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Living in Agde

In Agde, advertised rents for new lettings average €11.82 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 24.1% (2022).

Annual NO₂ was 4.93 µg/m³ in 2024. The foreign population count was 1,621 in 2021. For Agde, the unemployment rate was 24.1% at the end of 2022. Its population was 29,939 at the start of 2023. The city had 23 schools in 2026. There were 80.2 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2433 sources

Population29,939people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune
Median gross salary (region)2,575EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr
Average net rent11.82EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 2% aboveOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr
Unemployment rate24.14%country median 11.0% — 120% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune
Recorded crime9,601incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 103% aboveOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

Higher unemployment than any other French city that publishes it and more recorded crime than 98% of French cities that publish it.

Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Agde?

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 FranceNational rates and thresholds that apply in Agde.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Agde?

Average net cold rent is 11.82 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges.

Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.

  • Average net rent (nettokalt): 11.82 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr21
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Agde recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43
Mobile plan, 10 GB€20
Net rent across major citiesAgde highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Agde highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Marseille€16.30
Toulouse€13.98
Agde€11.82
Show the other 6 cities
Bordeaux€15.99
Lille€15.76
Strasbourg€15.57
Montpellier€15.49
Rennes€14.87
Nantes€14.50
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited42.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange Livebox Fibre17Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange 100GB mobile plan16Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)874.7 %31 Dec 2023INSEE5Official
Dwellings50,728 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE6Official
Main residence dwellings16,182 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE6Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)11.82 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.6031 Dec 2025static.data.gouv.fr21Official

Is Agde 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.

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Remote worker53%strong on work, weak on safety · range 45–61%
Skilled employee59%strong on work, weak on safety · range 51–67%
Student61%strong on education, weak on safety · range 54–68%
Family51%strong on family, weak on cost · range 44–58%
Retirement56%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 47–65%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 709 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 11.82 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.

Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.

Source period: 2025-Q3

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Agde?

The unemployment rate is about 24.1 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 24.14 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune9
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Agde is 24.1%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability95.94 %3 Aug 2026Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)2Official
Gigabit broadband availability95.94 %31 Mar 2026Independent ARCEP municipal count of premises eligible for the >=1 Gbit/s fixed advertised-speed class, divided by the ARCEP type=all municipal premises denominator. This is availability/eligibility, not adoption, measured speed, FTTH-only coverage or mobile coverage.4Official
Median gross salary (regional)2,575 EUR/month31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr23Official
Unemployment rate24.14 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune9Official

What does a salary buy in Agde?

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

regional median gross pay: €2,575 (insee.fr, 2022-12-31).
Left over each month€1,188of €1,961 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.€1,961
Rent, 60 m²€11.82/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31− €709
Internet€43 · official · Orange Livebox Fibre · 2026-09-30− €43
Mobile plan€20 · official · Orange 100GB mobile plan · 2026-09-30− €20
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish€1,188
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Agde Salary needed to live in Agde

Public employment service

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

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Schools23 schools27 May 2026RNEE exact Code_commune; etat=OUVERT; code_nature 100-199 or 300-399; unique UAI count.19Official · commune
Primary schools16 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)12Official
Schools25 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)12Official

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 3 to 16. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: UPE2A (unités pédagogiques pour élèves allophones nouvellement arrivés) + UPE2A-NSA variant. How to enrol a child (education.gouv.fr).

A country-wide rule for France; Agde's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary care doctors per 100,000 residents80.16 per 100,000 people31 Dec 2024INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence7Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Agde 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.

Safety

How safe is Agde?

Police recorded about 9,601 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)3

Recorded crime across major citiesAgde highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Agde highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Lille13,488
Lyon13,026
Bordeaux12,429
Marseille11,857
Paris10,987
Montpellier9,636
Agde9,601
Toulouse8,875
Rennes8,241
Strasbourg7,791
Nantes7,704
Nice7,577
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents9,601 incidents per 100,000country median 4,74031 Dec 2025Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)3Official

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport9 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights15Official
Nearest airportBZR3 Aug 2026OurAirports18Official
Distance to nearest airport10 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports18Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Agde. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Contrat d’intégration républicaine (CIR) — Integration course

État français and OFII

For eligible non-EU foreign residents.

FrenchIn Person
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DIAN language-training offer finder — Other

Réseau des Carif-Oref and DIAN

For people seeking French-language training.

FrenchIn Person, Online
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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Agde.

