Living in Boé

In Boé, advertised rents for new lettings average €10.41 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 7.4% (2022).

The foreign population count was 235 in 2021. At the end of 2022, the unemployment rate was 7.37%. Its population was 5,846 at the start of 2023. Gigabit broadband availability was 96.9% in March 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-2426 sources

Population5,846people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune

Median gross salary (region)2,550EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr

Average net rent10.41EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 10% belowOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr

Unemployment rate7.37%country median 11.0% — 33% belowOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune

Recorded crime3,781incidents 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)

Cheaper rent than 65% of French cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 87% of French cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 73% of French cities that publish it.

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

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Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Boé?

Average net cold rent is 10.41 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): 10.41 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr¹⁸

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43

Mobile plan, 10 GB€20

Net rent across major citiesBoé highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30

Nice€20.43

Lyon€16.57

Marseille€16.30

Toulouse€13.98

Boé€10.41

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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 Fibre¹⁵Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	19.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Orange 100GB mobile plan¹⁴Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)	252 %	31 Dec 2023	INSEE³Official
Dwellings	2,648 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁴Official
Main residence dwellings	2,380 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁴Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	10.41 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60	31 Dec 2025	static.data.gouv.fr¹⁸Official

Is Boé a good place to live?

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Remote worker49%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 40–58%

Skilled employee51%strong on work, weak on safety · range 43–59%

Student45%strong on education, weak on work · range 38–52%

Family44%strong on family, weak on cost · range 36–52%

Retirement52%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 41–63%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 625 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 10.41 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 Boé?

The unemployment rate is about 7.4 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 7.37 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune⁶

Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Boé is 7.4%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

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Boé 7.4%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Gigabit broadband availability	96.86 %	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.²Official
Median gross salary (regional)	2,550 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	www.insee.fr¹⁹Official
Unemployment rate	7.37 %country median 11.0%	31 Dec 2022	INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune⁶Official

What does a salary buy in Boé?

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

Left over each month€1,259of €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€10.41/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31	− €625
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	€1,259

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Public employment service

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

Country-level information

France Travail — Public employment service

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	1 schools	31 Dec 2025	INSEE³Official

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; Boé's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Boé?

Police recorded about 3,781 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)¹

Recorded crime across major citiesBoé 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

Boé3,781

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	3,781 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)¹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Boé. 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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Climate and air quality

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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10°3°

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16°5°

18°7°

22°10°

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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

112

171

186

215

234

260

250

210

142

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hours

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average daytime high by month	Jan 9.6 · Feb 11.6 · Mar 15.6 · Apr 18.2 · May 22 · Jun 25.6 · Jul 28 · Aug 28.3 · Sep 24.8 · Oct 20 · Nov 13.6 · Dec 10 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 2.5 · Feb 2.3 · Mar 4.6 · Apr 7 · May 10.5 · Jun 13.9 · Jul 15.7 · Aug 15.7 · Sep 12.3 · Oct 9.8 · Nov 5.6 · Dec 3.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 6.1 · Feb 6.9 · Mar 10.1 · Apr 12.6 · May 16.3 · Jun 19.8 · Jul 21.9 · Aug 22 · Sep 18.6 · Oct 14.9 · Nov 9.6 · Dec 6.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 59.6 · Feb 44.2 · Mar 49 · Apr 70 · May 73.3 · Jun 62.2 · Jul 49.4 · Aug 50.4 · Sep 60.6 · Oct 58.7 · Nov 70.1 · Dec 60.7 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹²Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 75 · Feb 112 · Mar 171 · Apr 186 · May 215 · Jun 234 · Jul 260 · Aug 250 · Sep 210 · Oct 142 · Nov 87 · Dec 71 hours	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹³Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In France: Angers ±1.3 °C. Elsewhere: Murfreesboro (United States) ±2.8 °C, Girona (Spain) ±2.0 °C, Saanich (Canada) ±3.0 °C, Bexley (United Kingdom) ±2.0 °C, Westminster (United Kingdom) ±2.0 °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 Boé?

The published population was 5,846 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune⁵

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport96%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	16.5 km²	31 Dec 2026	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte¹⁷Official
Foreign residents	235 people	2021	Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1⁸Official
Population density	354.3 people/km²	31 Dec 2023	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte¹⁷Official
Population	5,846 people	1 Jan 2023	INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune⁵Official

International community in Boé

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	5,846	100.0%
Français	5,618	96.1%
Etranger	228	3.9%

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

Alternatives for people set on Boé

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.

Bon-Encontre as a Boé alternative in the same region

5 km away, better on 1 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,703 Bon-Encontre vs 3,781 Boé−29%
Unemployment: 8.9% Bon-Encontre vs 7.4% Boé+20%
Rent: €10.65/m² Bon-Encontre vs €10.41/m² Boésame level
Residents: 6,530 Bon-Encontre vs 5,846 Boé+12%
Median gross pay, region: €2,550 Bon-Encontre vs €2,550 Boésame level

Full comparison More about Bon-Encontre

Cities near Boé

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

Bon-Encontre 4.6 km away

Rent: 10.65 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Agen 4.9 km away

Rent: 9.33 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Le Passage 5.0 km away

Rent: 9.89 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Foulayronnes 9.0 km away

Rent: 5.23 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2021-01-01

Valence 21.5 km away

Rent: 8.54 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Nérac 23.2 km away

Rent: 8.25 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in France

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

All France cities

Chambourcy5,847 residents Ludres5,843 residents Saint-Martin-lez-Tatinghem5,843 residents Fismes5,850 residents Port-la-Nouvelle5,852 residents Ventabren5,839 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Boé 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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Common questions

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

How many people live in Boé?

The published population was 5,846 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Boé?

Average net cold rent is 10.41 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 729 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

How safe is Boé?

What is the unemployment rate in Boé?

The unemployment rate is about 7.4 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Boé?

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

How many foreign residents live in Boé?

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

Is Boé a good place to live?

Boé 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 Boé?

Bon-Encontre, Agen, Le Passage, Foulayronnes, Valence are near Boé. 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 Boé?

The official citizenship distribution records 5,618 people (96.1%) 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 = {Boé, France: population, rent, salary, cost of living, jobs},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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