Living in Châtellerault

In Châtellerault, advertised rents for new lettings average €8.44 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 18.6% (2022).

Châtellerault's population was 31,003 at the start of 2023. The city had 30 schools in 2026. There were 119.3 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024. The unemployment rate was 18.6% at the end of 2022. In 2021, the foreign population was 2,107.

Last checked 2026-09-2428 sources

Population31,003people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune

Median gross salary (region)2,550EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr

Average net rent8.44EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 27% belowOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr

Unemployment rate18.59%country median 11.0% — 69% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune

Recorded crime5,022incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 6% aboveOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

PM2.5, annual mean8µg/m³country median 8.5 — 6% belowOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Cheaper rent than 88% of French cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 91% of French cities that publish it and cleaner air than 65% of French cities that publish it.

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

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 Châtellerault.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Châtellerault?

Average net cold rent is 8.44 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): 8.44 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr²⁴

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43

Mobile plan, 10 GB€20

Net rent across major citiesChâtellerault highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30

Nice€20.43

Lyon€16.57

Marseille€16.30

Toulouse€13.98

Châtellerault€8.44

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Bordeaux€15.99

Lille€15.76

Strasbourg€15.57

Montpellier€15.49

Rennes€14.87

Nantes€14.50

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
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)	2,290 %	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁷Official
Dwellings	18,693 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁸Official
Main residence dwellings	15,894 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁸Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	8.44 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60	31 Dec 2025	static.data.gouv.fr²⁴Official

Is Châtellerault 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 worker49%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 41–57%

Skilled employee60%strong on work, weak on safety · range 52–68%

Student61%strong on education, weak on work · range 54–68%

Family55%strong on family, weak on cost · range 48–62%

Retirement48%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 39–57%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 506 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 8.44 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 Châtellerault?

The unemployment rate is about 18.6 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 18.59 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune¹¹

Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Châtellerault is 18.6%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

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Châtellerault 18.6%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Fibre-to-the-building availability	98.17 %	3 Aug 2026	Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)²Official
Gigabit broadband availability	98.17 %	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.⁶Official
Median gross salary (regional)	2,550 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	www.insee.fr²⁵Official
Unemployment rate	18.59 %country median 11.0%	31 Dec 2022	INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune¹¹Official

What does a salary buy in Châtellerault?

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

Left over each month€1,378of €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€8.44/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31	− €506
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	€1,378

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Châtellerault Salary needed to live in Châtellerault

Public employment service

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

Country-level information

France Travail — Public employment service

France Travail

Job SearchUnemployment Claim

Open official service

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	30 schools	27 May 2026	RNEE exact Code_commune; etat=OUVERT; code_nature 100-199 or 300-399; unique UAI count.²²Official · commune
Primary schools	18 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)¹⁴Official
Schools	33 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère 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; Châtellerault's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary care doctors per 100,000 residents	119.3 per 100,000 people	31 Dec 2024	INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence⁹Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	873.4 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2011	DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 2011⁴Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Châtellerault 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 residents873.4 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Châtellerault?

Police recorded about 5,022 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 citiesChâtellerault highlighted among comparable cities

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

Châtellerault5,022

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	5,022 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)³Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	5 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁸Official
Nearest airport	PIS	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports²¹Official
Distance to nearest airport	31 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports²¹Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Annual NO₂ was 15 µg/m³ in 2024. Annual PM10 was 15.4 µg/m³ in 2024.

Is the air quality good in Châtellerault?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 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

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.58WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1015.4WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂15WHO 10 · EU 40

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 Châtellerault is 8.0 µg/m³. Of 1,975 cities with data, 626 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Châtellerault 8.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	14.98 µg/m³country median 14.8 — about the same	2024	2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.¹Official
NO₂ — latest reading	29.75 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.¹³Official
PM10 — annual mean	15.39 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.¹Official
PM2.5 — annual mean	8 µg/m³country median 8.5	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency⁵Official
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 14.79 · Feb 20.19 · Mar 22.07 · Apr 26.95 · May 30.71 · Jun 39.65 · Jul 42.88 · Aug 41.45 · Sep 36.58 · Oct 28.92 · Nov 21.8 · Dec 15.91 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁶Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -9.51 · Feb -13.06 · Mar -10.42 · Apr -3.77 · May 0.45 · Jun 3.92 · Jul 8.47 · Aug 7.91 · Sep 2.63 · Oct -2.8 · Nov -5.9 · Dec -8.78 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁶Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 3.98 · Feb 4.36 · Mar 7.32 · Apr 10.63 · May 14.16 · Jun 18.36 · Jul 20.69 · Aug 20.54 · Sep 17.08 · Oct 12.82 · Nov 7.84 · Dec 4.45 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁶Official

Annual PM2.5 over time11 published observations, 2014–2024

7.5

9.8

12.2

14.5

8.0201420162018202020222024

Annual PM2.5 fell 33.3% between 2014 and 2024, from 12.0 to 8.0.

Population and city profile

The city covered 51.9 km² in 2026. Population density was 597 people per km² in 2023.

How many people live in Châtellerault?

The published population was 31,003 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune¹⁰

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport93.2%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	51.93 km²	31 Dec 2026	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte²³Official
Foreign residents	2,107 people	2021	Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1¹⁷Official
Population density	597 people/km²	31 Dec 2023	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte²³Official
Population	31,003 people	1 Jan 2023	INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune¹⁰Official

International community in Châtellerault

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	31,003	100.0%
Français	28,707.156	92.6%
Etranger	2,295.844	7.4%

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

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)¹⁵Official

Alternatives for people set on Châtellerault

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.

Naintré as a Châtellerault alternative in the same region

7 km away, better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Unemployment: 9.0% Naintré vs 18.6% Châtellerault−52%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,710 Naintré vs 5,022 Châtellerault−46%
Residents: 5,964 Naintré vs 31,003 Châtellerault−81%
Rent: €8.01/m² Naintré vs €8.44/m² Châtellerault−5%
Nearest airport: 24.0 km Naintré vs 31.0 km Châtellerault−23%
Median gross pay, region: €2,550 Naintré vs €2,550 Châtelleraultsame level

Full comparison More about Naintré

Sartrouville as a Châtellerault alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 266 km, better on 4 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Unemployment: 10.5% Sartrouville vs 18.6% Châtellerault−44%
Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Sartrouville vs €2,550 Châtellerault+30%
Rent: €20.51/m² Sartrouville vs €8.44/m² Châtelleraultno percentage
Residents: 52,763 Sartrouville vs 31,003 Châtellerault+70%
Nearest airport: 18.0 km Sartrouville vs 31.0 km Châtellerault−42%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,581 Sartrouville vs 5,022 Châtellerault−9%

Full comparison More about Sartrouville

Cities near Châtellerault

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

Naintré 7.4 km away

Rent: 8.01 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in France

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

All France cities

Cachan31,103 residents Cambrai31,134 residents Savigny-le-Temple31,148 residents Viry-Châtillon30,838 residents L'Haÿ-les-Roses31,188 residents Ris-Orangis31,189 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 Châtellerault?

The published population was 31,003 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Châtellerault?

Average net cold rent is 8.44 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 591 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

Is the air quality good in Châtellerault?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 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 Châtellerault?

What is the unemployment rate in Châtellerault?

The unemployment rate is about 18.6 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Châtellerault?

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

Is Châtellerault a good place to live?

Châtellerault 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 Châtellerault?

Naintré, Jaunay-Clan are near Châtellerault. 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 Châtellerault?

The official citizenship distribution records 28,707.156 people (92.6%) 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 = {Châtellerault, France: population, rent, salary, jobs},
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}

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