Living in Annemasse
In Annemasse, advertised rents for new lettings average €20.99 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 15.8% (2022).
Annemasse is a city in France, with a population of 37,628 at the start of 2023. The city had 18 schools in 2026. There were 106.3 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024. Annual PM2.5 was 8.24 µg/m³ in 2024. Annual NO₂ was 15.9 µg/m³ in 2024. At the end of 2022, the unemployment rate was 15.8%.
Pricier rent than 96% of French cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 82% of French cities that publish it and more recorded crime than any other French city that publishes it.
Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Annemasse?
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 Annemasse?
Average net cold rent is about 20.99 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): 20.99 EUR/m²/month · "Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 20251
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 42.99 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Orange Livebox Fibre22Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 19.99 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Orange 100GB mobile plan21Official · national market |
| Housing vacancy rate (legacy series) | 2,155 % | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE8Official |
| Dwellings | 21,189 dwellings | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE9Official |
| Main residence dwellings | 17,895 dwellings | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE9Official |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 20.99 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 | 30 Sept 2025 | "Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 20251Official |
Is Annemasse 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.
Worked out from these numbers
What does a 60 m² flat cost?
About 1,260 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 20.99 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.
Work and income
What is the unemployment rate in Annemasse?
The unemployment rate is about 15.8 % (2022).
- Unemployment rate: 15.85 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune12
Annemasse 15.9%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fibre-to-the-building availability | 97.47 % | 3 Aug 2026 | Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)3Official |
| Gigabit broadband availability | 98.1 % | 31 Mar 2026 | Independent 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.7Official |
| Median gross salary (regional) | 2,749 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2022 | www.insee.fr26Official |
| Unemployment rate | 15.85 %country median 11.0% | 31 Dec 2022 | INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune12Official |
What does a salary buy in Annemasse?
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. | €2,082 |
| Rent, 60 m²€20.99/m² · official · "Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 2025 · 2025-09-30 | − €1,260 |
| 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 | €759 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Annemasse. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
France Travail — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Annemasse. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Family and education
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schools | 18 schools | 27 May 2026 | RNEE exact Code_commune; etat=OUVERT; code_nature 100-199 or 300-399; unique UAI count.24Official · commune |
| Primary schools | 14 count | 3 Aug 2026 | Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)15Official |
| Schools | 19 count | 3 Aug 2026 | Ministère 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; Annemasse's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
Healthcare
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary care doctors per 100,000 residents | 106.3 per 100,000 people | 31 Dec 2024 | INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence10Official |
| Hospital beds per 100,000 residents | 488.1 beds per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2011 | DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 20116Official |
Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Annemasse 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.
Open the official coverage guideSafety
How safe is Annemasse?
Police recorded about 11,311 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)4
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 11,311 incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 | 31 Dec 2025 | Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)4Official |
Mobility and administration
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Annemasse. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.
Contrat d’intégration républicaine (CIR) — Integration course
État français and OFII
For eligible non-EU foreign residents.
DIAN language-training offer finder — Other
Réseau des Carif-Oref and DIAN
For people seeking French-language training.
Climate and air quality
Is the air quality good in Annemasse?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.2 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: 8.24 µg/m³ · 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.2
mm
hours
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.
