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Living in Alençon

In Alençon, rents across existing tenancies average €8.30 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 18.8% (2022).

The unemployment rate was 18.8% at the end of 2022. Average high temperatures were 7.4°C in January and 24.3°C in July. The population of Alençon, in France, was 25,490 at the start of 2023. The city covered 10.7 km² in 2026. Population density was 2,386.7 people per km² in 2023.

Last checked 2026-09-2427 sources

Population25,490people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune
Median gross salary (region)2,606EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr
Average net rent8.3EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 28% belowOfficial source · www.observatoires-des-loyers.org
Unemployment rate18.82%country median 11.0% — 72% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune
Recorded crime7,606incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 60% aboveOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)
PM2.5, annual mean6.82µg/m³country median 8.5 — 19% belowOfficial source · 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.

Cheaper rent than 89% of French cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 92% of French cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 91% of French cities that publish it.

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

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

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Alençon?

Average net cold rent is 8.3 EUR/m² per month (2025), 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): 8.3 EUR/m²/month · www.observatoires-des-loyers.org25
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Alençon recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Marseille€16.30
Toulouse€13.98
Alençon€8.30
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 Fibre19Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange 100GB mobile plan18Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)1,530 %31 Dec 2023INSEE6Official
Dwellings15,226 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE7Official
Main residence dwellings13,534 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE7Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)8.3 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.6031 Dec 2025www.observatoires-des-loyers.org25Official

Is Alençon 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 worker52%strong on work, weak on safety · range 44–60%
Skilled employee60%strong on work, weak on safety · range 52–68%
Student62%strong on education, weak on safety · range 55–69%
Family53%strong on family, weak on cost · range 46–60%
Retirement54%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 45–63%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 498 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 8.3 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

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Alençon?

The unemployment rate is about 18.8 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 18.82 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune11
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Alençon is 18.8%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability95.97 %3 Aug 2026Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)2Official
Gigabit broadband availability95.97 %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.5Official
Median gross salary (regional)2,606 EUR/month31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr24Official
Unemployment rate18.82 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune11Official

What does a salary buy in Alençon?

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

regional median gross pay: €2,606 (insee.fr, 2022-12-31).
Left over each month€1,426of €1,987 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.€1,987
Rent, 60 m²€8.30/m² · official · observatoires-des-loyers.org · 2025-12-31− €498
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€1,426
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Alençon Salary needed to live in Alençon

Public employment service

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

Country-level information

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Schools33 schools27 May 2026RNEE exact Code_commune; etat=OUVERT; code_nature 100-199 or 300-399; unique UAI count.21Official · commune
Primary schools15 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)15Official
Schools40 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)15Official

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; Alençon's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary care doctors per 100,000 residents82.39 per 100,000 people31 Dec 2024INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence9Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents1,351 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2011DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 20114Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Alençon 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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Hospital beds per 100,000 residents1,351 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Alençon?

Police recorded about 7,606 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 citiesAlençon highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Alençon highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Lille13,488
Lyon13,026
Bordeaux12,429
Marseille11,857
Paris10,987
Montpellier9,636
Toulouse8,875
Rennes8,241
Strasbourg7,791
Nantes7,704
Alençon7,606
Nice7,577
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents7,606 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
Nearest airportLME3 Aug 2026OurAirports20Official
Distance to nearest airport55 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports20Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Alençon. 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

DIAN language-training offer finder — Other

Réseau des Carif-Oref and DIAN

For people seeking French-language training.

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

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Climate and air quality

Monthly precipitation was 74.8 mm in January and 50.8 mm in July. Annual PM2.5 was 6.82 µg/m³ in 2024.

Is the air quality good in Alençon?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 6.8 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

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

  • PM2.5 — annual mean: 6.82 µg/m³ · 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.1
Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours
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.

