Living in Forchies-la-Marche

In Forchies-la-Marche, the median rent tenants pay is €673 a month (2025).

Forchies-la-Marche had a population of 18,122 at the end of 2024. Forchies-la-Marche recorded annual PM2.5 of 7 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0718 sources

Population18,122people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statbel (Belgian statistical office)

Median gross salary (region)3,540EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-2022

Median rent672.5EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Baux immobiliers – version annuelle / Real Estate Rents Annual; MunicipalityWideRealEstateRentsAnnual; RentP50

Unemployment rate16.28%country median 5.3% — 205% aboveOfficial source · bestat.statbel.fgov.be

Recorded crime8,596incidents per 100,000country median 5,167 — 66% aboveOfficial source · Tableau des statistiques de faits criminels par commune, 2025

PM2.5, annual mean7µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Higher unemployment than 93% of Belgian cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 92% of Belgian cities that publish it.

Which Belgium-wide rules apply when you move to Forchies-la-Marche?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in BelgiumNational rates and thresholds that apply in Forchies-la-Marche.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

Main dwellings in Forchies-la-Marche totalled 7,819 at the end of 2021.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€60

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	59.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Proximus Internet Go⁸Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Proximus Mobile Maxi⁹Official · national market
Main residence dwellings	7,819 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statbel (Directorate-general Statistics — Statistics Belgium)¹³Official
Median monthly rent	672.5 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Baux immobiliers – version annuelle / Real Estate Rents Annual; MunicipalityWideRealEstateRentsAnnual; RentP50¹Official

Is Forchies-la-Marche a good place to live?

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Remote worker51%strong on work, weak on safety · range 42–60%

Skilled employee50%strong on work, weak on education · range 41–59%

Student44%strong on cost, weak on education · range 34–54%

Family45%strong on housing, weak on education · range 36–54%

Retirement58%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 47–69%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Forchies-la-Marche?

The unemployment rate is about 16.3 % (2011).

Unemployment rate: 16.28 % · bestat.statbel.fgov.be²

Unemployment across cities in BelgiumUnemployment in Forchies-la-Marche is 16.3%. Of 509 cities with data, 160 have unemployment of 2 to under 4%.

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0–22–44–66–88–1010–1212–1414–1616–1818–2020–2222–2424–26

Forchies-la-Marche 16.3%

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 2000-2022¹⁰Official · regional context
Median gross salary (regional)	3,540 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-2022¹¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	16.28 %country median 5.3%	31 Dec 2011	bestat.statbel.fgov.be²Official

What does a salary buy in Forchies-la-Marche?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€1,629of €2,412 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left 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	− €673
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	€1,629

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Forchies-la-Marche. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

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Actiris — Public employment service

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Le Forem — Public employment service

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Forchies-la-Marche. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Forchies-la-Marche?

Police recorded about 8,596 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Tableau des statistiques de faits criminels par commune, 2025¹⁷

Recorded crime across major citiesForchies-la-Marche highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Brussels24,104

Liège17,918

Ixelles14,236

Charleroi14,026

Leuven12,730

Ghent12,110

Anderlecht11,116

Schaerbeek10,141

Molenbeek-Saint-Jean10,075

Hasselt9,031

Namur8,912

Brugge8,780

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	8,596 incidents per 100,000country median 5,167	31 Dec 2025	Tableau des statistiques de faits criminels par commune, 2025¹⁷Official

Mobility and administration

Forchies-la-Marche's nearest airport was CRL, 10 km away and offered 83 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	83 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁶Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	10 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	CRL	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official

Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were 2°C in January and 18.1°C in July. Forchies-la-Marche's monthly precipitation totalled 78.7 mm in January and 76.1 mm in July.

Is the air quality good in Forchies-la-Marche?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency³

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.57WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in BelgiumAnnual PM2.5 in Forchies-la-Marche is 7.0 µg/m³. Of 442 cities with data, 142 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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2–33–44–55–66–77–88–99–10

Forchies-la-Marche 7.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	7 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency³Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 12.95 · Feb 17.9 · Mar 20.53 · Apr 25.79 · May 28.34 · Jun 31.57 · Jul 37.61 · Aug 34.11 · Sep 32.37 · Oct 24.64 · Nov 18.95 · Dec 14.59 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁵Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -12.49 · Feb -14.11 · Mar -9.9 · Apr -4.71 · May 0.31 · Jun 3.73 · Jul 6.94 · Aug 5.47 · Sep 2.71 · Oct -4.44 · Nov -4.85 · Dec -11.77 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁵Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan 2.03 · Feb 2.63 · Mar 5.53 · Apr 9.3 · May 12.94 · Jun 16.23 · Jul 18.05 · Aug 17.59 · Sep 14.4 · Oct 10.62 · Nov 6.22 · Dec 2.84 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁵Official · coordinate grid
Average precipitation by month	Jan 78.7 · Feb 68.7 · Mar 64 · Apr 48.2 · May 65.7 · Jun 75.6 · Jul 76.1 · Aug 84.1 · Sep 63.5 · Oct 67.2 · Nov 74.9 · Dec 97.5 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

How many people live in Forchies-la-Marche?

