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Living in Briare

In Briare, unemployment is 14.4% (2022).

Residents of Briare numbered 4,979 at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0718 sources

Population4,979people31 Dec 2024Official source · Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE)
Average gross salary3,205EUR/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 rate14.41%country median 11.0% — 31% aboveOfficial source · www.insee.fr
Recorded crime4,015incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 15% belowOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

Higher unemployment than 75% of French cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 67% of French cities that publish it.

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

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 Briare.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

The number of dwellings in Briare reached 3,087 at the end of 2023.

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

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Briare recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

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
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited42.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange Livebox Fibre13Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange 100GB mobile plan12Official · national market
Dwellings3,087 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE4Official
Main residence dwellings2,420 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE4Official

Is Briare 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 worker55%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 45–65%
Skilled employee56%strong on work, weak on housing · range 48–64%
Student56%strong on cost, weak on housing · range 48–64%
Family49%strong on family, weak on housing · range 41–57%
Retirement53%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 42–64%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Briare?

The unemployment rate is about 14.4 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 14.41 % · www.insee.fr16
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Briare is 14.4%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Average gross earnings3,205 EUR/month31 Dec 2022Les salaires bruts dans le secteur privé en 2022 – T401B: Salaire brut en équivalent temps plein, par catégorie socioprofessionnelle agrégée, région et département7Official · county
Fibre-to-the-building availability97.42 %3 Aug 2026Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)1Official
Gigabit broadband availability97.42 %3 Aug 2026Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)1Official
Unemployment rate14.41 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr16Official

Public employment service

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

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary schools4 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)8Official
Schools6 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)8Official

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; Briare's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

The availability of hospital beds in Briare was 232.4 beds per 100,000 residents at the end of 2011.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents232.4 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2011DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 20113Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Briare 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 residents232.4 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Briare?

Police recorded about 4,015 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 citiesBriare highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Briare 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
Briare4,015
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents4,015 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

Briare's nearest airport was ORY, 125 km away and offered 119 direct destinations. Briare's fibre-to-home broadband coverage was 97.42%.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport119 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights11Official
Distance to the nearest major airport125 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports14Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)ORY3 Aug 2026OurAirports14Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Briare's monthly mean temperatures were 2.8°C in January and 19.7°C in July.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Monthly extreme high temperatureJan 14.41 · Feb 19.25 · Mar 21.32 · Apr 26.22 · May 29.09 · Jun 34.42 · Jul 39.79 · Aug 38.26 · Sep 33.63 · Oct 26.56 · Nov 20.6 · Dec 15.03 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center10Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperatureJan -10.04 · Feb -13 · Mar -10.59 · Apr -4.65 · May -0.76 · Jun 3.72 · Jul 7.48 · Aug 7.16 · Sep 2.24 · Oct -3.5 · Nov -7.34 · Dec -10.96 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center10Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by monthJan 2.82 · Feb 3.39 · Mar 6.67 · Apr 10.33 · May 13.86 · Jun 17.73 · Jul 19.67 · Aug 19.27 · Sep 15.74 · Oct 11.75 · Nov 6.73 · Dec 3.37 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center10Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

How many people live in Briare?

The published population was 4,979 people in January 2024. Source: Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE)5

MetricValuePeriodSource
Population4,979 people31 Dec 2024Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE)5Official
Population over time10 published observations, 1968–2024

Population fell 3.1% between 1968 and 2024, from 5,140 to 4,979.

International community in Briare

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
Total4,911100.0%
Français4,49391.5%
Etranger4188.5%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source6

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Universities0 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)9Official

Alternatives for people set on Briare

Nothing here reaches an argued comparison yet: no other published city shares enough metrics with Briare from the same source, period and grain. What is collected is below.

Cities near Briare

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

Gien 10.8 km away
Rent
9.63 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in France

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

All France cities
Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines4,983 residentsLa Grand-Croix4,984 residentsQuerqueville4,989 residentsAmplepuis4,966 residentsMarvejols4,963 residentsLambres-lez-Douai4,962 residents

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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 Briare?

The published population was 4,979 people in January 2024. Source: Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE).

How safe is Briare?

Police recorded about 4,015 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 Briare?

The unemployment rate is about 14.4 % (2022). Source: www.insee.fr.

Is Briare a good place to live?

Briare 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 Briare?

Gien is near Briare. 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 Briare?

The official citizenship distribution records 4,493 people (91.5%) 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Briare, France: population, salary, cost of living, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 7141ef425bacf9b68853fe7ba51e815d]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/briare/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Briare, France: population, salary, cost of living, jobs},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {7141ef425bacf9b68853fe7ba51e815d},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/briare/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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Sources

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  1. Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse) data.arcep.fr · checked 2026-08-03
  2. Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026) static.data.gouv.fr · checked 2026-09-23
  3. DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 2011 data.gouv.fr · checked 2026-08-03
  4. INSEE insee.fr · checked 2026-08-07
  5. Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE) insee.fr · checked 2026-08-05
  6. Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE), France api.insee.fr · checked 2026-08-30
  7. Les salaires bruts dans le secteur privé en 2022 – T401B: Salaire brut en équivalent temps plein, par catégorie socioprofessionnelle agrégée, région et département insee.fr · checked 2026-10-07
  8. Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr) data.education.gouv.fr · checked 2026-08-03
  9. Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr) data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr · checked 2026-08-03
  10. NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
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  1. OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
  2. Orange 100GB mobile plan boutique.orange.fr · checked 2026-09-15
  3. Orange Livebox Fibre boutique.orange.fr · checked 2026-09-15
  4. OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
  5. static.data.gouv.fr static.data.gouv.fr · checked 2026-08-27
  6. www.insee.fr insee.fr · checked 2026-08-26
  7. Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
  8. Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06

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