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Living in Champniers

In Champniers, rents across existing tenancies average €5.46 per m² a month (2021) and unemployment is 6.3% (2022).

The city had 4 schools in 2026. There were 56.8 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024. Annual PM2.5 was 7.06 µg/m³ in 2024. Annual NO₂ was 14.3 µg/m³ in 2024. The unemployment rate was 6.29% at the end of 2022. Champniers had a population of 5,281 at the start of 2023. The foreign population count was 55 at the start of 2023.

Last checked 2026-09-2426 sources

Population5,281people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune
Median gross salary (region)2,550EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr
Average net rent5.46EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 53% belowOfficial source · Répertoire des logements locatifs des bailleurs sociaux (RPLS) 2021 — données communales
Unemployment rate6.29%country median 11.0% — 43% belowOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune
Recorded crime4,974incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 5% aboveOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)
PM2.5, annual mean7.06µg/m³country median 8.5 — 17% belowOfficial source · 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.

Cheaper rent than any other French city that publishes it, lower unemployment than 95% of French cities that publish it and cleaner air than 85% of French cities that publish it.

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

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 Champniers.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Champniers?

Average net cold rent is about 5.46 EUR/m² per month (January 2021), 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): 5.46 EUR/m²/month · Répertoire des logements locatifs des bailleurs sociaux (RPLS) 2021 — données communales14
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Champniers recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Marseille€16.30
Toulouse€13.98
Champniers€5.46
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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
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)171 %31 Dec 2023INSEE4Official
Dwellings2,614 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE5Official
Main residence dwellings2,399 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE5Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)5.46 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.601 Jan 2021Répertoire des logements locatifs des bailleurs sociaux (RPLS) 2021 — données communales14Official

Is Champniers 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 worker50%strong on work, weak on safety · range 42–58%
Skilled employee59%strong on work, weak on safety · range 51–67%
Student57%strong on education, weak on work · range 50–64%
Family51%strong on family, weak on cost · range 44–58%
Retirement46%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 37–55%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 328 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 5.46 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: January 2021

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Champniers?

The unemployment rate is about 6.3 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 6.29 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune8
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Champniers is 6.3%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Gigabit broadband availability98.37 %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)2,550 EUR/month31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr18Official
Unemployment rate6.29 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune8Official

What does a salary buy in Champniers?

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€1,556of €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€5.46/m² · official · Répertoire des logements locatifs des bailleurs sociaux (RPLS) 2021 · 2021-01-01− €328
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€1,556
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Champniers Salary needed to live in Champniers

Public employment service

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

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Schools4 schools27 May 2026RNEE exact Code_commune; etat=OUVERT; code_nature 100-199 or 300-399; unique UAI count.15Official · commune
Primary schools3 schools31 Dec 2025INSEE4Official

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; Champniers's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary care doctors per 100,000 residents56.81 per 100,000 people31 Dec 2024INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence6Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Champniers 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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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Champniers?

Police recorded about 4,974 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 citiesChampniers highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Champniers 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
Champniers4,974
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents4,974 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

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Champniers?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.1 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: 7.06 µg/m³ · 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.1
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 Champniers is 7.1 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 mean14.32 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 reading29.85 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.11Official
PM10 — annual mean13.66 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 mean7.06 µg/m³country median 8.520242024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.1Official

Population and city profile

The city covered 45.3 km² in 2026. Population density was 116.6 people per km² in 2023.

How many people live in Champniers?

The published population was 5,281 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune7

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area45.29 km²31 Dec 2026Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte16Official
Foreign residents55 people1 Jan 2023INSEE RP2023 — population par âge, sexe et nationalité, commune9Official
Population density116.6 people/km²31 Dec 2023Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte16Official
Population5,281 people1 Jan 2023INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune7Official

International community in Champniers

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
Total5,281100.0%
Français5,22699.0%
Etranger551.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source10

Alternatives for people set on Champniers

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

Cities near Champniers

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

Ruelle-sur-Touvre 4.3 km away
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9.03 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Gond-Pontouvre 5.9 km away
Rent
9.57 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
L'Isle-d'Espagnac 6.0 km away
Rent
9.73 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Angoulême 8.1 km away
Rent
10.09 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Soyaux 8.3 km away
Rent
9.8 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
La Couronne 14.5 km away
Rent
9.54 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in France

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

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Condat-sur-Vienne5,281 residentsBlotzheim5,282 residentsMormant5,282 residentsBrebières5,283 residentsValence5,289 residentsMouilleron-le-Captif5,273 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 Champniers?

The published population was 5,281 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Champniers?

Average net cold rent is about 5.46 EUR/m² per month (January 2021), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 382 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Répertoire des logements locatifs des bailleurs sociaux (RPLS) 2021 — données communales.

Is the air quality good in Champniers?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.1 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 Champniers?

Police recorded about 4,974 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 Champniers?

The unemployment rate is about 6.3 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Champniers?

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

Is Champniers a good place to live?

Champniers 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 Champniers?

Ruelle-sur-Touvre, Gond-Pontouvre, L'Isle-d'Espagnac, Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente, Angoulême are near Champniers. 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 Champniers?

The official citizenship distribution records 5,226 people (99.0%) 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 = {Champniers, France: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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