Living in Cholet

In Cholet, rent averages €10.43 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 12.2% (2022).

In 2024, annual NO₂ was 7.01 µg/m³. The city covered 87.5 km² in 2026. Population density was 622.0 people per km² in 2023. The unemployment rate was 12.2% at the end of 2022. Annual PM10 was 12.6 µg/m³ in 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2425 sources

Population54,404people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE — Populations légales 2023, Cholet (commune 49099)

Median gross salary (region)2,620EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr

Average net rent10.43EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 10% belowOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr

Unemployment rate12.24%country median 11.0% — 12% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune

Recorded crime4,700incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — about the sameOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

Cheaper rent than 65% of French cities that publish it and higher unemployment than 61% of French cities that publish it.

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

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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 Cholet.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Cholet?

Average net cold rent is 10.43 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): 10.43 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr²⁰

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43

Mobile plan, 10 GB€20

Net rent across major citiesCholet highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30

Nice€20.43

Lyon€16.57

Marseille€16.30

Toulouse€13.98

Cholet€10.43

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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 Fibre¹⁷Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	19.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Orange 100GB mobile plan¹⁶Official · national market
G02 Vacancy Rate Pct	1,669 %	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁶Official
Dwellings	28,400 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁷Official
G05 Main Residential Dwellings	26,149 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁷Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	10.43 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60	31 Dec 2025	static.data.gouv.fr²⁰Official

Is Cholet 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 worker54%strong on work, weak on safety · range 46–62%

Skilled employee64%strong on work, weak on safety · range 56–72%

Student66%strong on education, weak on work · range 59–73%

Family62%strong on family, weak on cost · range 55–69%

Retirement55%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 46–64%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 626 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 10.43 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 Cholet?

The unemployment rate is about 12.2 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 12.24 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune⁹

Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Cholet is 12.2%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

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Cholet 12.2%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Fibre-to-the-building availability	97.76 %	3 Aug 2026	Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)²Official
Gigabit broadband availability	97.76 %	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.⁵Official
Median gross salary (regional)	2,620 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	www.insee.fr²¹Official
Unemployment rate	12.24 %country median 11.0%	31 Dec 2022	INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Cholet?

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

Left over each month€1,305of €1,994 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.	€1,994
Rent, 60 m²€10.43/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31	− €626
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	€1,305

Take-home pay for other salaries and households

Public employment service

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

Country-level information

France Travail — Public employment service

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary School Count	34 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)¹²Official
School Count	66 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)¹²Official

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; Cholet'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	1,306 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2011	DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 2011⁴Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Cholet 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 residents1,306 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Cholet?

Police recorded about 4,700 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 citiesCholet 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

Cholet4,700

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	4,700 incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — about the same	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
Nearest airport	CET	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁸Official
Distance to nearest airport	3 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁸Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

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

PM1012.6WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂7WHO 10 · EU 40

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM10 across cities in FranceWhere Cholet lands among 1893 measured cities

6–77–88–99–1010–1111–1212–1313–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–2222–2325–26

Cholet 12.6

annual PM10, µg/m³ · cities per band

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	7.01 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.¹Official
NO₂ — latest reading	17.8 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.¹¹Official
PM10 — annual mean	12.56 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
Climate Monthly Extreme High C	Jan 14.85 · Feb 20.12 · Mar 21.76 · Apr 26.42 · May 29.59 · Jun 35.06 · Jul 38.1 · Aug 35.49 · Sep 32.26 · Oct 27.61 · Nov 20.86 · Dec 15.61 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁴Official
Climate Monthly Extreme Low C	Jan -10.42 · Feb -12.16 · Mar -7.98 · Apr -3.91 · May 0.3 · Jun 3.26 · Jul 7.44 · Aug 7.48 · Sep 2.88 · Oct -2.29 · Nov -4.98 · Dec -8.19 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁴Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 4.52 · Feb 4.67 · Mar 7.37 · Apr 10.33 · May 13.63 · Jun 17.28 · Jul 18.93 · Aug 18.63 · Sep 15.87 · Oct 12.39 · Nov 8.06 · Dec 4.84 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁴Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in Cholet?

The published population was 54,404 people in 2023. Source: INSEE — Populations légales 2023, Cholet (commune 49099)⁸

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport92.4%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	87.47 km²	31 Dec 2026	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte¹⁹Official
Foreign residents	4,137 people	2021	Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1¹⁵Official
Population density	622 people/km²	31 Dec 2023	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte¹⁹Official
Population	54,404 people	1 Jan 2023	INSEE — Populations légales 2023, Cholet (commune 49099)⁸Official

International community in Cholet

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	54,404	100.0%
Français	49,640.631	91.2%
Etranger	4,763.369	8.8%

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

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)¹³Official

Alternatives for people set on Cholet

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.

Mortagne-sur-Sèvre as a Cholet alternative in the same region

9 km away, better on 3 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Nearest airport: 12.0 km Mortagne-sur-Sèvre vs 3.0 km Cholet+300%
Unemployment: 6.2% Mortagne-sur-Sèvre vs 12.2% Cholet−49%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,741 Mortagne-sur-Sèvre vs 4,700 Cholet−42%
Rent: €8.90/m² Mortagne-sur-Sèvre vs €10.43/m² Cholet−15%
Residents: 6,057 Mortagne-sur-Sèvre vs 54,404 Cholet−89%
Median gross pay, region: €2,620 Mortagne-sur-Sèvre vs €2,620 Choletsame level

Full comparison More about Mortagne-sur-Sèvre

Sartrouville as a Cholet alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 309 km, better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Nearest airport: 18.0 km Sartrouville vs 3.0 km Cholet+500%
Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Sartrouville vs €2,620 Cholet+27%
Rent: €20.51/m² Sartrouville vs €10.43/m² Choletno percentage
Unemployment: 10.5% Sartrouville vs 12.2% Cholet−14%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,581 Sartrouville vs 4,700 Choletsame level
Residents: 52,763 Sartrouville vs 54,404 Cholet−3%

Full comparison More about Sartrouville

Cities near Cholet

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

Mortagne-sur-Sèvre 9.4 km away

Rent: 8.9 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Les Herbiers 23.2 km away

Rent: 10.3 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in France

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

All France cities

Corbeil-Essonnes54,471 residents Bayonne54,306 residents Chelles54,620 residents La Roche-sur-Yon54,849 residents Fontenay-sous-Bois53,757 residents Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine53,615 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 Cholet?

The published population was 54,404 people in 2023. Source: INSEE — Populations légales 2023, Cholet (commune 49099).

How much does it cost to rent in Cholet?

Average net cold rent is 10.43 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 730 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

How safe is Cholet?

What is the unemployment rate in Cholet?

The unemployment rate is about 12.2 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Cholet?

The median gross salary is 2,620 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

How many foreign residents live in Cholet?

4,137 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1.

Is Cholet a good place to live?

Cholet 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 Cholet?

Mortagne-sur-Sèvre, Saint-Macaire-en-Mauges, Les Herbiers are near Cholet. 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 Cholet?

The official citizenship distribution records 54,404 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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  title = {Cholet, France: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-29},
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  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/cholet/},
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}

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Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse) data.arcep.fr · checked 2026-08-03
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
DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 2011 data.gouv.fr · checked 2026-08-03
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INSEE insee.fr · checked 2026-08-07
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INSEE — Populations légales 2023, Cholet (commune 49099) INSEE · insee.fr · checked 2026-08-13
INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune INSEE RP2022 ACT1 · insee.fr · checked 2026-07-26
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