Living in Avignon
In Avignon, rent averages €10.97 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 20.5% (2022).
The unemployment rate was 20.5% at the end of 2022. In 2021, the foreign population was 14,100. Annual PM2.5 was 11.1 µg/m³ in 2024. Annual NO₂ was 16.5 µg/m³ in 2024. Annual PM10 was 20 µg/m³ in 2024.
Higher unemployment than 96% of French cities that publish it, more recorded crime than any other French city that publishes it and dirtier air than 98% of French cities that publish it.
Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Avignon?
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 Avignon?
Average net cold rent is 10.97 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): 10.97 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr23
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 42.99 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Orange Livebox Fibre20Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 19.99 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Orange 100GB mobile plan19Official · national market |
| G02 Vacancy Rate Pct | 7,971 % | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE9Official |
| Dwellings | 55,813 dwellings | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE10Official |
| G05 Main Residential Dwellings | 44,570 dwellings | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE10Official |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 10.97 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 | 31 Dec 2025 | static.data.gouv.fr23Official |
Is Avignon 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 658 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 10.97 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 Avignon?
The unemployment rate is about 20.5 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune12
Avignon 20.5%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fibre-to-the-building availability | 82.61 % | 3 Aug 2026 | Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)2Official |
| Gigabit broadband availability | 96.05 % | 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.8Official |
| Median gross salary (regional) | 2,630 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2022 | www.insee.fr26Official |
| Unemployment rate | 20.5 %country median 11.0% | 31 Dec 2022 | INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune12Official |
Unemployment rate fell 1.7% between 2013 and 2022, from 20.9% to 20.5%.
What does a salary buy in Avignon?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
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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. | €2,001 |
| Rent, 60 m²€10.97/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31 | − €658 |
| 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 | €1,280 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Avignon. 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 Avignon. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Family and education
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary School Count | 17 count | 3 Aug 2026 | Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)15Official |
| School Count | 53 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; Avignon's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
Healthcare
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital beds per 100,000 residents | 1,263 beds per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2011 | DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 20114Official |
Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Avignon 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 Avignon?
Police recorded about 10,860 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
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 10,860 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)3Official |
Mobility and administration
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Avignon. 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 Avignon?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 11.1 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: 11.11 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
Night-time low to daytime high
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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.
Avignon 11.1
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO₂ — annual mean | 16.52 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.1Official |
| NO₂ — latest reading | 15.17 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 | 20.03 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.1Official |
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 11.11 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.1Official |
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 10.7 · Feb 12.4 · Mar 16.6 · Apr 19.7 · May 23.9 · Jun 28.7 · Jul 31.5 · Aug 31.1 · Sep 26 · Oct 21 · Nov 14.7 · Dec 11 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station AVIGNON24Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan 1.9 · Feb 2.3 · Mar 5 · Apr 7.7 · May 11.7 · Jun 15.6 · Jul 18 · Aug 17.6 · Sep 13.9 · Oct 10.7 · Nov 6 · Dec 2.5 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station AVIGNON24Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 6.3 · Feb 7.4 · Mar 10.8 · Apr 13.7 · May 17.8 · Jun 22.1 · Jul 24.8 · Aug 24.3 · Sep 19.9 · Oct 15.8 · Nov 10.3 · Dec 6.7 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station AVIGNON24Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 55.6 · Feb 35.6 · Mar 36.1 · Apr 59.9 · May 52.3 · Jun 35.2 · Jul 23.9 · Aug 35 · Sep 91.1 · Oct 88.6 · Nov 92 · Dec 43.5 mm | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station AVIGNON24Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average sunshine by month | Jan 151 · Feb 173 · Mar 229 · Apr 243 · May 285 · Jun 328 · Jul 363 · Aug 326 · Sep 257 · Oct 190 · Nov 148 · Dec 138 hours | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station CARPENTRAS25Official · nearest-station reading |
Annual PM2.5 fell 26.0% between 2013 and 2024, from 15.0 to 11.1.
