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Living in Coulogne

In Coulogne, rents across existing tenancies average €6.19 per m² a month (2021) and unemployment is 12.4% (2022).

Coulogne had 5,438 residents at the start of 2023 and is a city in France. For Coulogne, the foreign population was 29 at the start of 2023. The city had 6 schools in 2026. There were 55.2 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024. The unemployment rate was 12.4% at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-09-2433 sources

Population5,438people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune
Median gross salary (region)2,579EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr
Average net rent6.19EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 47% belowOfficial source · Répertoire des logements locatifs des bailleurs sociaux (RPLS) 2021 — données communales
Unemployment rate12.43%country median 11.0% — 13% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune
Recorded crime2,367incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 50% belowOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)
PM2.5, annual mean9.57µg/m³country median 8.5 — 13% aboveOfficial 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 97% of French cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 62% of French cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 96% of French cities that publish it.

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

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 Coulogne.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Coulogne?

Average net cold rent is about 6.19 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): 6.19 EUR/m²/month · Répertoire des logements locatifs des bailleurs sociaux (RPLS) 2021 — données communales20
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Coulogne recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Marseille€16.30
Toulouse€13.98
Coulogne€6.19
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 Fibre18Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange 100GB mobile plan17Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)121.8 %31 Dec 2023INSEE6Official
Dwellings2,599 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE7Official
Main residence dwellings2,439 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE7Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)6.19 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.601 Jan 2021Répertoire des logements locatifs des bailleurs sociaux (RPLS) 2021 — données communales20Official

Is Coulogne 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 worker55%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 47–63%
Skilled employee58%strong on work, weak on safety · range 50–66%
Student56%strong on education, weak on work · range 49–63%
Family52%strong on safety, weak on cost · range 45–59%
Retirement52%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 43–61%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 372 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 6.19 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 Coulogne?

The unemployment rate is about 12.4 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 12.43 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune10
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Coulogne is 12.4%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability98.71 %3 Aug 2026Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)2Official
Gigabit broadband availability98.71 %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.5Official
Median gross salary (regional)2,579 EUR/month31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr24Official
Unemployment rate12.43 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune10Official

What does a salary buy in Coulogne?

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

regional median gross pay: €2,579 (insee.fr, 2022-12-31).
Left over each month€1,533of €1,967 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.€1,967
Rent, 60 m²€6.19/m² · official · Répertoire des logements locatifs des bailleurs sociaux (RPLS) 2021 · 2021-01-01− €372
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€1,533
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Coulogne Salary needed to live in Coulogne

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Coulogne. 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 Coulogne. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Schools6 schools27 May 2026RNEE exact Code_commune; etat=OUVERT; code_nature 100-199 or 300-399; unique UAI count.21Official · commune
Primary schools4 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)14Official
Schools6 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; Coulogne's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary care doctors per 100,000 residents55.17 per 100,000 people31 Dec 2024INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence8Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Coulogne 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 Coulogne?

Police recorded about 2,367 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 citiesCoulogne highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Coulogne 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
Coulogne2,367
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents2,367 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
Nearest airportCQF3 Aug 2026OurAirports19Official
Distance to nearest airport7 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports19Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 was 9.57 µg/m³ in 2024. Annual NO₂ was 12 µg/m³ in 2024.

Is the air quality good in Coulogne?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 9.6 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: 9.57 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 Coulogne is 9.6 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 mean11.97 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 reading22.25 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 mean16.24 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 mean9.57 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
Monthly extreme high temperatureJan 13.14 · Feb 13.86 · Mar 16.25 · Apr 20.64 · May 22.66 · Jun 26.61 · Jul 30.75 · Aug 29.07 · Sep 24.6 · Oct 23.26 · Nov 17.39 · Dec 14.03 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center16Official
Monthly extreme low temperatureJan -4.28 · Feb -4.24 · Mar -4.08 · Apr -0.03 · May 5.5 · Jun 7.89 · Jul 11.85 · Aug 12.34 · Sep 8.45 · Oct 3.76 · Nov 0.28 · Dec -2.71 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center16Official
Average temperature by monthJan 5.64 · Feb 5.39 · Mar 6.72 · Apr 9.24 · May 12.14 · Jun 15 · Jul 17.22 · Aug 17.69 · Sep 15.94 · Oct 13.15 · Nov 9.55 · Dec 6.7 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center16Official
Annual PM2.5 over time12 published observations, 2013–2024

Annual PM2.5 fell 31.6% between 2013 and 2024, from 14.0 to 9.6.

Population and city profile

The city covered 9.2 km² in 2026. Population density was 593.7 people per km² in 2023.

How many people live in Coulogne?

The published population was 5,438 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune9

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area9.16 km²31 Dec 2026Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte22Official
Foreign residents28.57 people1 Jan 2023INSEE RP2023 — population par âge, sexe et nationalité, commune11Official
Population density593.7 people/km²31 Dec 2023Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte22Official
Population5,438 people1 Jan 2023INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune9Official

International community in Coulogne

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
Total5,438100.0%
Français5,409.42999.5%
Etranger28.5710.5%

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 Coulogne

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.

Marck as a Coulogne alternative in the same region

5 km away, better on 2 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

  • Rent: €10.44/m² (2025) Marck vs €6.19/m² (2021) Coulogneno percentage
  • Residents: 10,467 Marck vs 5,438 Coulogne+92%
  • Nearest airport: 2.0 km Marck vs 7.0 km Coulogne−71%
  • Unemployment: 13.6% Marck vs 12.4% Coulogne+10%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,217 Marck vs 2,367 Coulogne−6%
  • Annual PM2.5: 9.6 µg/m³ Marck vs 9.6 µg/m³ Coulognesame level
  • Median gross pay, region: €2,579 Marck vs €2,579 Coulognesame level
Full comparisonMore about Marck

Cities near Coulogne

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

Calais Commuting Zone · 3.3 km away
Rent
10.27 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Marck 5.3 km away
Rent
10.44 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Guînes 6.2 km away
Rent
10.21 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Oye-Plage 12.6 km away
Rent
5.83 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2021-01-01
Audruicq 14.6 km away
Rent
9.06 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Marquise 17.6 km away
Rent
10.7 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Gravelines 18.3 km away
Rent
10.77 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in France

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

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Saint-Genis-les-Ollières5,439 residentsVeneux-les-Sablons5,437 residentsRoques5,436 residentsFenain5,441 residentsSaint-Memmie5,441 residentsBoulay-Moselle5,434 residents

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Is Coulogne part of Calais?

Coulogne is in the published commuting zone of Calais; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Calais city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source4

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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 Coulogne?

The published population was 5,438 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Coulogne?

Average net cold rent is about 6.19 EUR/m² per month (January 2021), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 434 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Répertoire des logements locatifs des bailleurs sociaux (RPLS) 2021 — données communales.

Is the air quality good in Coulogne?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 9.6 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 Coulogne?

Police recorded about 2,367 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 Coulogne?

The unemployment rate is about 12.4 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Coulogne?

The median gross salary is 2,579 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

Is Coulogne a good place to live?

Coulogne 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 Coulogne part of Calais?

Coulogne is in the published commuting zone of Calais; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Coulogne?

Calais, Marck, Guînes, Oye-Plage, Audruicq are near Coulogne. 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 Coulogne?

The official citizenship distribution records 5,409.429 people (99.5%) 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). Coulogne, France: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 020c69c8d00d341dd2d7f04128ea05af]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/coulogne/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  title = {Coulogne, France: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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}
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