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Living in Desvres

In Desvres, unemployment is 18.7% (2022).

Desvres numbered 4,866 residents at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0731 sources

Population4,866people31 Dec 2024Official source · Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE)
Average gross salary2,949EUR/month31 Dec 2022District figureOfficial source · Les salaires bruts dans le secteur privé en 2022 – T401B: Salaire brut en équivalent temps plein, par catégorie socioprofessionnelle agrégée, région et département
Unemployment rate18.71%country median 11.0% — 71% aboveOfficial source · www.insee.fr
Recorded crime2,951incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 38% belowOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)
PM2.5, annual mean8µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · Collected source

Higher unemployment than 92% of French cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 88% of French cities that publish it.

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

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 Desvres.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

Desvres counted 2,364 dwellings at the end of 2023.

No city-level rent figure is published for Desvres. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Desvres recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Marseille€16.30
Toulon€14.43
Toulouse€13.98
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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
Dwellings2,364 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE5Official
Main residence dwellings2,085 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE5Official

Is Desvres a good place to live?

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Remote worker62%strong on work, weak on housing · range 52–72%
Skilled employee62%strong on work, weak on housing · range 53–71%
Student63%strong on cost, weak on housing · range 55–71%
Family56%strong on safety, weak on housing · range 47–65%
Retirement61%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 49–73%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Desvres?

The unemployment rate is about 18.7 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 18.71 % · www.insee.fr22
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Desvres is 18.7%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Average gross earnings2,949 EUR/month31 Dec 2022Les salaires bruts dans le secteur privé en 2022 – T401B: Salaire brut en équivalent temps plein, par catégorie socioprofessionnelle agrégée, région et département8Official · county
Fibre-to-the-building availability98.71 %3 Aug 2026Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)1Official
Gigabit broadband availability98.71 %3 Aug 2026Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)1Official
Unemployment rate18.71 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr22Official

Public employment service

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

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary schools4 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)9Official
Schools7 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)9Official

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; Desvres's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Desvres?

Police recorded about 2,951 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 citiesDesvres highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Desvres 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
Desvres2,951
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents2,951 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

Mobility and administration

Desvres's nearest airport was LIL, 90 km away and offered 30 direct destinations. Desvres's fibre-to-home broadband coverage was 98.71%.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport30 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights11Official
Distance to the nearest major airport90 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports14Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)LIL3 Aug 2026OurAirports14Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Desvres's monthly mean temperatures were 5.3°C in January and 17.4°C in July. Desvres's monthly precipitation totalled 77 mm in January and 54.3 mm in July. Average monthly sunshine totalled 61 hours in January and 225 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Desvres?

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: Collected source3

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours
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 Desvres is 8.0 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
PM2.5 — annual mean8 µg/m³31 Dec 2024Collected source3Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by monthJan 7.1 · Feb 7.3 · Mar 9.7 · Apr 12.7 · May 15.6 · Jun 18.1 · Jul 20.1 · Aug 20.7 · Sep 18.5 · Oct 14.9 · Nov 10.8 · Dec 7.9 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI17Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan 3.4 · Feb 3.4 · Mar 5 · Apr 7 · May 9.8 · Jun 12.5 · Jul 14.7 · Aug 15.3 · Sep 13.2 · Oct 10.3 · Nov 6.8 · Dec 4.1 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI18Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan 5.3 · Feb 5.4 · Mar 7.4 · Apr 9.8 · May 12.7 · Jun 15.3 · Jul 17.4 · Aug 18 · Sep 15.8 · Oct 12.6 · Nov 8.8 · Dec 6 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI19Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 77 · Feb 56 · Mar 48 · Apr 48.1 · May 54.6 · Jun 48 · Jul 54.3 · Aug 63.2 · Sep 69.6 · Oct 95.8 · Nov 106.8 · Dec 103.1 mm31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI20Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 61 · Feb 78 · Mar 132 · Apr 189 · May 209 · Jun 220 · Jul 225 · Aug 205 · Sep 161 · Oct 110 · Nov 62 · Dec 52 hours31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI21Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In France: Le Havre ±0.6 °C. Elsewhere: Cork (Ireland) ±1.5 °C, Bremerhaven (Germany) ±1.6 °C, Birkenhead (United Kingdom) ±0.8 °C, Liverpool (United Kingdom) ±0.8 °C, St Helens (United Kingdom) ±0.8 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Desvres?

The published population was 4,866 people in January 2024. Source: Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE)6

MetricValuePeriodSource
Population4,866 people31 Dec 2024Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE)6Official
Population over time10 published observations, 1968–2024

Population fell 15.9% between 1968 and 2024, from 5,789 to 4,866.

International community in Desvres

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
Total4,829100.0%
Français4,788.79899.2%
Etranger40.2020.8%

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

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Universities0 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)10Official

Alternatives for people set on Desvres

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

Cities near Desvres

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

Boulogne-sur-Mer Commuting Zone · 16.8 km away
Rent
10.15 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Outreau 17.4 km away
Rent
9.95 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Marquise 18.8 km away
Rent
10.7 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Le Portel 18.9 km away
Rent
10.18 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Wimereux 19.4 km away
Rent
12.28 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Étaples 21.6 km away
Rent
11.86 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in France

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

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Neufchâtel-en-Bray4,871 residentsSalies-de-Béarn4,861 residentsBar-sur-Aube4,877 residentsSaint-Martin-des-Champs4,886 residentsSaint-Germain-du-Puy4,843 residentsSalbris4,898 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Desvres 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 Desvres part of Boulogne-sur-Mer?

Desvres is in the published commuting zone of Boulogne-sur-Mer; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Boulogne-sur-Mer 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 Desvres?

The published population was 4,866 people in January 2024. Source: Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE).

Is the air quality good in Desvres?

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: Collected source.

How safe is Desvres?

Police recorded about 2,951 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 Desvres?

The unemployment rate is about 18.7 % (2022). Source: www.insee.fr.

Is Desvres a good place to live?

Desvres 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 Desvres part of Boulogne-sur-Mer?

Desvres is in the published commuting zone of Boulogne-sur-Mer; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Desvres?

Boulogne-sur-Mer, Saint-Étienne-au-Mont, Saint-Martin-Boulogne, Outreau, Marquise are near Desvres. 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 Desvres?

The official citizenship distribution records 4,788.798 people (99.2%) 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). Desvres, France: population, salary, cost of living, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 1c405bf2884101208f655697ceccb8a7]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/desvres/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  title = {Desvres, France: population, salary, cost of living, jobs},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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}
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