Similar climate. In France: Nîmes ±0.7 °C. Elsewhere: Murfreesboro (United States) ±1.8 °C, Little Rock (United States) ±2.1 °C, Oklahoma City (United States) ±2.1 °C, Girona (Spain) ±1.2 °C, Alcorcón (Spain) ±0.6 °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 65 km² in 2024. Population density was 1,420.2 people per km² in 2023.
How many people live in Avignon?
The published population was 92,188 people in 2023. Source: INSEE — Populations légales 2023, Avignon (commune 84007)11
By nationality
National passport84.7%Foreign residents15.3%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| City area | 65 km² | 1 Jan 2024 | France city identity collection6Official |
| Foreign-resident share | 13.2 % | 31 Dec 2022 | Eurostat5Official |
| Foreign residents | 14,100 people | 2021 | Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT117Official |
| Population density | 1,420 people/km² | 31 Dec 2023 | Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte22Official |
| Population | 92,188 people | 1 Jan 2023 | INSEE — Populations légales 2023, Avignon (commune 84007)11Official |
Population fell 32.1% between 2013 and 2023, from 135,843 to 92,188.
Foreign residents rose 43.3% between 2013 and 2022, from 12,888 to 18,467.
International community in Avignon
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 | 92,188 | 100.0% |
| Français | 75,969.181 | 82.4% |
| Etranger | 16,218.819 | 17.6% |
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 | 1 count | 3 Aug 2026 | Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)16Official |
Alternatives for people set on Avignon
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.
Châteaurenard as an Avignon alternative in the same region
8 km away, better on 3 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,607 Châteaurenard vs 10,860 Avignon−48%
- Unemployment: 11.4% Châteaurenard vs 20.5% Avignon−45%
- Residents: 16,545 Châteaurenard vs 92,188 Avignon−82%
- Nearest airport: 5.0 km Châteaurenard vs 9.0 km Avignon−44%
- Rent: €11.26/m² Châteaurenard vs €10.97/m² Avignonsame level
- Annual PM2.5: 10.9 µg/m³ Châteaurenard vs 11.1 µg/m³ Avignonsame level
- Median gross pay, region: €2,630 Châteaurenard vs €2,630 Avignonsame level
Versailles as an Avignon alternative in the same country
A move, not a commute, at 578 km, better on 5 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.
- Unemployment: 7.8% Versailles vs 20.5% Avignon−62%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,678 Versailles vs 10,860 Avignon−57%
- Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Versailles vs €2,630 Avignon+26%
- Rent: €24.31/m² Versailles vs €10.97/m² Avignonno percentage
- Annual PM2.5: 8.8 µg/m³ Versailles vs 11.1 µg/m³ Avignon−21%
- Hospital beds, per 100k: 988.1 Versailles vs 1,263.2 Avignon−22%
- Nearest airport: 6.0 km Versailles vs 9.0 km Avignon−33%
Cities near Avignon
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 Avignon?
The published population was 92,188 people in 2023. Source: INSEE — Populations légales 2023, Avignon (commune 84007).
How much does it cost to rent in Avignon?
Average net cold rent is 10.97 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 768 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.
Is the air quality good in Avignon?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 11.1 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 Avignon?
Police recorded about 10,860 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 Avignon?
The unemployment rate is about 20.5 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.
What is the typical salary around Avignon?
The median gross salary is 2,630 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.
Is Avignon a good place to live?
Avignon 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 Avignon?
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Les Angles, Le Pontet, Morières-lès-Avignon, Vedène are near Avignon. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.
How many people are in the Total citizenship group in Avignon?
The official citizenship distribution records 92,188 people (100.0%) 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, September 29). Avignon, France: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 34c990b730b249f8fcd463493ea4b06b]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/avignon/ Retrieved 2026-09-29. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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