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Living in Brive-la-Gaillarde

In Brive-la-Gaillarde, rent averages €9.96 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 12.7% (2022).

In 2021, the foreign population was 3,616. The unemployment rate was 12.7% at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-09-2428 sources

Population47,095people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE — Populations légales 2023, Brive-la-Gaillarde (commune 19031)
Median gross salary (region)2,550EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr
Average net rent9.96EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 14% belowOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr
Unemployment rate12.73%country median 11.0% — 16% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune
Recorded crime5,537incidents 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)

Cheaper rent than 72% of French cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 65% of French cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 68% of French cities that publish it.

Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Brive-la-Gaillarde?

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 Brive-la-Gaillarde.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Brive-la-Gaillarde?

Average net cold rent is 9.96 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): 9.96 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr22
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Brive-la-Gaillarde recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43
Mobile plan, 10 GB€20
Net rent across major citiesBrive-la-Gaillarde highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Brive-la-Gaillarde highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Marseille€16.30
Toulouse€13.98
Brive-la-Gaillarde€9.96
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 Fibre19Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange 100GB mobile plan18Official · national market
G02 Vacancy Rate Pct3,161 %31 Dec 2023INSEE6Official
Dwellings29,565 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE7Official
G05 Main Residential Dwellings25,088 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE7Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)9.96 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.6031 Dec 2025static.data.gouv.fr22Official

Is Brive-la-Gaillarde 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 safety · range 47–63%
Skilled employee64%strong on work, weak on safety · range 56–72%
Student67%strong on education, weak on work · range 60–74%
Family61%strong on family, weak on cost · range 54–68%
Retirement59%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 50–68%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 598 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 9.96 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 Brive-la-Gaillarde?

The unemployment rate is about 12.7 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 12.73 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune10
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Brive-la-Gaillarde is 12.7%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability96.35 %3 Aug 2026Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)2Official
Gigabit broadband availability96.35 %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.5Official
Median gross salary (regional)2,550 EUR/month31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr24Official
Unemployment rate12.73 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune10Official

What does a salary buy in Brive-la-Gaillarde?

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€1,286of €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€9.96/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31− €598
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€1,286
Take-home pay for other salaries and households

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Brive-la-Gaillarde. 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 Brive-la-Gaillarde. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary School Count28 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)14Official
School Count56 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)14Official

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; Brive-la-Gaillarde's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents1,261 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2011DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 20114Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Brive-la-Gaillarde 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 residents1,261 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Brive-la-Gaillarde?

Police recorded about 5,537 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 citiesBrive-la-Gaillarde highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Brive-la-Gaillarde 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
Brive-la-Gaillarde5,537
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents5,537 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 airport4 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights17Official
Nearest airportBVE3 Aug 2026OurAirports20Official
Distance to nearest airport14 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports20Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Brive-la-Gaillarde. 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
Open official information

DIAN language-training offer finder — Other

Réseau des Carif-Oref and DIAN

For people seeking French-language training.

FrenchIn Person, Online
Open official information
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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Brive-la-Gaillarde.

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Climate and air quality

Average high temperatures were 9.6°C in January and 27.9°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 73.9 mm in January and 63.1 mm in July. Annual NO₂ was 9.13 µg/m³ in 2024.

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
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.

PM10 across cities in FranceWhere Brive-la-Gaillarde lands among 1893 measured cities

annual PM10, µg/m³ · cities per band

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean9.13 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 reading5.2 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.12Official
PM10 — annual mean11.96 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
Average daytime high by monthJan 9.6 · Feb 11.4 · Mar 15.4 · Apr 18.1 · May 22 · Jun 25.7 · Jul 27.9 · Aug 27.9 · Sep 24 · Oct 19.4 · Nov 13.4 · Dec 10.1 °C31 Dec 2020Météo-France climate normal — mean monthly maximum air temperature, BRIVE, 1991-202013Official
Average night-time low by monthJan 1.3 · Feb 0.8 · Mar 3.1 · Apr 5.6 · May 9.2 · Jun 12.6 · Jul 14.3 · Aug 14 · Sep 10.6 · Oct 8.3 · Nov 4.3 · Dec 1.7 °C31 Dec 2020Météo-France climate normal — mean monthly minimum air temperature, BRIVE, 1991-202013Official
Average temperature by monthJan 5.4 · Feb 6.1 · Mar 9.2 · Apr 11.9 · May 15.6 · Jun 19.2 · Jul 21.1 · Aug 21 · Sep 17.3 · Oct 13.9 · Nov 8.8 · Dec 5.9 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station BRIVE23Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 73.9 · Feb 59.5 · Mar 66.4 · Apr 87.5 · May 87.1 · Jun 78.4 · Jul 63.1 · Aug 67.4 · Sep 73.4 · Oct 79.5 · Nov 85.1 · Dec 82.6 mm31 Dec 2020Météo-France climate normal — mean monthly precipitation, BRIVE, 1991-202013Official
Average sunshine by monthJan 84.82 · Feb 114 · Mar 167.9 · Apr 185.1 · May 216.6 · Jun 243 · Jul 263.9 · Aug 249.1 · Sep 203.2 · Oct 141.4 · Nov 89.03 · Dec 78.37 hours31 Dec 2020Météo-France climate normal — mean monthly sunshine duration, BRIVE, 1991-202013Official

