Living in Belleville

In Belleville, unemployment is 1.6% (2022).

Belleville numbered 1,526 residents at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0732 sources

Population1,526people31 Dec 2024Official source · Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE)

Average gross salary3,180EUR/month31 Dec 2022District figureOfficial source · Les salaires bruts dans le secteur privé en 2022 – T401B: Salaire brut en équivalent temps plein, par catégorie socioprofessionnelle agrégée, région et département

Unemployment rate1.64%country median 11.0% — 85% belowOfficial source · www.insee.fr

Recorded crime5,339incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Municipality figureOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

PM2.5, annual mean9µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · Collected source

Lower unemployment than any other French city that publishes it and more recorded crime than 64% of French cities that publish it.

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

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 Belleville.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

The city had 15,074 dwellings at the end of 2023.

No city-level rent figure is published for Belleville. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43

Mobile plan, 10 GB€20

Net rent across major citiesBelleville highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30

Nice€20.43

Lyon€16.57

Marseille€16.30

Toulon€14.43

Toulouse€13.98

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Bordeaux€15.99

Lille€15.76

Strasbourg€15.57

Montpellier€15.49

Rennes€14.87

Nantes€14.50

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	42.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Orange Livebox Fibre¹³Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	19.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Orange 100GB mobile plan¹²Official · national market
Dwellings	15,074 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁵Official
Main residence dwellings	1,645 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁵Official

Is Belleville 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 worker50%strong on work, weak on housing · range 40–60%

Skilled employee54%strong on work, weak on housing · range 45–63%

Student40%strong on legal route, weak on housing · range 31–49%

Family43%strong on family, weak on housing · range 33–53%

Retirement48%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 35–61%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Belleville?

The unemployment rate is about 1.6 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 1.64 % · www.insee.fr²¹

Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Belleville is 1.6%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

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Belleville 1.6%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	3,180 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Les salaires bruts dans le secteur privé en 2022 – T401B: Salaire brut en équivalent temps plein, par catégorie socioprofessionnelle agrégée, région et département⁸Official · county
Fibre-to-the-building availability	88.78 %	3 Aug 2026	Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)¹Official
Gigabit broadband availability	88.78 %	3 Aug 2026	Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)¹Official
Unemployment rate	1.64 %country median 11.0%	31 Dec 2022	www.insee.fr²¹Official

Public employment offices in Belleville

Exact offices linked to this city from official sources. Check the office page before visiting because hours and appointment rules can change.

Verified locally

Votre agence France Travail — Verified local office

16 RUE DU BOIS BARON, 69220 BELLEVILLE, 69220

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Only exact city-linked public offices are listed; this is not a complete directory of private recruiters or every employment provider. Sources checked through 11 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	1 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)⁹Official
Schools	1 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)⁹Official

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; Belleville's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

Hospital capacity in Belleville was 238.1 beds per 100,000 residents at the end of 2011.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	238.1 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2011	DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 2011⁴Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Belleville 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 residents238.1 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Belleville?

Police recorded about 5,339 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 citiesBelleville highlighted among comparable cities

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

Toulon6,973

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	5,339 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)²Official · parent municipality

Mobility and administration

Belleville's nearest airport was LYS, 50 km away and offered 77 direct destinations. Belleville's fibre-to-home broadband coverage was 88.78%.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	77 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹¹Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	50 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁴Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	LYS	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁴Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were 3.5°C in January and 21.5°C in July. Belleville's monthly precipitation totalled 58.1 mm in January and 72.2 mm in July. Belleville's average monthly sunshine was 61 hours in January and 274 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Belleville?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Collected source³

