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Living in Bastia

In Bastia, rent averages €10.90 per m² a month (2024) and unemployment is 11.1% (2022).

For Bastia, annual PM2.5 was 7.88 µg/m³ in 2024. The city covered 19.4 km² in 2026. Population density was 2,418.3 people per km² in 2023. The unemployment rate was 11.1% at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-09-2430 sources

Population46,867people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE — Populations légales 2023, Bastia (commune 2B033)
Median gross salary (region)2,451EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr
Average net rent10.9EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 6% belowOfficial source · www.observatoires-des-loyers.org
Unemployment rate11.06%country median 11.0% — about the sameOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune
Recorded crime3,807incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 20% belowOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)
PM2.5, annual mean7.88µg/m³country median 8.5 — 7% belowOfficial source · 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.

Less recorded crime than 72% of French cities that publish it and cleaner air than 70% of French cities that publish it.

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

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 Bastia?

Average net cold rent is 10.9 EUR/m² per month (2024), 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): 10.9 EUR/m²/month · www.observatoires-des-loyers.org25
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Bastia recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Marseille€16.30
Toulouse€13.98
Bastia€10.90
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
G02 Vacancy Rate Pct275 %31 Dec 2023INSEE6Official
Dwellings21,446 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE7Official
G05 Main Residential Dwellings20,921 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE7Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)10.9 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.6031 Dec 2024www.observatoires-des-loyers.org25Official

Is Bastia 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 worker56%strong on work, weak on safety · range 48–64%
Skilled employee64%strong on work, weak on safety · range 56–72%
Student69%strong on education, weak on work · range 62–76%
Family68%strong on family, weak on cost · range 61–75%
Retirement63%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 54–72%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 654 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 10.9 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: 2024

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Bastia?

The unemployment rate is about 11.1 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 11.06 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune10
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Bastia is 11.1%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability92.11 %3 Aug 2026Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)2Official
Gigabit broadband availability96.73 %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)2,451 EUR/month31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr24Official
Unemployment rate11.06 %country median 11.0% — about the same31 Dec 2022INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune10Official

What does a salary buy in Bastia?

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

regional median gross pay: €2,451 (insee.fr, 2022-12-31).
Left over each month€1,163of €1,880 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.€1,880
Rent, 60 m²€10.90/m² · official · observatoires-des-loyers.org · 2024-12-31− €654
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€1,163
Take-home pay for other salaries and households

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Bastia. 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 Bastia. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary School Count22 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)14Official
School Count43 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)14Official

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; Bastia's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents1,254 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2011DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 20114Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Bastia 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 residents1,254 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Bastia?

Police recorded about 3,807 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 citiesBastia highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Bastia 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
Bastia3,807
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents3,807 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 airport23 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights17Official
Nearest airportBIA3 Aug 2026OurAirports20Official
Distance to nearest airport17 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports20Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Average high temperatures were 13.8°C in January and 29.4°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 67.3 mm in January and 13.8 mm in July.

Is the air quality good in Bastia?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.9 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: 7.88 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 Bastia is 7.9 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 mean7.77 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 reading5.2 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.12Official
PM10 — annual mean14.63 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 mean7.88 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 13.8 · Feb 13.9 · Mar 15.8 · Apr 18.3 · May 22.4 · Jun 26.4 · Jul 29.4 · Aug 29.8 · Sep 26 · Oct 22 · Nov 17.7 · Dec 14.8 °C31 Dec 2020Météo-France climate normal — mean monthly maximum air temperature, BASTIA, 1991-202013Official
Average night-time low by monthJan 5.4 · Feb 5.1 · Mar 6.8 · Apr 9.1 · May 12.6 · Jun 16.4 · Jul 19.4 · Aug 19.8 · Sep 16.7 · Oct 13.4 · Nov 9.5 · Dec 6.4 °C31 Dec 2020Météo-France climate normal — mean monthly minimum air temperature, BASTIA, 1991-202013Official
Average temperature by monthJan 9.6 · Feb 9.5 · Mar 11.3 · Apr 13.7 · May 17.5 · Jun 21.4 · Jul 24.4 · Aug 24.8 · Sep 21.4 · Oct 17.7 · Nov 13.6 · Dec 10.6 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station BASTIA23Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 67.3 · Feb 63.5 · Mar 63.7 · Apr 71.6 · May 53.7 · Jun 38.8 · Jul 13.8 · Aug 21.1 · Sep 74.5 · Oct 126.5 · Nov 134.3 · Dec 88.1 mm31 Dec 2020Météo-France climate normal — mean monthly precipitation, BASTIA, 1991-202013Official
Average sunshine by monthJan 139.2 · Feb 159.1 · Mar 196.4 · Apr 220.1 · May 269.9 · Jun 305.6 · Jul 347.3 · Aug 314 · Sep 237.9 · Oct 182.1 · Nov 134.4 · Dec 139 hours31 Dec 2020Météo-France climate normal — mean monthly sunshine duration, BASTIA, 1991-202013Official
Annual PM2.5 over time12 published observations, 2013–2024

