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Living in Châlons-en-Champagne

In Châlons-en-Champagne, advertised rents for new lettings average €9.79 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 15.4% (2022).

Châlons-en-Champagne is a city in France, with a population of 42,971 at the start of 2023. Annual PM10 was 11.7 µg/m³ in 2024. For Châlons-en-Champagne, the unemployment rate was 15.4% at the end of 2022. The city had 38 schools in 2026. There were 67.5 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024. Annual NO₂ was 7.24 µg/m³ in 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2428 sources

Population42,971people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune
Median gross salary (region)2,641EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr
Average net rent9.79EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 16% belowOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr
Unemployment rate15.37%country median 11.0% — 40% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune
Recorded crime7,293incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 54% aboveOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)
PM2.5, annual mean9µg/m³country median 8.5 — 6% aboveOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Cheaper rent than 74% of French cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 80% of French cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 89% of French cities that publish it.

Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Châlons-en-Champagne?

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 Châlons-en-Champagne.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Châlons-en-Champagne?

Average net cold rent is 9.79 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): 9.79 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr24
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Châlons-en-Champagne recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43
Mobile plan, 10 GB€20
Net rent across major citiesChâlons-en-Champagne highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Châlons-en-Champagne highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Marseille€16.30
Toulouse€13.98
Châlons-en-Champagne€9.79
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 Fibre20Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange 100GB mobile plan19Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)1,781 %31 Dec 2023INSEE7Official
Dwellings24,113 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE8Official
Main residence dwellings21,730 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE8Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)9.79 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.6031 Dec 2025static.data.gouv.fr24Official

Is Châlons-en-Champagne 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 worker57%strong on work, weak on safety · range 49–65%
Skilled employee63%strong on work, weak on safety · range 55–71%
Student66%strong on education, weak on safety · range 59–73%
Family55%strong on family, weak on cost · range 48–62%
Retirement53%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 44–62%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 587 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 9.79 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 Châlons-en-Champagne?

The unemployment rate is about 15.4 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 15.37 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune11
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Châlons-en-Champagne is 15.4%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability98.15 %3 Aug 2026Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)2Official
Gigabit broadband availability98.15 %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.6Official
Median gross salary (regional)2,641 EUR/month31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr25Official
Unemployment rate15.37 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune11Official

What does a salary buy in Châlons-en-Champagne?

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

regional median gross pay: €2,641 (insee.fr, 2022-12-31).
Left over each month€1,357of €2,008 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.€2,008
Rent, 60 m²€9.79/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31− €587
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€1,357
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Châlons-en-Champagne Salary needed to live in Châlons-en-Champagne

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Châlons-en-Champagne. 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 Châlons-en-Champagne. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Schools38 schools27 May 2026RNEE exact Code_commune; etat=OUVERT; code_nature 100-199 or 300-399; unique UAI count.22Official · commune
Primary schools23 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)14Official
Schools47 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; Châlons-en-Champagne's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary care doctors per 100,000 residents67.49 per 100,000 people31 Dec 2024INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence9Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents659.4 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2011DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 20114Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Châlons-en-Champagne 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 residents659.4 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Châlons-en-Champagne?

Police recorded about 7,293 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 citiesChâlons-en-Champagne highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Châlons-en-Champagne 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
Châlons-en-Champagne7,293
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents7,293 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 airport2 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights18Official
Nearest airportXCR3 Aug 2026OurAirports21Official
Distance to nearest airport23 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports21Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Châlons-en-Champagne. 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 Châlons-en-Champagne.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Châlons-en-Champagne?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency5

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

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.

PM2.5 across cities in FranceAnnual PM2.5 in Châlons-en-Champagne is 9.0 µg/m³. Of 1,975 cities with data, 626 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean7.24 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 reading4.4 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.13Official
PM10 — annual mean11.71 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
PM2.5 — annual mean9 µg/m³country median 8.531 Dec 2024European Environment Agency5Official
Monthly extreme high temperatureJan 13.64 · Feb 16.09 · Mar 20.67 · Apr 25.74 · May 29.29 · Jun 35.17 · Jul 41.24 · Aug 40.62 · Sep 34.98 · Oct 26.4 · Nov 19.85 · Dec 15.27 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center16Official
Monthly extreme low temperatureJan -12.1 · Feb -14.51 · Mar -11.04 · Apr -4.98 · May -1.37 · Jun 2.85 · Jul 7.14 · Aug 6.66 · Sep 2.33 · Oct -4.44 · Nov -5.01 · Dec -14.89 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center16Official
Average temperature by monthJan 1.89 · Feb 2.53 · Mar 5.75 · Apr 9.7 · May 13.5 · Jun 17.35 · Jul 19.73 · Aug 19.26 · Sep 15.42 · Oct 11.02 · Nov 6.1 · Dec 2.64 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center16Official
Annual PM2.5 over time12 published observations, 2013–2024

