Living in Cagnes-sur-Mer
In Cagnes-sur-Mer, rent averages €19.56 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 11.1% (2022).
The unemployment rate was 11.1% at the end of 2022. For Cagnes-sur-Mer, the foreign population count was 4,160 in 2021.
Pricier rent than 93% of French cities that publish it, more recorded crime than 64% of French cities that publish it and dirtier air than 84% of French cities that publish it.
Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Cagnes-sur-Mer?
National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.
Housing and cost
How much does it cost to rent in Cagnes-sur-Mer?
Average net cold rent is about 19.56 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): 19.56 EUR/m²/month · "Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 20251
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 42.99 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Orange Livebox Fibre20Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 19.99 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Orange 100GB mobile plan19Official · national market |
| G02 Vacancy Rate Pct | 1,466 % | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE8Official |
| Dwellings | 33,380 dwellings | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE9Official |
| G05 Main Residential Dwellings | 27,073 dwellings | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE9Official |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 19.56 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 | 30 Sept 2025 | "Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 20251Official |
Is Cagnes-sur-Mer 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.
Worked out from these numbers
What does a 60 m² flat cost?
About 1,173 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 19.56 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.
Work and income
What is the unemployment rate in Cagnes-sur-Mer?
The unemployment rate is about 11.1 % (2022).
- Unemployment rate: 11.06 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune12
Cagnes-sur-Mer 11.1%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fibre-to-the-building availability | 99.71 % | 3 Aug 2026 | Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)3Official |
| Gigabit broadband availability | 99.71 % | 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.7Official |
| Median gross salary (regional) | 2,630 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2022 | www.insee.fr24Official |
| Unemployment rate | 11.06 %country median 11.0% — about the same | 31 Dec 2022 | INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune12Official |
What does a salary buy in Cagnes-sur-Mer?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
RentInternetMobileLeft 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. | €2,001 |
| Rent, 60 m²€19.56/m² · official · "Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 2025 · 2025-09-30 | − €1,173 |
| 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 | €765 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Cagnes-sur-Mer. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
France Travail — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Cagnes-sur-Mer. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Family and education
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary School Count | 21 count | 3 Aug 2026 | Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)15Official |
| School Count | 29 count | 3 Aug 2026 | Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)15Official |
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; Cagnes-sur-Mer's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
Healthcare
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital beds per 100,000 residents | 387.9 beds per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2011 | DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 20115Official |
Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Cagnes-sur-Mer 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.
Open the official coverage guideSafety
How safe is Cagnes-sur-Mer?
Police recorded about 5,344 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)4
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 5,344 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)4Official |
Mobility and administration
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Cagnes-sur-Mer. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.
Contrat d’intégration républicaine (CIR) — Integration course
État français and OFII
For eligible non-EU foreign residents.
DIAN language-training offer finder — Other
Réseau des Carif-Oref and DIAN
For people seeking French-language training.
Climate and air quality
Annual PM2.5 was 9.59 µg/m³ in 2024. Annual NO₂ was 20.8 µg/m³ in 2024. Annual PM10 was 17.7 µg/m³ in 2024.
Is the air quality good in Cagnes-sur-Mer?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 9.6 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.
Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.
- PM2.5 — annual mean: 9.59 µg/m³ · 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.2
Night-time low to daytime high
mm
hours
Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³
City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.
Cagnes-sur-Mer 9.6
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO₂ — annual mean | 20.84 µg/m³country median 14.8 | 2024 | 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.2Official |
| NO₂ — latest reading | 9.97 µg/m³ | 15 Jul 2026 | Latest 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.14Official |
| PM10 — annual mean | 17.74 µg/m³country median 14.2 | 2024 | 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.2Official |
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 9.59 µg/m³country median 8.5 | 2024 | 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.2Official |
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 13.3 · Feb 13.5 · Mar 15.4 · Apr 17.4 · May 21 · Jun 24.7 · Jul 27.5 · Aug 27.9 · Sep 24.8 · Oct 21 · Nov 17 · Dec 14.1 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station NICE23Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan 5.8 · Feb 6.1 · Mar 8.3 · Apr 10.8 · May 14.5 · Jun 18.1 · Jul 20.8 · Aug 21.1 · Sep 17.7 · Oct 14 · Nov 9.7 · Dec 6.6 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station NICE23Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 9.5 · Feb 9.8 · Mar 11.8 · Apr 14.1 · May 17.7 · Jun 21.4 · Jul 24.1 · Aug 24.5 · Sep 21.2 · Oct 17.5 · Nov 13.3 · Dec 10.3 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station NICE23Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 73.5 · Feb 53.6 · Mar 51 · Apr 68.8 · May 40.3 · Jun 35.7 · Jul 13.6 · Aug 17.2 · Sep 81 · Oct 127.9 · Nov 138.4 · Dec 90.3 mm | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station NICE23Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average sunshine by month | Jan 156 · Feb 166 · Mar 217 · Apr 229 · May 270 · Jun 309 · Jul 349 · Aug 323 · Sep 249 · Oct 191 · Nov 151 · Dec 145 hours | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station NICE23Official · nearest-station reading |
Annual PM2.5 fell 31.5% between 2014 and 2024, from 14.0 to 9.6.
