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Living in Belfort

In Belfort, rent averages €9.13 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 19% (2022).

For Belfort, annual NO₂ was 14.3 µg/m³ in 2024. The city covered 17.1 km² in 2026. Population density was 2,684.9 people per km² in 2023. In Belfort, the unemployment rate was 19% at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-09-2434 sources

Population45,912people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE — Populations légales 2023, Belfort (commune 90010)
Median gross salary (region)2,580EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr
Average net rent9.13EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 21% belowOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr
Unemployment rate18.97%country median 11.0% — 73% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune
Recorded crime5,526incidents 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 mean9µg/m³country median 8.5 — 6% aboveOfficial 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 82% of French cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 92% of French cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 67% of French cities that publish it.

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

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 Belfort?

Average net cold rent is 9.13 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): 9.13 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr24
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Belfort recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Marseille€16.30
Toulouse€13.98
Belfort€9.13
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 Fibre21Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange 100GB mobile plan20Official · national market
G02 Vacancy Rate Pct3,499 %31 Dec 2023INSEE8Official
Dwellings27,793 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE9Official
G05 Main Residential Dwellings23,611 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE9Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)9.13 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.6031 Dec 2025static.data.gouv.fr24Official

Is Belfort 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 employee61%strong on work, weak on safety · range 53–69%
Student64%strong on education, weak on work · range 57–71%
Family59%strong on family, weak on cost · range 52–66%
Retirement52%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 43–61%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 548 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 9.13 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 Belfort?

The unemployment rate is about 19 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 18.97 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune12
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Belfort is 19.0%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability94.83 %3 Aug 2026Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)2Official
Gigabit broadband availability95.04 %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.7Official
Median gross salary (regional)2,580 EUR/month31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr25Official
Unemployment rate18.97 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune12Official
Unemployment rate over time10 published observations, 2013–2022

Unemployment rate fell 4.8% between 2013 and 2022, from 19.9% to 19.0%.

What does a salary buy in Belfort?

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

regional median gross pay: €2,580 (insee.fr, 2022-12-31).
Left over each month€1,356of €1,967 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.€1,967
Rent, 60 m²€9.13/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31− €548
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€1,356
Take-home pay for other salaries and households

Public employment service

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary School Count30 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)15Official
School Count56 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; Belfort's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents1,956 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2011DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 20114Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Belfort 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 residents1,956 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Belfort?

Police recorded about 5,526 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 citiesBelfort highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Belfort 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
Belfort5,526
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents5,526 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 airport66 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights19Official
Nearest airportBSL3 Aug 2026OurAirports22Official
Distance to nearest airport50 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports22Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 was 9 µg/m³ in 2024. Annual PM10 was 12.1 µg/m³ in 2024.

Is the air quality good in Belfort?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 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.1

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

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 Belfort is 9.0 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
NO₂ — annual mean14.29 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 reading15.8 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.14Official
PM10 — annual mean12.09 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 mean9 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
Climate Monthly Extreme High CJan 11.76 · Feb 15.84 · Mar 20.22 · Apr 25.75 · May 29.52 · Jun 36.55 · Jul 35.5 · Aug 37.01 · Sep 29.86 · Oct 26.47 · Nov 19.69 · Dec 14.19 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center17Official
Climate Monthly Extreme Low CJan -13.51 · Feb -18.43 · Mar -17.78 · Apr -5.93 · May -0.91 · Jun 1.98 · Jul 6.54 · Aug 6.59 · Sep 0.83 · Oct -6.09 · Nov -11.56 · Dec -15.19 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center17Official
Average temperature by monthJan -0.1 · Feb 0.56 · Mar 4.38 · Apr 8.72 · May 12.68 · Jun 16.84 · Jul 18.6 · Aug 18.15 · Sep 14.07 · Oct 9.84 · Nov 4.45 · Dec 0.84 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center17Official
Annual PM2.5 over time12 published observations, 2013–2024

Annual PM2.5 fell 55.0% between 2013 and 2024, from 20.0 to 9.0.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Belfort?

The published population was 45,912 people in 2023. Source: INSEE — Populations légales 2023, Belfort (commune 90010)10

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area17.1 km²31 Dec 2026Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte23Official
Foreign-resident share12 %31 Dec 2022Eurostat5Official
Foreign residents6,160 people2021Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT118Official
Population density2,685 people/km²31 Dec 2023Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte23Official
Population45,912 people1 Jan 2023INSEE — Populations légales 2023, Belfort (commune 90010)10Official
Population over time11 published observations, 2013–2023

Population fell 29.9% between 2013 and 2023, from 65,538 to 45,912.

Foreign residents over time10 published observations, 2013–2022

Foreign residents rose 20.9% between 2013 and 2022, from 6,058 to 7,325.

International community in Belfort

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
Total45,912100.0%
Français39,030.95985.0%
Etranger6,881.04115.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source13

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 Belfort

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.

Grand-Charmont as a Belfort alternative in the same region

13 km away, better on 2 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,447 Grand-Charmont vs 5,526 Belfort−56%
  • Rent: €10.65/m² Grand-Charmont vs €9.13/m² Belfortno percentage
  • Residents: 5,873 Grand-Charmont vs 45,912 Belfort−87%
  • Unemployment: 16.1% Grand-Charmont vs 19.0% Belfort−15%
  • Nearest airport: 53.0 km Grand-Charmont vs 50.0 km Belfort+6%
  • Median gross pay, region: €2,580 Grand-Charmont vs €2,580 Belfortsame level
  • Annual PM2.5: 9.0 µg/m³ Grand-Charmont vs 9.0 µg/m³ Belfortsame level

Sartrouville as a Belfort alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 376 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 19.0% Belfort−45%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Sartrouville vs €2,580 Belfort+29%
  • Rent: €20.51/m² Sartrouville vs €9.13/m² Belfortno percentage
  • Nearest airport: 18.0 km Sartrouville vs 50.0 km Belfort−64%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,581 Sartrouville vs 5,526 Belfort−17%
  • Annual PM2.5: 9.7 µg/m³ Sartrouville vs 9.0 µg/m³ Belfort+8%
  • Residents: 52,763 Sartrouville vs 45,912 Belfort+15%

Cities near Belfort

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

Valdoie Commuting Zone · 3.7 km away
Rent
11.6 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Bethoncourt 12.3 km away
Rent
9.61 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30
Grand-Charmont 12.6 km away
Rent
10.65 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30
Montbéliard 15.0 km away
Rent
10.41 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30
Audincourt 17.3 km away
Rent
10.23 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30
Delle 17.7 km away
Rent
9.35 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Valentigney 19.6 km away
Rent
10.04 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 Belfort?

The published population was 45,912 people in 2023. Source: INSEE — Populations légales 2023, Belfort (commune 90010).

How much does it cost to rent in Belfort?

Average net cold rent is 9.13 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 639 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

Is the air quality good in Belfort?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 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 Belfort?

Police recorded about 5,526 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 Belfort?

The unemployment rate is about 19 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Belfort?

The median gross salary is 2,580 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

Is Belfort a good place to live?

Belfort 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 Belfort?

Valdoie, Bethoncourt, Grand-Charmont, Montbéliard, Audincourt are near Belfort. 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 Belfort?

The official citizenship distribution records 45,912 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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