Living in Clermont-l'Hérault

In Clermont-l'Hérault, advertised rents for new lettings average €10.76 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 16.6% (2022).

Clermont-l'Hérault had 9,461 residents at the start of 2023 and is a city in France. The unemployment rate was 16.6% at the end of 2022. In 2021, the foreign population was 507. Gigabit broadband availability was 95.3% in March 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-2424 sources

Population9,461people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune

Median gross salary (region)2,575EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr

Average net rent10.76EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 7% belowOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr

Unemployment rate16.56%country median 11.0% — 51% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune

Recorded crime7,689incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 62% aboveOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

Cheaper rent than 61% of French cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 86% of French cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 92% of French cities that publish it.

Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Clermont-l'Hérault?

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Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Clermont-l'Hérault?

Average net cold rent is 10.76 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): 10.76 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr¹³

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43

Mobile plan, 10 GB€20

Net rent across major citiesClermont-l'Hérault highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30

Nice€20.43

Lyon€16.57

Marseille€16.30

Toulouse€13.98

Clermont-l'Hérault€10.76

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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 Fibre¹¹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	19.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Orange 100GB mobile plan¹⁰Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)	551.2 %	31 Dec 2023	INSEE³Official
Dwellings	5,222 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁴Official
Main residence dwellings	4,466 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁴Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	10.76 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60	31 Dec 2025	static.data.gouv.fr¹³Official

Is Clermont-l'Hérault a good place to live?

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Remote worker44%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 35–53%

Skilled employee52%strong on work, weak on safety · range 44–60%

Student52%strong on education, weak on work · range 45–59%

Family42%strong on family, weak on cost · range 34–50%

Retirement46%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 35–57%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 646 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 10.76 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 Clermont-l'Hérault?

The unemployment rate is about 16.6 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 16.56 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune⁶

Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Clermont-l'Hérault is 16.6%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

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Clermont-l'Hérault 16.6%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Gigabit broadband availability	95.28 %	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.²Official
Median gross salary (regional)	2,575 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	www.insee.fr¹⁴Official
Unemployment rate	16.56 %country median 11.0%	31 Dec 2022	INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune⁶Official

What does a salary buy in Clermont-l'Hérault?

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

Left over each month€1,252of €1,961 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.	€1,961
Rent, 60 m²€10.76/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31	− €646
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	€1,252

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Clermont-l'Hérault. 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 Clermont-l'Hérault. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	3 schools	31 Dec 2025	INSEE³Official

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; Clermont-l'Hérault's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Clermont-l'Hérault?

Police recorded about 7,689 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)¹

Recorded crime across major citiesClermont-l'Hérault 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

Clermont-l'Hérault7,689

Nice7,577

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	7,689 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)¹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Clermont-l'Hérault. 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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Population and city profile

How many people live in Clermont-l'Hérault?

The published population was 9,461 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune⁵

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport94.6%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	32.49 km²	31 Dec 2026	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte¹²Official
Foreign residents	507 people	2021	Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1⁸Official
Population density	291.2 people/km²	31 Dec 2023	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte¹²Official
Population	9,461 people	1 Jan 2023	INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune⁵Official

International community in Clermont-l'Hérault

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	9,461	100.0%
Français	8,875.938	93.8%
Etranger	585.062	6.2%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁷

Alternatives for people set on Clermont-l'Hérault

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.

Cournonterral as a Clermont-l'Hérault alternative in the same region

24 km away, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,317 Cournonterral vs 7,689 Clermont-l'Hérault−57%
Unemployment: 9.5% Cournonterral vs 16.6% Clermont-l'Hérault−42%
Rent: €13.01/m² Cournonterral vs €10.76/m² Clermont-l'Héraultno percentage
Residents: 7,359 Cournonterral vs 9,461 Clermont-l'Hérault−22%
Median gross pay, region: €2,575 Cournonterral vs €2,575 Clermont-l'Héraultsame level

Full comparison More about Cournonterral

Sartrouville as a Clermont-l'Hérault alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 599 km, better on 3 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 52,763 Sartrouville vs 9,461 Clermont-l'Hérault+458%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,581 Sartrouville vs 7,689 Clermont-l'Hérault−40%
Unemployment: 10.5% Sartrouville vs 16.6% Clermont-l'Hérault−37%
Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Sartrouville vs €2,575 Clermont-l'Hérault+29%
Rent: €20.51/m² Sartrouville vs €10.76/m² Clermont-l'Héraultno percentage

Full comparison More about Sartrouville

Cities near Clermont-l'Hérault

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

Saint-André-de-Sangonis 6.3 km away

Rent: 10.47 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Gignac 10.0 km away

Rent: 10.83 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Lodève 14.7 km away

Rent: 8.35 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Pézenas 18.7 km away

Rent: 9.55 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Bédarieux 22.0 km away

Rent: 8.13 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Cournonterral 24.3 km away

Rent: 13.01 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30

Poussan 24.6 km away

Rent: 10.8 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Servian 24.7 km away

Rent: 9.84 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in France

Other cities in France to compare with Clermont-l'Hérault, nearest in population first.

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Tonneins9,459 residents Lescar9,455 residents Quincy-sous-Sénart9,477 residents Arques9,431 residents Vallet9,495 residents Landivisiau9,426 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Clermont-l'Hérault 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.

Is Clermont-l'Hérault part of Montpellier?

Clermont-l'Hérault is in the published commuting zone of Montpellier; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Montpellier city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source⁹

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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 Clermont-l'Hérault?

The published population was 9,461 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Clermont-l'Hérault?

Average net cold rent is 10.76 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 753 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

How safe is Clermont-l'Hérault?

What is the unemployment rate in Clermont-l'Hérault?

The unemployment rate is about 16.6 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Clermont-l'Hérault?

The median gross salary is 2,575 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

How many foreign residents live in Clermont-l'Hérault?

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

Is Clermont-l'Hérault a good place to live?

Clermont-l'Hérault 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.

Is Clermont-l'Hérault part of Montpellier?

Clermont-l'Hérault is in the published commuting zone of Montpellier; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Clermont-l'Hérault?

Saint-André-de-Sangonis, Gignac, Lodève, Pézenas, Bédarieux are near Clermont-l'Hérault. 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 Clermont-l'Hérault?

The official citizenship distribution records 8,875.938 people (93.8%) 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). Clermont-l'Hérault, France: population, rent, salary, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 9cb128134c036fed8386a8b595435930]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/clermont-l-herault/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Clermont-l'Hérault, France: population, rent, salary, jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {9cb128134c036fed8386a8b595435930},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/clermont-l-herault/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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