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Living in Divion

In Divion, advertised rents for new lettings average €9.33 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 18.6% (2022).

Divion had 6,766 residents at the start of 2023 and is a city in France. There were 59.1 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024. Annual PM2.5 was 7.51 µg/m³ in 2024. The unemployment rate was 18.6% at the end of 2022. Annual NO₂ was 8.18 µg/m³ in 2024. For Divion, the foreign population count was 32 at the start of 2023. The city had 9 schools in 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-2433 sources

Population6,766people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune
Median gross salary (region)2,579EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr
Average net rent9.33EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 20% belowOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr
Unemployment rate18.63%country median 11.0% — 70% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune
Recorded crime5,565incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 17% aboveOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)
PM2.5, annual mean7.51µg/m³country median 8.5 — 11% belowOfficial 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 80% of French cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 91% of French cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 68% of French cities that publish it.

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

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Divion?

Average net cold rent is 9.33 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): 9.33 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr23
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Divion recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Marseille€16.30
Toulouse€13.98
Divion€9.33
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)259 %31 Dec 2023INSEE6Official
Dwellings3,219 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE7Official
Main residence dwellings2,937 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE7Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)9.33 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.6031 Dec 2025static.data.gouv.fr23Official

Is Divion 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 worker62%strong on work, weak on safety · range 54–70%
Skilled employee64%strong on work, weak on safety · range 56–72%
Student62%strong on education, weak on work · range 55–69%
Family52%strong on family, weak on cost · range 45–59%
Retirement60%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 51–69%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 560 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 9.33 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 Divion?

The unemployment rate is about 18.6 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 18.63 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune10
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Divion is 18.6%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability99.5 %3 Aug 2026Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)2Official
Gigabit broadband availability99.68 %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 rate18.63 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune10Official

What does a salary buy in Divion?

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€1,344of €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€9.33/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31− €560
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€1,344
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Divion Salary needed to live in Divion

Public employment service

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

Country-level information

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Schools9 schools27 May 2026RNEE exact Code_commune; etat=OUVERT; code_nature 100-199 or 300-399; unique UAI count.21Official · commune
Primary schools8 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)14Official
Schools9 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; Divion's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary care doctors per 100,000 residents59.12 per 100,000 people31 Dec 2024INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence8Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents2,263 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2011DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 20114Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Divion 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 residents2,263 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Divion?

Police recorded about 5,565 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 citiesDivion highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Divion 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
Divion5,565
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents5,565 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 airportHZB3 Aug 2026OurAirports19Official
Distance to nearest airport19 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports19Official

Language courses and integration

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

DIAN language-training offer finder — Other

Réseau des Carif-Oref and DIAN

For people seeking French-language training.

FrenchIn Person, Online
National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Divion.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Divion?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.5 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: 7.51 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 Divion is 7.5 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 mean8.18 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 reading4.4 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 mean13.94 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 mean7.51 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 13.52 · Feb 16.71 · Mar 20.82 · Apr 25.07 · May 28.25 · Jun 30.54 · Jul 35.15 · Aug 33.06 · Sep 29.07 · Oct 26.37 · Nov 18.59 · Dec 14.04 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center16Official
Monthly extreme low temperatureJan -10.39 · Feb -12.01 · Mar -7.7 · Apr -4.73 · May 0.61 · Jun 3.66 · Jul 6.95 · Aug 8.02 · Sep 3.57 · Oct -3.26 · Nov -4.89 · Dec -8.16 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center16Official
Average temperature by monthJan 3.22 · Feb 3.59 · Mar 6.05 · Apr 9.34 · May 12.66 · Jun 15.73 · Jul 17.61 · Aug 17.41 · Sep 14.67 · Oct 11.23 · Nov 7.04 · Dec 3.84 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center16Official
Annual PM2.5 over time10 published observations, 2013–2024

Annual PM2.5 fell 58.3% between 2013 and 2024, from 18.0 to 7.5.

Population and city profile

The city covered 11 km² in 2026. Population density was 617.3 people per km² in 2023.

How many people live in Divion?

The published population was 6,766 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 area10.96 km²31 Dec 2026Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte22Official
Foreign residents32 people1 Jan 2023INSEE RP2023 — population par âge, sexe et nationalité, commune11Official
Population density617.3 people/km²31 Dec 2023Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte22Official
Population6,766 people1 Jan 2023INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune9Official

International community in Divion

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
Total6,766100.0%
Français6,73499.5%
Etranger320.5%

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 Divion

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.

Annezin as a Divion alternative in the same region

11 km away, better on 3 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

  • Unemployment: 12.2% Annezin vs 18.6% Divion−35%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,785 Annezin vs 5,565 Divion−32%
  • Nearest airport: 10.0 km Annezin vs 19.0 km Divion−47%
  • Rent: €9.59/m² Annezin vs €9.33/m² Divionsame level
  • Residents: 5,825 Annezin vs 6,766 Divion−14%
  • Median gross pay, region: €2,579 Annezin vs €2,579 Divionsame level
  • Annual PM2.5: 7.5 µg/m³ Annezin vs 7.5 µg/m³ Divionsame level

Sartrouville as a Divion alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 171 km, better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

  • Residents: 52,763 Sartrouville vs 6,766 Divion+680%
  • Unemployment: 10.5% Sartrouville vs 18.6% Divion−44%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Sartrouville vs €2,579 Divion+29%
  • Rent: €20.51/m² Sartrouville vs €9.33/m² Divionno percentage
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,581 Sartrouville vs 5,565 Divion−18%
  • Annual PM2.5: 9.7 µg/m³ Sartrouville vs 7.5 µg/m³ Divion+29%
  • Nearest airport: 18.0 km Sartrouville vs 19.0 km Divion−5%

Cities near Divion

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

Calonne-Ricouart 2.1 km away
Rent
9.01 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Marles-les-Mines 3.3 km away
Rent
9.65 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Houdain 3.4 km away
Rent
8.64 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Auchel 4.5 km away
Rent
8.99 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Haillicourt 5.9 km away
Rent
5.44 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2021-01-01
Barlin 8.5 km away
Rent
5.87 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2021-01-01
Lillers 10.3 km away
Rent
8.91 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Annezin 10.7 km away
Rent
9.59 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

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Common questions

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How many people live in Divion?

The published population was 6,766 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Divion?

Average net cold rent is 9.33 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 653 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

Is the air quality good in Divion?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.5 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 Divion?

Police recorded about 5,565 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 Divion?

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 Divion?

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

Is Divion a good place to live?

Divion 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 Divion?

Calonne-Ricouart, Marles-les-Mines, Houdain, Auchel, Haillicourt are near Divion. 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 Divion?

The official citizenship distribution records 6,734 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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