Similar climate. In France: Toulon ±0.7 °C. Elsewhere: Downey (United States) ±2.6 °C, Latina (Italy) ±2.0 °C, Ventura (United States) ±3.2 °C, Little Rock (United States) ±3.2 °C, Giugliano in Campania (Italy) ±2.1 °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
The city covered 18 km² in 2026. Population density was 2,972.4 people per km² in 2023.
How many people live in Cagnes-sur-Mer?
The published population was 53,354 people in 2023. Source: INSEE — Populations légales 2023, Cagnes-sur-Mer (commune 06027)10
By nationality
National passport92.2%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| City area | 17.95 km² | 31 Dec 2026 | Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte22Official |
| Foreign residents | 4,160 people | 2021 | Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT117Official |
| Population density | 2,972 people/km² | 31 Dec 2023 | Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte22Official |
| Population | 53,354 people | 1 Jan 2023 | INSEE — Populations légales 2023, Cagnes-sur-Mer (commune 06027)10Official |
International community in Cagnes-sur-Mer
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 | 53,354 | 100.0% |
| Français | 48,626.949 | 91.1% |
| Etranger | 4,727.051 | 8.9% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source13
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)16Official |
Alternatives for people set on Cagnes-sur-Mer
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-Laurent-du-Var as a Cagnes-sur-Mer alternative in the same region
4 km away, better on 3 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.
- Hospital beds, per 100k: 775.9 Saint-Laurent-du-Var vs 387.9 Cagnes-sur-Mer+100%
- Unemployment: 9.2% Saint-Laurent-du-Var vs 11.1% Cagnes-sur-Mer−17%
- Nearest airport: 3.0 km Saint-Laurent-du-Var vs 5.0 km Cagnes-sur-Mer−40%
- Residents: 32,172 Saint-Laurent-du-Var vs 53,354 Cagnes-sur-Mer−40%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,488 Saint-Laurent-du-Var vs 5,344 Cagnes-sur-Mersame level
- Rent: €19.63/m² Saint-Laurent-du-Var vs €19.56/m² Cagnes-sur-Mersame level
- Median gross pay, region: €2,630 Saint-Laurent-du-Var vs €2,630 Cagnes-sur-Mersame level
La Roche-sur-Yon as a Cagnes-sur-Mer alternative in the same country
A move, not a commute, at 750 km, better on 3 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.
- Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,553.6 La Roche-sur-Yon vs 387.9 Cagnes-sur-Mer+301%
- Rent: €11.81/m² La Roche-sur-Yon vs €19.56/m² Cagnes-sur-Mer−40%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 6,159 La Roche-sur-Yon vs 5,344 Cagnes-sur-Mer+15%
- Annual PM2.5: 7.5 µg/m³ La Roche-sur-Yon vs 9.6 µg/m³ Cagnes-sur-Mer−22%
- Unemployment: 12.1% La Roche-sur-Yon vs 11.1% Cagnes-sur-Mer+10%
- Residents: 54,849 La Roche-sur-Yon vs 53,354 Cagnes-sur-Mer+3%
- Median gross pay, region: €2,620 La Roche-sur-Yon vs €2,630 Cagnes-sur-Mersame level
Cities near Cagnes-sur-Mer
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
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- 18.35 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30
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- 20.68 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30
Alternative cities in France
Other cities in France to compare with Cagnes-sur-Mer, nearest in population first.
How does Cagnes-sur-Mer compare?
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Is Cagnes-sur-Mer part of Nice?
Cagnes-sur-Mer is in the published commuting zone of Nice; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Nice city profile
Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source6
Common questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
How many people live in Cagnes-sur-Mer?
The published population was 53,354 people in 2023. Source: INSEE — Populations légales 2023, Cagnes-sur-Mer (commune 06027).
How much does it cost to rent in Cagnes-sur-Mer?
Average net cold rent is about 19.56 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 1,369 EUR a month before utilities. Source: "Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 2025.
Is the air quality good in Cagnes-sur-Mer?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 9.6 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation..
How safe is Cagnes-sur-Mer?
Police recorded about 5,344 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 Cagnes-sur-Mer?
The unemployment rate is about 11.1 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.
What is the typical salary around Cagnes-sur-Mer?
The median gross salary is 2,630 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.
Is Cagnes-sur-Mer a good place to live?
Cagnes-sur-Mer 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.
Is Cagnes-sur-Mer part of Nice?
Cagnes-sur-Mer is in the published commuting zone of Nice; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.
Which cities are near Cagnes-sur-Mer?
Nice, Villeneuve-Loubet, Saint-Laurent-du-Var, La Colle-sur-Loup, Biot are near Cagnes-sur-Mer. 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 Cagnes-sur-Mer?
The official citizenship distribution records 53,354 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 29). Cagnes-sur-Mer, France: population, rent, salary, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 882cb82cab1a19558ffc7eb28eec58bf]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/cagnes-sur-mer/ Retrieved 2026-09-29. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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