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Living in Ambérieu-en-Bugey

In Ambérieu-en-Bugey, advertised rents for new lettings average €11.02 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 13.3% (2022).

Ambérieu-en-Bugey is a city in France, with a population of 15,934 at the start of 2023. Gigabit broadband availability was 96.6% in March 2026. Ambérieu-en-Bugey covered 24.6 km² in 2026 and had a population density of 647.7 people per km² in 2023. The unemployment rate was 13.3% at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-09-2430 sources

Population15,934people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune
Median gross salary (region)2,749EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr
Average net rent11.02EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 5% belowOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr
Unemployment rate13.34%country median 11.0% — 22% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune
Recorded crime5,566incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 17% aboveOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)
PM2.5, annual mean8µg/m³country median 8.5 — 6% belowOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Higher unemployment than 69% of French cities that publish it, more recorded crime than 68% of French cities that publish it and cleaner air than 65% of French cities that publish it.

Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Ambérieu-en-Bugey?

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 Ambérieu-en-Bugey.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Ambérieu-en-Bugey?

Average net cold rent is 11.02 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): 11.02 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr20
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Ambérieu-en-Bugey recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43
Mobile plan, 10 GB€20
Net rent across major citiesAmbérieu-en-Bugey highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Ambérieu-en-Bugey highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Marseille€16.30
Toulouse€13.98
Ambérieu-en-Bugey€11.02
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)731.1 %31 Dec 2023INSEE6Official
Dwellings8,132 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE7Official
Main residence dwellings7,285 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE7Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)11.02 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.6031 Dec 2025static.data.gouv.fr20Official

Is Ambérieu-en-Bugey 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 worker49%strong on work, weak on safety · range 41–57%
Skilled employee55%strong on work, weak on safety · range 47–63%
Student53%strong on education, weak on work · range 46–60%
Family47%strong on family, weak on cost · range 40–54%
Retirement48%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 39–57%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 661 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 11.02 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 Ambérieu-en-Bugey?

The unemployment rate is about 13.3 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 13.34 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune10
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Ambérieu-en-Bugey is 13.3%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability96.64 %3 Aug 2026Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)1Official
Gigabit broadband availability96.64 %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)2,749 EUR/month31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr26Official
Unemployment rate13.34 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune10Official

What does a salary buy in Ambérieu-en-Bugey?

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

regional median gross pay: €2,749 (insee.fr, 2022-12-31).
Left over each month€1,358of €2,082 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.€2,082
Rent, 60 m²€11.02/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31− €661
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€1,358
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Ambérieu-en-Bugey Salary needed to live in Ambérieu-en-Bugey

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Ambérieu-en-Bugey. 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 Ambérieu-en-Bugey. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary schools7 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)12Official
Schools13 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; Ambérieu-en-Bugey's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents716.4 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2011DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 20113Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Ambérieu-en-Bugey 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 residents716.4 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Ambérieu-en-Bugey?

Police recorded about 5,566 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)2

Recorded crime across major citiesAmbérieu-en-Bugey highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Ambérieu-en-Bugey 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
Nice7,577
Ambérieu-en-Bugey5,566
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents5,566 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)2Official

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport77 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights15Official
Nearest airportLYS3 Aug 2026OurAirports18Official
Distance to nearest airport33 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports18Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Ambérieu-en-Bugey. 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 Ambérieu-en-Bugey.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Ambérieu-en-Bugey?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 µg/m³ (2023) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency4

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

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 Ambérieu-en-Bugey is 8.0 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
PM2.5 — annual mean8 µg/m³country median 8.531 Dec 2023European Environment Agency4Official
Average daytime high by monthJan 6.5 · Feb 8.4 · Mar 13.5 · Apr 17.1 · May 20.9 · Jun 25 · Jul 27.5 · Aug 27.3 · Sep 22.4 · Oct 17.1 · Nov 10.8 · Dec 7 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI21Official
Average night-time low by monthJan -0.1 · Feb 0 · Mar 2.6 · Apr 5.5 · May 9.5 · Jun 13 · Jul 14.7 · Aug 14.4 · Sep 10.9 · Oct 8.1 · Nov 3.5 · Dec 0.8 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI22Official
Average temperature by monthJan 3.2 · Feb 4.2 · Mar 8 · Apr 11.3 · May 15.2 · Jun 19 · Jul 21.1 · Aug 20.9 · Sep 16.7 · Oct 12.6 · Nov 7.1 · Dec 3.9 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI23Official
Average precipitation by monthJan 84.9 · Feb 70 · Mar 75 · Apr 87.2 · May 106.4 · Jun 88.8 · Jul 86 · Aug 83 · Sep 106.1 · Oct 117.7 · Nov 117.9 · Dec 94.5 mm31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI24Official
Average sunshine by monthJan 67 · Feb 98 · Mar 169 · Apr 193 · May 220 · Jun 251 · Jul 287 · Aug 261 · Sep 188 · Oct 121 · Nov 72 · Dec 54 hours31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI25Official
Annual PM2.5 over time11 published observations, 2013–2023

Annual PM2.5 fell 50.0% between 2013 and 2023, from 16.0 to 8.0.