Annual PM2.5 fell 50.0% between 2013 and 2024, from 18.0 to 9.0.

Population and city profile

The city covered 26.1 km² in 2026. Population density was 1,650 people per km² in 2023.

How many people live in Châlons-en-Champagne?

The published population was 42,971 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune10

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area26.05 km²31 Dec 2026Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte23Official
Foreign residents3,227 people2021Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT117Official
Population density1,650 people/km²31 Dec 2023Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte23Official
Population42,971 people1 Jan 2023INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune10Official

International community in Châlons-en-Champagne

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
Total42,971100.0%
Français39,667.16292.3%
Etranger3,303.8387.7%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source12

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 Châlons-en-Champagne

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-Memmie as a Châlons-en-Champagne alternative in the same region

1 km away, better on 3 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,476 Saint-Memmie vs 7,293 Châlons-en-Champagne−39%
  • Residents: 5,441 Saint-Memmie vs 42,971 Châlons-en-Champagne−87%
  • Annual PM2.5: 6.0 µg/m³ Saint-Memmie vs 9.0 µg/m³ Châlons-en-Champagne−33%
  • Unemployment: 13.3% Saint-Memmie vs 15.4% Châlons-en-Champagne−13%
  • Rent: €10.40/m² Saint-Memmie vs €9.79/m² Châlons-en-Champagne+6%
  • Nearest airport: 24.0 km Saint-Memmie vs 23.0 km Châlons-en-Champagne+4%
  • Median gross pay, region: €2,641 Saint-Memmie vs €2,641 Châlons-en-Champagnesame level
Full comparisonMore about Saint-Memmie

Massy as a Châlons-en-Champagne alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 155 km, better on 5 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

  • Unemployment: 9.7% Massy vs 15.4% Châlons-en-Champagne−37%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Massy vs €2,641 Châlons-en-Champagne+26%
  • Rent: €20.08/m² Massy vs €9.79/m² Châlons-en-Champagneno percentage
  • Nearest airport: 6.0 km Massy vs 23.0 km Châlons-en-Champagne−74%
  • Hospital beds, per 100k: 776.4 Massy vs 659.4 Châlons-en-Champagne+18%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 6,806 Massy vs 7,293 Châlons-en-Champagne−7%
  • Residents: 51,729 Massy vs 42,971 Châlons-en-Champagne+20%
Full comparisonMore about Massy

Cities near Châlons-en-Champagne

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

Saint-Memmie 1.4 km away
Rent
10.4 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in France

Other cities in France to compare with Châlons-en-Champagne, nearest in population first.

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Châteauroux42,963 residentsBron42,982 residentsArras42,875 residentsBagnolet43,086 residentsAnglet43,271 residentsThionville42,658 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 Châlons-en-Champagne?

The published population was 42,971 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Châlons-en-Champagne?

Average net cold rent is 9.79 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 685 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

Is the air quality good in Châlons-en-Champagne?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency.

How safe is Châlons-en-Champagne?

Police recorded about 7,293 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 Châlons-en-Champagne?

The unemployment rate is about 15.4 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Châlons-en-Champagne?

The median gross salary is 2,641 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

Is Châlons-en-Champagne a good place to live?

Châlons-en-Champagne 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 Châlons-en-Champagne?

Saint-Memmie, Mourmelon-le-Grand are near Châlons-en-Champagne. 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 Châlons-en-Champagne?

The official citizenship distribution records 39,667.162 people (92.3%) 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). Châlons-en-Champagne, France: population, rent, salary, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 5b5ddb0f85aa8a4c63b74bbf73653107]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/chalons-en-champagne/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Châlons-en-Champagne, France: population, rent, salary, jobs},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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