Annemasse 8.2
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO₂ — annual mean | 15.88 µg/m³country median 14.8 | 2024 | 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.2Official |
| NO₂ — latest reading | 21.1 µg/m³ | 15 Jul 2026 | Latest 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.14Official |
| PM10 — annual mean | 14.03 µg/m³country median 14.2 | 2024 | 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.2Official |
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 8.24 µg/m³country median 8.5 | 2024 | 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.2Official |
| Monthly extreme high temperature | Jan 12.25 · Feb 13.98 · Mar 18.3 · Apr 22.88 · May 28.68 · Jun 35.56 · Jul 34.08 · Aug 35.75 · Sep 29.44 · Oct 27.22 · Nov 19.73 · Dec 14.39 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center17Official |
| Monthly extreme low temperature | Jan -20.13 · Feb -21.55 · Mar -16.08 · Apr -5.72 · May -2.41 · Jun 0.64 · Jul 5.74 · Aug 5.92 · Sep 0.75 · Oct -5.86 · Nov -9.94 · Dec -17.38 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center17Official |
| Average temperature by month | Jan -0.84 · Feb -0.15 · Mar 3.93 · Apr 8.37 · May 12.12 · Jun 16.65 · Jul 18.83 · Aug 18.4 · Sep 14.33 · Oct 10.13 · Nov 4.29 · Dec 0.27 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center17Official |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 72.8 · Feb 55.9 · Mar 62.1 · Apr 67.1 · May 78.5 · Jun 83.2 · Jul 79.2 · Aug 81.2 · Sep 90.7 · Oct 96.5 · Nov 88.6 · Dec 89.9 mm | 31 Dec 1991 | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO19Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average sunshine by month | Jan 60.9 · Feb 95.9 · Mar 161.2 · Apr 186.6 · May 212 · Jun 245.8 · Jul 269.2 · Aug 241.6 · Sep 184 · Oct 116.3 · Nov 65.4 · Dec 48 hours | 31 Dec 1991 | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO20Official · nearest-station reading |
Annual PM2.5 fell 48.5% between 2013 and 2024, from 16.0 to 8.2.
Population and city profile
The city covered 5 km² in 2026. Population density was 7,555.8 people per km² in 2023.
How many people live in Annemasse?
The published population was 37,628 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune11
By nationality
National passport78.4%Foreign residents21.6%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| City area | 4.98 km² | 31 Dec 2026 | Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte25Official |
| Foreign residents | 8,133 people | 2021 | Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT118Official |
| Population density | 7,556 people/km² | 31 Dec 2023 | Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte25Official |
| Population | 37,628 people | 1 Jan 2023 | INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune11Official |
International community in Annemasse
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 group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 37,628 | 100.0% |
| Français | 29,122.084 | 77.4% |
| Etranger | 8,505.916 | 22.6% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source13
Additional context
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universities | 0 count | 3 Aug 2026 | Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)16Official |
Alternatives for people set on Annemasse
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.
Vétraz-Monthoux as an Annemasse alternative in the same region
3 km away, better on 3 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,161 Vétraz-Monthoux vs 11,311 Annemasse−54%
- Unemployment: 10.2% Vétraz-Monthoux vs 15.8% Annemasse−35%
- Residents: 10,949 Vétraz-Monthoux vs 37,628 Annemasse−71%
- Rent: €20.69/m² Vétraz-Monthoux vs €20.99/m² Annemassesame level
- Nearest airport: 30.0 km Vétraz-Monthoux vs 31.0 km Annemasse−3%
- Median gross pay, region: €2,749 Vétraz-Monthoux vs €2,749 Annemassesame level
- Annual PM2.5: 8.2 µg/m³ Vétraz-Monthoux vs 8.2 µg/m³ Annemassesame level
Grasse as an Annemasse alternative in the same country
A move, not a commute, at 287 km, better on 5 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,645 Grasse vs 11,311 Annemasse−50%
- Rent: €16.19/m² Grasse vs €20.99/m² Annemasse−23%
- Hospital beds, per 100k: 720.9 Grasse vs 488.1 Annemasse+48%
- Unemployment: 12.3% Grasse vs 15.8% Annemasse−23%
- Nearest airport: 12.0 km Grasse vs 31.0 km Annemasse−61%
- Residents: 50,970 Grasse vs 37,628 Annemasse+35%
- Annual PM2.5: 9.1 µg/m³ Grasse vs 8.2 µg/m³ Annemasse+10%
Cities near Annemasse
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
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- 24.96 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-05-31
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- 22.87 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-05-31
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- 21.19 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30
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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 Annemasse?
The published population was 37,628 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.
How much does it cost to rent in Annemasse?
Average net cold rent is about 20.99 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 1,469 EUR a month before utilities. Source: "Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 2025.
Is the air quality good in Annemasse?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.2 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 Annemasse?
Police recorded about 11,311 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 Annemasse?
The unemployment rate is about 15.8 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.
What is the typical salary around Annemasse?
The median gross salary is 2,749 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.
Is Annemasse a good place to live?
Annemasse 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 Annemasse?
Ville-la-Grand, Thônex, Gaillard, Vétraz-Monthoux, Chêne-Bourg are near Annemasse. 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 Annemasse?
The official citizenship distribution records 29,122.084 people (77.4%) 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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