Similar climate. In France: Reims ±1.2 °C. Elsewhere: Werl (Germany) ±1.5 °C, Cottbus (Germany) ±1.9 °C, Bremerhaven (Germany) ±2.1 °C, Berlin (Germany) ±2.2 °C, Hoyerswerda (Germany) ±2.2 °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

How many people live in Ambérieu-en-Bugey?

The published population was 15,934 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune9

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area24.6 km²31 Dec 2026Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte19Official
Foreign residents1,454 people2021Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT114Official
Population density647.7 people/km²31 Dec 2023Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte19Official
Population15,934 people1 Jan 2023INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune9Official

International community in Ambérieu-en-Bugey

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
Total15,934100.0%
Français14,241.75689.4%
Etranger1,692.24410.6%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source11

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 Ambérieu-en-Bugey

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.

Lagnieu as an Ambérieu-en-Bugey alternative in the same region

6 km away, better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,504 Lagnieu vs 5,566 Ambérieu-en-Bugey−37%
  • Unemployment: 9.5% Lagnieu vs 13.3% Ambérieu-en-Bugey−29%
  • Residents: 7,411 Lagnieu vs 15,934 Ambérieu-en-Bugey−53%
  • Rent: €10.67/m² Lagnieu vs €11.02/m² Ambérieu-en-Bugey−3%
  • Nearest airport: 28.0 km Lagnieu vs 33.0 km Ambérieu-en-Bugey−15%
  • Median gross pay, region: €2,749 Lagnieu vs €2,749 Ambérieu-en-Bugeysame level
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Sartrouville as an Ambérieu-en-Bugey alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 410 km, better on 4 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

  • Residents: 52,763 Sartrouville vs 15,934 Ambérieu-en-Bugey+231%
  • Rent: €20.51/m² Sartrouville vs €11.02/m² Ambérieu-en-Bugeyno percentage
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Sartrouville vs €2,749 Ambérieu-en-Bugey+21%
  • Unemployment: 10.5% Sartrouville vs 13.3% Ambérieu-en-Bugey−21%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,581 Sartrouville vs 5,566 Ambérieu-en-Bugey−18%
  • Nearest airport: 18.0 km Sartrouville vs 33.0 km Ambérieu-en-Bugey−45%
Full comparisonMore about Sartrouville

Cities near Ambérieu-en-Bugey

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

Lagnieu 6.1 km away
Rent
10.67 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Meximieux 14.0 km away
Rent
12.33 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Chavanoz 24.7 km away
Rent
12.69 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in France

Other cities in France to compare with Ambérieu-en-Bugey, nearest in population first.

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Le Bourget15,925 residentsLucé15,921 residentsHennebont15,910 residentsSaint-Pierre-des-Corps15,898 residentsSaint-Amand-les-Eaux15,974 residentsFos-sur-Mer15,862 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 Ambérieu-en-Bugey?

The published population was 15,934 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Ambérieu-en-Bugey?

Average net cold rent is 11.02 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 771 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

Is the air quality good in Ambérieu-en-Bugey?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 µg/m³ (2023) — 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 Ambérieu-en-Bugey?

Police recorded about 5,566 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 Ambérieu-en-Bugey?

The unemployment rate is about 13.3 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Ambérieu-en-Bugey?

The median gross salary is 2,749 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

Is Ambérieu-en-Bugey a good place to live?

Ambérieu-en-Bugey 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 Ambérieu-en-Bugey?

Lagnieu, Meximieux, Chavanoz are near Ambérieu-en-Bugey. 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 Ambérieu-en-Bugey?

The official citizenship distribution records 14,241.756 people (89.4%) 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). Ambérieu-en-Bugey, France: population, rent, salary, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version a8e7952d4ed1fa016599c373d2b68f3b]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/amberieu-en-bugey/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  title = {Ambérieu-en-Bugey, France: population, rent, salary, jobs},
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