Population and city profile

The city covered 48.6 km² in 2026. Population density was 969.2 people per km² in 2023.

How many people live in Brive-la-Gaillarde?

The published population was 47,095 people in 2023. Source: INSEE — Populations légales 2023, Brive-la-Gaillarde (commune 19031)8

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area48.59 km²31 Dec 2026Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte21Official
Foreign residents3,616 people2021Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT116Official
Population density969.2 people/km²31 Dec 2023Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte21Official
Population47,095 people1 Jan 2023INSEE — Populations légales 2023, Brive-la-Gaillarde (commune 19031)8Official

International community in Brive-la-Gaillarde

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
Total47,095100.0%
Français43,396.8292.1%
Etranger3,698.187.9%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source11

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Universities0 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)15Official

Alternatives for people set on Brive-la-Gaillarde

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.

Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche as a Brive-la-Gaillarde alternative in the same region

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

  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,662 Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche vs 5,537 Brive-la-Gaillarde−52%
  • Unemployment: 8.3% Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche vs 12.7% Brive-la-Gaillarde−35%
  • Residents: 5,091 Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche vs 47,095 Brive-la-Gaillarde−89%
  • Rent: €10.06/m² Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche vs €9.96/m² Brive-la-Gaillardesame level
  • Median gross pay, region: €2,550 Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche vs €2,550 Brive-la-Gaillardesame level
Full comparisonMore about Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche

Sartrouville as a Brive-la-Gaillarde alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 424 km, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

  • Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Sartrouville vs €2,550 Brive-la-Gaillarde+30%
  • Rent: €20.51/m² Sartrouville vs €9.96/m² Brive-la-Gaillardeno percentage
  • Unemployment: 10.5% Sartrouville vs 12.7% Brive-la-Gaillarde−18%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,581 Sartrouville vs 5,537 Brive-la-Gaillarde−17%
  • Nearest airport: 18.0 km Sartrouville vs 14.0 km Brive-la-Gaillarde+29%
  • Residents: 52,763 Sartrouville vs 47,095 Brive-la-Gaillarde+12%
Full comparisonMore about Sartrouville

Cities near Brive-la-Gaillarde

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

Tulle 22.2 km away
Rent
7.78 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in France

Other cities in France to compare with Brive-la-Gaillarde, nearest in population first.

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La Courneuve47,167 residentsRosny-sous-Bois47,180 residentsBlois47,219 residentsLivry-Gargan47,228 residentsBastia46,867 residentsSaint-Malo47,439 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 Brive-la-Gaillarde?

The published population was 47,095 people in 2023. Source: INSEE — Populations légales 2023, Brive-la-Gaillarde (commune 19031).

How much does it cost to rent in Brive-la-Gaillarde?

Average net cold rent is 9.96 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 697 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

How safe is Brive-la-Gaillarde?

Police recorded about 5,537 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 Brive-la-Gaillarde?

The unemployment rate is about 12.7 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Brive-la-Gaillarde?

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

How many foreign residents live in Brive-la-Gaillarde?

3,616 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1.

Is Brive-la-Gaillarde a good place to live?

Brive-la-Gaillarde 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 Brive-la-Gaillarde?

Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche, Terrasson-Lavilledieu, Tulle are near Brive-la-Gaillarde. 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 Brive-la-Gaillarde?

The official citizenship distribution records 47,095 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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  title = {Brive-la-Gaillarde, France: population, rent, salary, jobs},
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