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Living in Calvi

In Calvi, advertised rents for new lettings average €14.27 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 15.2% (2022).

Calvi had 5,788 residents at the start of 2023 and is a city in France. The unemployment rate was 15.2% at the end of 2022. The foreign population count was 1,376 in 2021. Gigabit broadband availability was 96.8% in March 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-2419 sources

Population5,788people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune
Median gross salary (region)2,451EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr
Average net rent14.27EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 23% aboveOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr
Unemployment rate15.16%country median 11.0% — 38% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune
Recorded crime4,889incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 3% aboveOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

Pricier rent than 74% of French cities that publish it and higher unemployment than 79% of French cities that publish it.

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

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 Calvi.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Calvi?

Average net cold rent is 14.27 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): 14.27 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr17
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Calvi recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Marseille€16.30
Calvi€14.27
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 Fibre14Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange 100GB mobile plan13Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)32.07 %31 Dec 2023INSEE4Official
Dwellings5,551 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE5Official
Main residence dwellings2,417 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE5Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)14.27 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.6031 Dec 2025static.data.gouv.fr17Official

Is Calvi a good place to live?

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Remote worker47%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 38–56%
Skilled employee51%strong on work, weak on safety · range 43–59%
Student28%strong on education, weak on housing · range 21–35%
Family41%strong on family, weak on housing · range 33–49%
Retirement49%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 38–60%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 856 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 14.27 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 Calvi?

The unemployment rate is about 15.2 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 15.16 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune7
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Calvi is 15.2%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability96.82 %3 Aug 2026Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)1Official
Gigabit broadband availability96.82 %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)2,451 EUR/month31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr19Official
Unemployment rate15.16 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune7Official

What does a salary buy in Calvi?

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

regional median gross pay: €2,451 (insee.fr, 2022-12-31).
Left over each month€961of €1,880 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.€1,880
Rent, 60 m²€14.27/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31− €856
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€961
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Calvi Salary needed to live in Calvi

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Calvi. 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 Calvi. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary schools4 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)9Official
Schools5 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)9Official

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; Calvi's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Calvi?

Police recorded about 4,889 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 citiesCalvi highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Calvi 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
Calvi4,889
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents4,889 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 airport11 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights12Official
Nearest airportCLY3 Aug 2026OurAirports15Official
Distance to nearest airport5 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports15Official

Language courses and integration

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

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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 14 · Feb 14.2 · Mar 16.4 · Apr 19.1 · May 23.1 · Jun 27.2 · Jul 30.2 · Aug 30.2 · Sep 26.4 · Oct 22.4 · Nov 17.8 · Dec 14.9 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI18Official
Average night-time low by monthJan 5 · Feb 4.7 · Mar 6.6 · Apr 8.9 · May 12.5 · Jun 16.4 · Jul 19 · Aug 19.2 · Sep 16.2 · Oct 13 · Nov 9.3 · Dec 6.2 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI18Official
Average temperature by monthJan 9.5 · Feb 9.4 · Mar 11.5 · Apr 14 · May 17.8 · Jun 21.8 · Jul 24.6 · Aug 24.7 · Sep 21.3 · Oct 17.7 · Nov 13.6 · Dec 10.6 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI18Official
Average precipitation by monthJan 50.3 · Feb 53.5 · Mar 58.9 · Apr 55.8 · May 40.8 · Jun 32.2 · Jul 7.6 · Aug 23.3 · Sep 59.1 · Oct 79.2 · Nov 115.4 · Dec 76.7 mm31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI18Official
Average sunshine by monthJan 132 · Feb 150 · Mar 204 · Apr 237 · May 296 · Jun 330 · Jul 370 · Aug 331 · Sep 247 · Oct 189 · Nov 131 · Dec 123 hours31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI18Official

Similar climate. In France: Aix-en-Provence ±0.9 °C. Elsewhere: Latina (Italy) ±0.7 °C, Bari (Italy) ±0.6 °C, Vila Franca de Xira (Portugal) ±1.3 °C, Giugliano in Campania (Italy) ±0.8 °C, Downey (United States) ±2.7 °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 Calvi?

The published population was 5,788 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune6

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area31.2 km²31 Dec 2026Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte16Official
Foreign residents1,376 people2021Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT111Official
Population density185.5 people/km²31 Dec 2023Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte16Official
Population5,788 people1 Jan 2023INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune6Official

International community in Calvi

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
Total5,788100.0%
Français4,369.48775.5%
Etranger1,418.51324.5%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source8

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Universities0 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)10Official

Alternatives for people set on Calvi

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.

Sartrouville as a Calvi alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 873 km, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

  • Residents: 52,763 Sartrouville vs 5,788 Calvi+812%
  • Nearest airport: 18.0 km Sartrouville vs 5.0 km Calvi+260%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Sartrouville vs €2,451 Calvi+35%
  • Unemployment: 10.5% Sartrouville vs 15.2% Calvi−31%
  • Rent: €20.51/m² Sartrouville vs €14.27/m² Calvino percentage
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,581 Sartrouville vs 4,889 Calvi−6%
Full comparisonMore about Sartrouville

Alternative cities in France

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

All France cities
Vergèze5,788 residentsSaint-Laurent-de-Mure5,791 residentsSarrians5,792 residentsFenouillet5,784 residentsFegersheim5,780 residentsOye-Plage5,780 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Calvi 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 Calvi?

The published population was 5,788 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Calvi?

Average net cold rent is 14.27 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 999 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

How safe is Calvi?

Police recorded about 4,889 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 Calvi?

The unemployment rate is about 15.2 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Calvi?

The median gross salary is 2,451 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

How many foreign residents live in Calvi?

1,376 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1.

Is Calvi a good place to live?

Calvi 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.

How many people are in the Français citizenship group in Calvi?

The official citizenship distribution records 4,369.487 people (75.5%) 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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  title = {Calvi, France: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  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
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  4. INSEE insee.fr · checked 2026-08-07
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  6. INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune insee.fr · checked 2026-07-26
  7. INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune INSEE RP2022 ACT1 · insee.fr · checked 2026-07-26
  8. Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE), France api.insee.fr · checked 2026-08-30
  9. Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr) data.education.gouv.fr · checked 2026-08-03
  10. 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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  1. Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1 Nationalité en 2021 · insee.fr · checked 2026-07-15
  2. OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
  3. Orange 100GB mobile plan boutique.orange.fr · checked 2026-09-15
  4. Orange Livebox Fibre boutique.orange.fr · checked 2026-09-15
  5. OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
  6. Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte Séries historiques en 2023 · insee.fr · checked 2026-09-24
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  8. World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI ncei.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-02
  9. www.insee.fr insee.fr · checked 2026-08-27

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