PM2.5 across cities in FranceAnnual PM2.5 in Alençon is 6.8 µg/m³. Of 1,975 cities with data, 626 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean6.29 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 reading10.8 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.13Official
PM10 — annual mean9.99 µg/m³country median 14.220242024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.1Official
PM2.5 — annual mean6.82 µg/m³country median 8.520242024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.1Official
Average daytime high by monthJan 7.4 · Feb 8.6 · Mar 12 · Apr 15.2 · May 18.6 · Jun 21.9 · Jul 24.3 · Aug 24.4 · Sep 20.9 · Oct 16 · Nov 10.9 · Dec 7.8 °C31 Dec 2020Météo-France climate normal — mean monthly maximum air temperature, ALENCON, 1991-202014Official
Average night-time low by monthJan 2.1 · Feb 1.7 · Mar 3.4 · Apr 5 · May 8.3 · Jun 11.3 · Jul 13 · Aug 13 · Sep 10.2 · Oct 7.9 · Nov 4.7 · Dec 2.3 °C31 Dec 2020Météo-France climate normal — mean monthly minimum air temperature, ALENCON, 1991-202014Official
Average temperature by monthJan 4.7 · Feb 5.2 · Mar 7.7 · Apr 10.1 · May 13.4 · Jun 16.6 · Jul 18.7 · Aug 18.7 · Sep 15.5 · Oct 12 · Nov 7.8 · Dec 5 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station ALENCON23Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 74.8 · Feb 56.6 · Mar 52.8 · Apr 49.7 · May 62 · Jun 55.4 · Jul 50.8 · Aug 51.4 · Sep 54.5 · Oct 72 · Nov 75.9 · Dec 87.8 mm31 Dec 2020Météo-France climate normal — mean monthly precipitation, ALENCON, 1991-202014Official
Average sunshine by monthJan 60.42 · Feb 89.2 · Mar 134 · Apr 173.6 · May 198 · Jun 214.7 · Jul 222.3 · Aug 213.6 · Sep 173.7 · Oct 111.9 · Nov 72.57 · Dec 63.08 hours31 Dec 2020Météo-France climate normal — mean monthly sunshine duration, ALENCON, 1991-202014Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in Alençon?

The published population was 25,490 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune10

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area10.68 km²31 Dec 2026Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte22Official
Foreign residents2,228 people2021Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT117Official
Population density2,387 people/km²31 Dec 2023Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte22Official
Population25,490 people1 Jan 2023INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune10Official

International community in Alençon

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
Total25,490100.0%
Français22,862.24889.7%
Etranger2,627.75210.3%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source12

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Universities0 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)16Official

Alternatives for people set on Alençon

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.

Le Mans as an Alençon alternative in the same region

48 km away, better on 3 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

  • Residents: 146,249 Le Mans vs 25,490 Alençon+474%
  • Rent: €10.47/m² Le Mans vs €8.30/m² Alençonno percentage
  • Nearest airport: 6.0 km Le Mans vs 55.0 km Alençon−89%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 6,289 Le Mans vs 7,606 Alençon−17%
  • Unemployment: 16.4% Le Mans vs 18.8% Alençon−13%
  • Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,182.6 Le Mans vs 1,351.3 Alençon−12%
  • Annual PM2.5: 7.3 µg/m³ Le Mans vs 6.8 µg/m³ Alençon+7%

Sartrouville as an Alençon alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 163 km, better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

  • Unemployment: 10.5% Sartrouville vs 18.8% Alençon−44%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,581 Sartrouville vs 7,606 Alençon−40%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Sartrouville vs €2,606 Alençon+27%
  • Residents: 52,763 Sartrouville vs 25,490 Alençon+107%
  • Rent: €20.51/m² Sartrouville vs €8.30/m² Alençonno percentage
  • Annual PM2.5: 9.7 µg/m³ Sartrouville vs 6.8 µg/m³ Alençon+42%
  • Nearest airport: 18.0 km Sartrouville vs 55.0 km Alençon−67%

Cities near Alençon

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

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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 Alençon?

The published population was 25,490 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Alençon?

Average net cold rent is 8.3 EUR/m² per month (2025), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 581 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.observatoires-des-loyers.org.

Is the air quality good in Alençon?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 6.8 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation..

How safe is Alençon?

Police recorded about 7,606 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 Alençon?

The unemployment rate is about 18.8 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Alençon?

The median gross salary is 2,606 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

Is Alençon a good place to live?

Alençon 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 Alençon?

Mamers is near Alençon. 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 Alençon?

The official citizenship distribution records 22,862.248 people (89.7%) 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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