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Living in Biscarrosse

In Biscarrosse, advertised rents for new lettings average €11.99 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 13.6% (2022).

Biscarrosse's population was 15,836 at the start of 2023. Gigabit broadband availability was 95.1% in March 2026. The foreign population count was 448 in 2021. For Biscarrosse, the unemployment rate was 13.6% at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-09-2423 sources

Population15,836people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune
Median gross salary (region)2,550EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr
Average net rent11.99EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 3% aboveOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr
Unemployment rate13.56%country median 11.0% — 24% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune
Recorded crime5,466incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 15% aboveOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

Higher unemployment than 70% of French cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 66% of French cities that publish it.

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

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 Biscarrosse.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Biscarrosse?

Average net cold rent is 11.99 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): 11.99 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr18
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Biscarrosse recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Marseille€16.30
Toulouse€13.98
Biscarrosse€11.99
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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 Fibre15Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange 100GB mobile plan14Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)472.6 %31 Dec 2023INSEE4Official
Dwellings13,804 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE5Official
Main residence dwellings8,139 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE5Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)11.99 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.6031 Dec 2025static.data.gouv.fr18Official

Is Biscarrosse 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 worker45%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 36–54%
Skilled employee52%strong on work, weak on safety · range 44–60%
Student49%strong on education, weak on work · range 42–56%
Family44%strong on family, weak on cost · range 36–52%
Retirement48%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 37–59%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 719 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 11.99 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.

Source period: 2025-Q3

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Biscarrosse?

The unemployment rate is about 13.6 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 13.56 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune8
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Biscarrosse is 13.6%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability95.07 %3 Aug 2026Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)1Official
Gigabit broadband availability95.07 %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.3Official
Median gross salary (regional)2,550 EUR/month31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr20Official
Unemployment rate13.56 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune8Official

What does a salary buy in Biscarrosse?

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

regional median gross pay: €2,550 (insee.fr, 2022-12-31).
Left over each month€1,165of €1,947 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.€1,947
Rent, 60 m²€11.99/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31− €719
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€1,165
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Biscarrosse Salary needed to live in Biscarrosse

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Biscarrosse. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information
Open the France service overview

Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Biscarrosse. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary schools6 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)10Official
Schools8 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)10Official

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; Biscarrosse's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Biscarrosse?

Police recorded about 5,466 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 citiesBiscarrosse highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Biscarrosse 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
Biscarrosse5,466
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents5,466 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)2Official

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport49 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights13Official
Nearest airportBOD3 Aug 2026OurAirports16Official
Distance to nearest airport60 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports16Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

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
MetricValuePeriodSource
Average daytime high by monthJan 11.4 · Feb 12.4 · Mar 15.1 · Apr 16.9 · May 20.3 · Jun 23.1 · Jul 25 · Aug 25.6 · Sep 23.5 · Oct 19.9 · Nov 15 · Dec 12 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI19Official
Average night-time low by monthJan 5 · Feb 5 · Mar 7.1 · Apr 9.1 · May 12.4 · Jun 15.3 · Jul 17.4 · Aug 17.5 · Sep 14.9 · Oct 12.3 · Nov 8.2 · Dec 5.8 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI19Official
Average temperature by monthJan 8.2 · Feb 8.7 · Mar 11.1 · Apr 13 · May 16.3 · Jun 19.2 · Jul 21.2 · Aug 21.5 · Sep 19.2 · Oct 16.1 · Nov 11.6 · Dec 8.9 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI19Official
Average precipitation by monthJan 86.6 · Feb 64.5 · Mar 57.9 · Apr 65.7 · May 64 · Jun 61.2 · Jul 40.8 · Aug 56.4 · Sep 72.7 · Oct 77.9 · Nov 115.2 · Dec 88.6 mm31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI19Official
Average sunshine by monthJan 96 · Feb 119 · Mar 179 · Apr 197 · May 231 · Jun 243 · Jul 260 · Aug 252 · Sep 212 · Oct 150 · Nov 104 · Dec 88 hours31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI19Official

Similar climate. In France: Angers ±2.1 °C. Elsewhere: Ventura (United States) ±2.6 °C, Vila Franca de Xira (Portugal) ±1.6 °C, Saanich (Canada) ±3.7 °C, Barakaldo (Spain) ±1.0 °C, Bilbao (Spain) ±1.0 °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 Biscarrosse?

The published population was 15,836 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune7

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area160.5 km²31 Dec 2026Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte17Official
Foreign residents448 people2021Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT112Official
Population density98.68 people/km²31 Dec 2023Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte17Official
Population15,836 people1 Jan 2023INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune7Official

International community in Biscarrosse

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
Total15,836100.0%
Français15,327.23196.8%
Etranger508.7693.2%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source9

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Universities0 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)11Official

Alternatives for people set on Biscarrosse

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.

Parentis-en-Born as a Biscarrosse alternative in the same region

9 km away, better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,812 Parentis-en-Born vs 5,466 Biscarrosse−30%
  • Unemployment: 9.9% Parentis-en-Born vs 13.6% Biscarrosse−27%
  • Residents: 7,586 Parentis-en-Born vs 15,836 Biscarrosse−52%
  • Rent: €11.83/m² Parentis-en-Born vs €11.99/m² Biscarrossesame level
  • Median gross pay, region: €2,550 Parentis-en-Born vs €2,550 Biscarrossesame level
Full comparisonMore about Parentis-en-Born

Sartrouville as a Biscarrosse alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 566 km, better on 4 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

  • Residents: 52,763 Sartrouville vs 15,836 Biscarrosse+233%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Sartrouville vs €2,550 Biscarrosse+30%
  • Rent: €20.51/m² Sartrouville vs €11.99/m² Biscarrosseno percentage
  • Unemployment: 10.5% Sartrouville vs 13.6% Biscarrosse−23%
  • Nearest airport: 18.0 km Sartrouville vs 60.0 km Biscarrosse−70%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,581 Sartrouville vs 5,466 Biscarrosse−16%
Full comparisonMore about Sartrouville

Cities near Biscarrosse

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

Parentis-en-Born 8.6 km away
Rent
11.83 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Mimizan 22.0 km away
Rent
12 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in France

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

All France cities
Marseille 1615,854 residentsTourlaville15,855 residentsFos-sur-Mer15,862 residentsHayange15,806 residentsPort-de-Bouc15,802 residentsSaint-Pierre-des-Corps15,898 residents

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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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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Biscarrosse?

The published population was 15,836 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Biscarrosse?

Average net cold rent is 11.99 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 839 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

How safe is Biscarrosse?

Police recorded about 5,466 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 Biscarrosse?

The unemployment rate is about 13.6 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Biscarrosse?

The median gross salary is 2,550 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

How many foreign residents live in Biscarrosse?

448 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1.

Is Biscarrosse a good place to live?

Biscarrosse 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 Biscarrosse?

Parentis-en-Born, Mimizan are near Biscarrosse. 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 Biscarrosse?

The official citizenship distribution records 15,327.231 people (96.8%) 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 = {Biscarrosse, France: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety},
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  1. Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr) data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr · checked 2026-08-03
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  4. Orange 100GB mobile plan boutique.orange.fr · checked 2026-09-15
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