Annual PM2.5 fell 21.2% between 2013 and 2024, from 10.0 to 7.9.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Bastia?

The published population was 46,867 people in 2023. Source: INSEE — Populations légales 2023, Bastia (commune 2B033)8

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area19.38 km²31 Dec 2026Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte21Official
Foreign residents5,516 people2021Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT116Official
Population density2,418 people/km²31 Dec 2023Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte21Official
Population46,867 people1 Jan 2023INSEE — Populations légales 2023, Bastia (commune 2B033)8Official

International community in Bastia

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
Total46,867100.0%
Français41,206.94287.9%
Etranger5,660.05812.1%

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)15Official

Alternatives for people set on Bastia

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.

Biguglia as a Bastia alternative in the same region

9 km away, better on 3 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

  • Unemployment: 6.3% Biguglia vs 11.1% Bastia−43%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,499 Biguglia vs 3,807 Bastia−34%
  • Residents: 7,642 Biguglia vs 46,867 Bastia−84%
  • Nearest airport: 10.0 km Biguglia vs 17.0 km Bastia−41%
  • Rent: €10.90/m² Biguglia vs €10.90/m² Bastiasame level
  • Median gross pay, region: €2,451 Biguglia vs €2,451 Bastiasame level
  • Annual PM2.5: 7.9 µg/m³ Biguglia vs 7.9 µg/m³ Bastiasame level

Sartrouville as a Bastia alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 894 km, better on 2 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 3. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

  • Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Sartrouville vs €2,451 Bastia+35%
  • Rent: €20.51/m² (2025) Sartrouville vs €10.90/m² (2024) Bastiano percentage
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,581 Sartrouville vs 3,807 Bastia+20%
  • Annual PM2.5: 9.7 µg/m³ Sartrouville vs 7.9 µg/m³ Bastia+23%
  • Unemployment: 10.5% Sartrouville vs 11.1% Bastia−5%
  • Residents: 52,763 Sartrouville vs 46,867 Bastia+13%
  • Nearest airport: 18.0 km Sartrouville vs 17.0 km Bastia+6%

Cities near Bastia

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

Furiani 5.0 km away
Rent
10.9 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2024-12-31
Biguglia 9.1 km away
Rent
10.9 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2024-12-31
Borgo 16.3 km away
Rent
12.38 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Lucciana 17.3 km away
Rent
12.48 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

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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 Bastia?

The published population was 46,867 people in 2023. Source: INSEE — Populations légales 2023, Bastia (commune 2B033).

How much does it cost to rent in Bastia?

Average net cold rent is 10.9 EUR/m² per month (2024), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 763 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.observatoires-des-loyers.org.

Is the air quality good in Bastia?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.9 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 Bastia?

Police recorded about 3,807 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 Bastia?

The unemployment rate is about 11.1 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Bastia?

The median gross salary is 2,451 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

Is Bastia a good place to live?

Bastia 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 Bastia?

Furiani, Biguglia, Borgo, Lucciana are near Bastia. 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 Bastia?

The official citizenship distribution records 46,867 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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