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Climate and air quality

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

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

NO₂ across cities in FranceWhere Agde lands among 1911 measured cities

annual NO₂, µg/m³ · cities per band

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean4.93 µg/m³country median 14.820242024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.1Official
NO₂ — latest reading2.7 µg/m³15 Jul 2026Latest valid NO2 hourly station observation on the official LCSQA E2 current-day extract, mapped to the exact INSEE centre through an exact normalized station-name crosswalk to EEA station metadata.11Official
Average daytime high by monthJan 12.1 · Feb 13.1 · Mar 16.3 · Apr 18.6 · May 22.3 · Jun 27 · Jul 29.7 · Aug 29.3 · Sep 25.3 · Oct 21 · Nov 15.9 · Dec 12.6 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station BEZIERS-VIAS22Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan 3.6 · Feb 3.5 · Mar 6 · Apr 8.7 · May 12.2 · Jun 15.9 · Jul 18.3 · Aug 18 · Sep 14.6 · Oct 12 · Nov 7.3 · Dec 4 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station BEZIERS-VIAS22Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan 7.8 · Feb 8.3 · Mar 11.1 · Apr 13.6 · May 17.2 · Jun 21.4 · Jul 24 · Aug 23.7 · Sep 19.9 · Oct 16.5 · Nov 11.6 · Dec 8.3 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station BEZIERS-VIAS22Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 47.5 · Feb 52 · Mar 41.4 · Apr 51.2 · May 42.4 · Jun 26.3 · Jul 13.7 · Aug 25.5 · Sep 61.6 · Oct 83.9 · Nov 68.6 · Dec 41.2 mm1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station BEZIERS-VIAS22Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In France: Aix-en-Provence ±0.7 °C. Elsewhere: Bari (Italy) ±1.0 °C, Alcorcón (Spain) ±1.2 °C, Móstoles (Spain) ±1.2 °C, Foggia (Italy) ±1.2 °C, Murfreesboro (United States) ±2.5 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

The city covered 50.8 km² in 2026. Population density was 589.2 people per km² in 2023.

How many people live in Agde?

The published population was 29,939 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune8

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area50.81 km²31 Dec 2026Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte20Official
Foreign residents1,621 people2021Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT114Official
Population density589.2 people/km²31 Dec 2023Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte20Official
Population29,939 people1 Jan 2023INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune8Official

International community in Agde

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Citizenship

Population resident in France excluding Mayotte; INSEE RP2023 NAT; total age and sex · 2023 Census

Published groupPeopleShare
Total29,939100.0%
Français28,265.08394.4%
Etranger1,673.9175.6%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source10

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Universities0 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)13Official

Alternatives for people set on Agde

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.

Florensac as an Agde alternative in the same region

8 km away, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,424 Florensac vs 9,601 Agde−54%
  • Unemployment: 12.9% Florensac vs 24.1% Agde−47%
  • Rent: €10.16/m² Florensac vs €11.82/m² Agde−14%
  • Residents: 5,254 Florensac vs 29,939 Agde−82%
  • Median gross pay, region: €2,575 Florensac vs €2,575 Agdesame level
Full comparisonMore about Florensac

Massy as an Agde alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 610 km, better on 4 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

  • Unemployment: 9.7% Massy vs 24.1% Agde−60%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Massy vs €2,575 Agde+29%
  • Rent: €20.08/m² Massy vs €11.82/m² Agdeno percentage
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 6,806 Massy vs 9,601 Agde−29%
  • Residents: 51,729 Massy vs 29,939 Agde+73%
  • Nearest airport: 6.0 km Massy vs 10.0 km Agde−40%
Full comparisonMore about Massy

Cities near Agde

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Vias 4.6 km away
Rent
11.67 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Marseillan 6.7 km away
Rent
10.8 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Bessan 7.1 km away
Rent
10.43 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Florensac 8.1 km away
Rent
10.16 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Sérignan 16.4 km away
Rent
11.91 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Mèze 16.7 km away
Rent
12.1 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Pézenas 17.2 km away
Rent
9.55 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Sauvian 17.5 km away
Rent
11.49 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in France

Other cities in France to compare with Agde, nearest in population first.

All France cities
Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy29,942 residentsDécines-Charpieu29,877 residentsSaint-Cloud29,855 residentsVilliers-le-Bel30,053 residentsLiévin30,063 residentsVillemomble29,795 residents

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Agde?

The published population was 29,939 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Agde?

Average net cold rent is 11.82 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 827 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

How safe is Agde?

Police recorded about 9,601 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026).

What is the unemployment rate in Agde?

The unemployment rate is about 24.1 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Agde?

The median gross salary is 2,575 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

How many foreign residents live in Agde?

1,621 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1.

Is Agde a good place to live?

Agde 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 Agde?

Vias, Marseillan, Bessan, Florensac, Sérignan are near Agde. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people are in the Français citizenship group in Agde?

The official citizenship distribution records 28,265.083 people (94.4%) in the source-defined population for 2023 Census. This is a citizenship measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Agde, France: population, rent, salary, cost of living, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version a0a141aa4d6afc44e1097c227f79f497]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/agde/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Agde, France: population, rent, salary, cost of living, jobs},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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}
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