 5,292 Bouillon+2%
- Annual PM2.5: 3.6 µg/m³ Libin vs 3.6 µg/m³ Bouillonsame level
- Median gross pay, region: €3,540 Libin vs €3,540 Bouillonsame level
Lokeren as a Bouillon alternative in the same country
A move, not a commute, at 164 km, better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.
- Residents: 50,897 Lokeren vs 5,292 Bouillon+862%
- Unemployment: 5.3% Lokeren vs 12.0% Bouillon−56%
- Nearest airport: 21.0 km Lokeren vs 86.0 km Bouillon−76%
- Foreign residents: 8.7% Lokeren vs 6.3% Bouillon+38%
- Median gross pay, region: €3,711 Lokeren vs €3,540 Bouillon+5%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,285 Lokeren vs 7,143 Bouillonsame level
Cities near Bouillon
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
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- 677.5 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31
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- 7.45 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
- Rent
- 750 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31
- Rent
- 625 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31
- Rent
- 672.5 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31
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- 5.96 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
- Rent
- 700 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31
Alternative cities in Belgium
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Open the official coverage guideCommon questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
How many people live in Bouillon?
The published population was 5,292 people in January 2026. Source: Belgium official denominator source.
Is the air quality good in Bouillon?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 3.6 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 62093; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-31.
How safe is Bouillon?
Police recorded about 7,143 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Belgian Federal Police — recorded total offences by municipality, Q4 2025.
What is the unemployment rate in Bouillon?
The unemployment rate is about 12 % (January 2011). Source: Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 2011.
What is the typical salary around Bouillon?
The median gross salary is 3,540 EUR/month. Source: Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-2022.
How many foreign residents live in Bouillon?
328 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Official population by nationality at municipality grain; foreign population is TOTAL minus Belgique in the TOTAL row..
Is Bouillon a good place to live?
Bouillon may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.
Which cities are near Bouillon?
Paliseul, Sedan, Bertrix, Florenville, Chiny are near Bouillon. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.
How many people born in Born in Belgium live in Bouillon?
The official country of birth distribution records 4,783 people (88.2%) in the source-defined population for 2021-01-01. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.
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