The published population was 18,122 people in January 2024. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office)¹²

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	18,122 people	31 Dec 2024	Statbel (Belgian statistical office)¹²Official

International community in Forchies-la-Marche

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	17,959	100.0%
Born in Belgium	15,525	86.4%
Born in another EU member state	1,629	9.1%
Born in a non-EU country	804	4.5%
Not indicated	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁶

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	17,959	100.0%
Belgian nationality	15,656	87.2%
Foreign nationality: other EU member state	1,975	11.0%
Foreign nationality: non-EU country	319	1.8%
Not indicated	9	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁴

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	6,094	33.9%
Total population	17,959	100.0%
Total population — born in Belgium	15,525	86.4%
Belgian of Belgian origin — total	9,562	53.2%
Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium	9,411	52.4%
Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium	5,282	29.4%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total	2,533	14.1%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total	2,488	13.9%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium	2,451	13.6%
Total population — born outside Belgium	2,434	13.6%
Non-Belgian — total	2,303	12.8%

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Published group	People	Share
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium	1,771	9.9%
Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium	1,471	8.2%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total	1,073	6.0%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium	1,060	5.9%
Non-Belgian — born in Belgium	832	4.6%
Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium	812	4.5%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium	762	4.2%
Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium	151	0.8%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium	37	0.2%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium	13	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁵

Alternatives for people set on Forchies-la-Marche

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.

Roeselare as a Forchies-la-Marche alternative in the same country

Better on 2 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Unemployment: 4.0% Roeselare vs 16.3% Forchies-la-Marche−76%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,852 Roeselare vs 8,596 Forchies-la-Marcheno percentage
Median gross pay, region: €3,711 Roeselare vs €3,540 Forchies-la-Marche+5%

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Alternative cities in Belgium

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Visé18,097 residents Bredene18,057 residents Duffel18,203 residents Marche-en-Famenne18,007 residents Wemmel18,270 residents Walcourt18,338 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Forchies-la-Marche when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

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; Forchies-la-Marche's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

Is Forchies-la-Marche part of Charleroi?

Forchies-la-Marche is in the published commuting zone of Charleroi; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Charleroi city profile

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Common questions

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How many people live in Forchies-la-Marche?

The published population was 18,122 people in January 2024. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office).

Is the air quality good in Forchies-la-Marche?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency.

How safe is Forchies-la-Marche?

What is the unemployment rate in Forchies-la-Marche?

The unemployment rate is about 16.3 % (2011). Source: bestat.statbel.fgov.be.

What is the typical salary around Forchies-la-Marche?

The median gross salary is 3,540 EUR/month. Source: Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-2022.

Is Forchies-la-Marche a good place to live?

Forchies-la-Marche 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.

Is Forchies-la-Marche part of Charleroi?

Forchies-la-Marche is in the published commuting zone of Charleroi; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

How many people born in Born in Belgium live in Forchies-la-Marche?

The official country of birth distribution records 15,525 people (86.4%) 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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  title = {Forchies-la-Marche, Belgium: population, rent, salary, jobs},
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OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
Proximus Internet Go proximus.be · checked 2026-09-15
Proximus Mobile Maxi proximus.be · checked 2026-09-15
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Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-2022 bestat.statbel.fgov.be · checked 2026-09-23
Statbel (Belgian statistical office) statbel.fgov.be · checked 2026-08-05
Statbel (Directorate-general Statistics — Statistics Belgium) Statbel (Directorate-general Statistics · statbel.fgov.be · checked 2026-08-07
Statbel, Belgian statistical office statbel.fgov.be · checked 2026-08-30
Statbel, Belgian statistical office ancestry or ethnicity statbel.fgov.be · checked 2026-08-29
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Tableau des statistiques de faits criminels par commune, 2025 police.be · checked 2026-10-05
World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-05

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