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Living in Donzère

In Donzère, advertised rents for new lettings average €8.51 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 13.6% (2022).

Donzère is a city in France, with a population of 6,008 at the start of 2023. The unemployment rate was 13.6% at the end of 2022. The city covered 32.06 km² in 2026 and had a population density of 187.4 people per km² in 2023.

Last checked 2026-09-2427 sources

Population6,008people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune
Median gross salary (region)2,749EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr
Average net rent8.51EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 27% belowOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr
Unemployment rate13.63%country median 11.0% — 24% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune
Recorded crime5,789incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 22% aboveOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

Cheaper rent than 87% of French cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 71% of French cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 72% of French cities that publish it.

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

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 Donzère.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Donzère?

Average net cold rent is 8.51 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): 8.51 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr17
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Donzère recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Marseille€16.30
Toulouse€13.98
Donzère€8.51
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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 Fibre15Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange 100GB mobile plan14Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)280.7 %31 Dec 2023INSEE3Official
Dwellings2,926 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE4Official
Main residence dwellings2,612 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE4Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)8.51 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.6031 Dec 2025static.data.gouv.fr17Official

Is Donzère 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 worker46%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 37–55%
Skilled employee48%strong on work, weak on safety · range 40–56%
Student43%strong on education, weak on work · range 36–50%
Family38%strong on family, weak on cost · range 30–46%
Retirement50%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 39–61%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 511 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 8.51 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 Donzère?

The unemployment rate is about 13.6 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 13.63 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune6
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Donzère is 13.6%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Gigabit broadband availability89.61 %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.2Official
Median gross salary (regional)2,749 EUR/month31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr18Official
Unemployment rate13.63 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune6Official

What does a salary buy in Donzère?

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

regional median gross pay: €2,749 (insee.fr, 2022-12-31).
Left over each month€1,508of €2,082 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.€2,082
Rent, 60 m²€8.51/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31− €511
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€1,508
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Donzère Salary needed to live in Donzère

Public employment service

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary schools1 schools31 Dec 2025INSEE3Official

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; Donzère's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Donzère?

Police recorded about 5,789 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 citiesDonzère highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Donzère 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
Donzère5,789
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents5,789 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)1Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

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
MetricValuePeriodSource
Average daytime high by monthJan 8.8 · Feb 10.5 · Mar 15.1 · Apr 18.3 · May 22.5 · Jun 26.9 · Jul 29.8 · Aug 29.6 · Sep 24.4 · Oct 18.9 · Nov 12.8 · Dec 9.1 °C31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO9Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan 2.6 · Feb 2.7 · Mar 5.3 · Apr 7.8 · May 11.6 · Jun 15.4 · Jul 17.6 · Aug 17.4 · Sep 13.9 · Oct 10.7 · Nov 6.3 · Dec 3.4 °C31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO10Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan 5.7 · Feb 6.6 · Mar 10.2 · Apr 13.1 · May 17.1 · Jun 21.1 · Jul 23.7 · Aug 23.5 · Sep 19.2 · Oct 14.8 · Nov 9.5 · Dec 6.2 °C31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO11Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 68.7 · Feb 42.5 · Mar 49 · Apr 74.4 · May 77.7 · Jun 56.5 · Jul 55.1 · Aug 56.3 · Sep 115.9 · Oct 133 · Nov 128.7 · Dec 61.7 mm31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO12Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 106 · Feb 135 · Mar 199 · Apr 218 · May 260 · Jun 299 · Jul 330 · Aug 298 · Sep 231 · Oct 155 · Nov 109 · Dec 94 hours31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO13Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In France: Lyon ±1.2 °C. Elsewhere: Murfreesboro (United States) ±2.5 °C, Oklahoma City (United States) ±3.0 °C, Little Rock (United States) ±3.0 °C, Saanich (Canada) ±3.4 °C, Werl (Germany) ±3.7 °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 Donzère?

The published population was 6,008 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune5

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area32.06 km²31 Dec 2026Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte16Official
Foreign residents250 people2021Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT18Official
Population density187.4 people/km²31 Dec 2023Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte16Official
Population6,008 people1 Jan 2023INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune5Official

International community in Donzère

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
Total6,008100.0%
Français5,755.42695.8%
Etranger252.5744.2%

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

Alternatives for people set on Donzère

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.

Valréas as a Donzère alternative in the same region

23 km away, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,270 Valréas vs 5,789 Donzère−26%
  • Residents: 9,224 Valréas vs 6,008 Donzère+54%
  • Rent: €8.05/m² Valréas vs €8.51/m² Donzère−5%
  • Unemployment: 12.5% Valréas vs 13.6% Donzère−8%
  • Median gross pay, region: €2,630 Valréas vs €2,749 Donzère−4%
Full comparisonMore about Valréas

Sartrouville as a Donzère alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 537 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 6,008 Donzère+778%
  • Rent: €20.51/m² Sartrouville vs €8.51/m² Donzèreno percentage
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Sartrouville vs €2,749 Donzère+21%
  • Unemployment: 10.5% Sartrouville vs 13.6% Donzère−23%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,581 Sartrouville vs 5,789 Donzère−21%
Full comparisonMore about Sartrouville

Cities near Donzère

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

Pierrelatte 7.4 km away
Rent
10.07 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Le Teil 11.5 km away
Rent
10.16 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30
Montélimar 13.2 km away
Rent
11.63 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30
Bollène 18.4 km away
Rent
9.15 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Pont-Saint-Esprit 21.4 km away
Rent
10.46 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Valréas 23.2 km away
Rent
8.05 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in France

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

All France cities
Saint-Girons6,008 residentsClapiers6,006 residentsVexin-sur-Epte6,015 residentsMalesherbes6,001 residentsSaint-Mandrier-sur-Mer6,000 residentsCommentry6,017 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Donzère 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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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Donzère?

The published population was 6,008 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Donzère?

Average net cold rent is 8.51 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 596 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

How safe is Donzère?

Police recorded about 5,789 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 Donzère?

The unemployment rate is about 13.6 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Donzère?

The median gross salary is 2,749 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

How many foreign residents live in Donzère?

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

Is Donzère a good place to live?

Donzère 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 Donzère?

Pierrelatte, Bourg-Saint-Andéol, Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, Le Teil, Montélimar are near Donzère. 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 Donzère?

The official citizenship distribution records 5,755.426 people (95.8%) 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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