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

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6°1°

8°1°

13°4°

17°6°

21°10°

25°14°

27°16°

27°15°

22°12°

17°9°

10°4°

7°2°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

163

191

216

249

274

251

194

120

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hours

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.59WHO 5 · EU 25

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 Belleville is 9.0 µg/m³. Of 1,975 cities with data, 626 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Belleville 9.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	9 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	Collected source³Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 6.3 · Feb 8.3 · Mar 13.2 · Apr 16.8 · May 20.8 · Jun 24.8 · Jul 27.1 · Aug 26.9 · Sep 22.3 · Oct 16.9 · Nov 10.5 · Dec 6.7 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 0.7 · Feb 1 · Mar 3.8 · Apr 6.5 · May 10.5 · Jun 14.1 · Jul 15.9 · Aug 15.4 · Sep 11.7 · Oct 8.6 · Nov 4.2 · Dec 1.5 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 3.5 · Feb 4.6 · Mar 8.5 · Apr 11.7 · May 15.7 · Jun 19.5 · Jul 21.5 · Aug 21.1 · Sep 17 · Oct 12.7 · Nov 7.4 · Dec 4.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 58.1 · Feb 48.9 · Mar 49.1 · Apr 65.5 · May 75.7 · Jun 69.8 · Jul 72.2 · Aug 72.6 · Sep 71.1 · Oct 91.1 · Nov 92.8 · Dec 66.8 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 61 · Feb 96 · Mar 163 · Apr 191 · May 216 · Jun 249 · Jul 274 · Aug 251 · Sep 194 · Oct 120 · Nov 71 · Dec 52 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²⁰Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In France: Reims ±1.4 °C. Elsewhere: Ettlingen (Germany) ±0.7 °C, Germersheim (Germany) ±0.7 °C, Philippsburg (Germany) ±0.7 °C, Rheinstetten (Germany) ±0.7 °C, Stutensee (Germany) ±0.7 °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 Belleville?

The published population was 1,526 people in January 2024. Source: Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE)⁶

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	1,526 people	31 Dec 2024	Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE)⁶Official

Population over time10 published observations, 1968–2024

1,355

2,180

3,004

3,829

1,52619681982199920122024

Population fell 23.5% between 1968 and 2024, from 1,995 to 1,526.

International community in Belleville

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	3,498	100.0%
Français	3,282.044	93.8%
Etranger	215.956	6.2%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁷

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)¹⁰Official

Alternatives for people set on Belleville

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.

Lyon as a Belleville alternative in the same region

39 km away, better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,200.5 Lyon vs 238.1 Belleville+404%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 13,026 Lyon vs 5,339 Bellevilleno percentage
Annual PM2.5: 10.0 µg/m³ Lyon vs 9.0 µg/m³ Belleville+11%

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Cities near Belleville

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

Villefranche-sur-Saône 13.4 km away

Rent: 10.4 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2024-12-31

Jassans-Riottier 13.7 km away

Rent: 10.4 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2024-12-31

Gleizé 13.9 km away

Rent: 10.4 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2024-12-31

Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne 16.1 km away

Rent: 10.48 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Trévoux 18.8 km away

Rent: 10.4 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2024-12-31

Anse 19.4 km away

Rent: 10.4 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2024-12-31

Reyrieux 20.2 km away

Rent: 10.4 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2024-12-31

Charnay-lès-Mâcon 22.5 km away

Rent: 8.8 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in France

Other cities in France to compare with Belleville, nearest in population first.

All France cities

Vire1,256 residents Marennes2,021 residents Megève2,996 residents Saint-Tropez3,649 residents Ligny-en-Barrois3,798 residents Saint-Mihiel3,806 residents

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Common questions

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How many people live in Belleville?

The published population was 1,526 people in January 2024. Source: Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE).

Is the air quality good in Belleville?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Collected source.

How safe is Belleville?

What is the unemployment rate in Belleville?

The unemployment rate is about 1.6 % (2022). Source: www.insee.fr.

Is Belleville a good place to live?

Belleville 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 Belleville?

Villefranche-sur-Saône, Jassans-Riottier, Gleizé, Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne, Trévoux are near Belleville. 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 Belleville?

The official citizenship distribution records 3,282.044 people (93.8%) 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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  title = {Belleville, France: population, salary, cost of living, jobs},
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  date = {2026-10-16},
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}

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