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Living in Foix

In Foix, advertised rents for new lettings average €7.89 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 17.2% (2022).

For Foix, the unemployment rate was 17.2% at the end of 2022. The population of Foix, in France, was 9,934 at the start of 2023. Gigabit broadband availability was 96.7% in March 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-2423 sources

Population9,934people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune
Median gross salary (region)2,575EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr
Average net rent7.89EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 32% belowOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr
Unemployment rate17.21%country median 11.0% — 57% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune
Recorded crime7,672incidents 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 92% of French cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 88% 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 Foix?

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 Foix.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Foix?

Average net cold rent is 7.89 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): 7.89 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr19
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Foix recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Marseille€16.30
Toulouse€13.98
Foix€7.89
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 Fibre16Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange 100GB mobile plan15Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)717.7 %31 Dec 2023INSEE5Official
Dwellings6,492 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE6Official
Main residence dwellings5,282 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE6Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)7.89 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.6031 Dec 2025static.data.gouv.fr19Official

Is Foix 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 worker52%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 43–61%
Skilled employee58%strong on work, weak on safety · range 50–66%
Student56%strong on education, weak on safety · range 49–63%
Family48%strong on family, weak on cost · range 41–55%
Retirement53%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 43–63%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 473 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 7.89 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 Foix?

The unemployment rate is about 17.2 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 17.21 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune8
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Foix is 17.2%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability96.67 %3 Aug 2026Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)1Official
Gigabit broadband availability96.67 %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.4Official
Median gross salary (regional)2,575 EUR/month31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr20Official
Unemployment rate17.21 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune8Official

What does a salary buy in Foix?

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

regional median gross pay: €2,575 (insee.fr, 2022-12-31).
Left over each month€1,424of €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€7.89/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31− €473
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€1,424
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Foix Salary needed to live in Foix

Public employment service

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

Country-level information
Open the France service overview

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary schools6 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)10Official
Schools12 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)10Official

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; Foix's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents2,931 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2011DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 20113Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Foix 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 residents2,931 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Foix?

Police recorded about 7,672 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 citiesFoix highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Foix 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
Foix7,672
Nice7,577
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents7,672 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

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport10 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights14Official
Nearest airportCCF3 Aug 2026OurAirports17Official
Distance to nearest airport63 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports17Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

MetricValuePeriodSource
Monthly extreme high temperatureJan 21.42 · Feb 22.77 · Mar 24.13 · Apr 27.67 · May 32.29 · Jun 39.93 · Jul 38.7 · Aug 39.51 · Sep 34.19 · Oct 31.32 · Nov 25.79 · Dec 20.93 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center12Official
Monthly extreme low temperatureJan -11.01 · Feb -13.31 · Mar -9.56 · Apr -3.47 · May -0.87 · Jun 2.91 · Jul 7.56 · Aug 5.59 · Sep 2.8 · Oct -5.15 · Nov -8.14 · Dec -9.45 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center12Official
Average temperature by monthJan 3.43 · Feb 3.54 · Mar 6.75 · Apr 9.9 · May 13.54 · Jun 18.61 · Jul 21.1 · Aug 20.9 · Sep 16.81 · Oct 13.1 · Nov 7.16 · Dec 4.15 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center12Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in Foix?

The published population was 9,934 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune7

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area19.32 km²31 Dec 2026Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte18Official
Foreign residents893 people2021Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT113Official
Population density514.2 people/km²31 Dec 2023Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte18Official
Population9,934 people1 Jan 2023INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune7Official

International community in Foix

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
Total9,934100.0%
Français8,744.79788.0%
Etranger1,189.20312.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source9

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Universities0 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)11Official

Alternatives for people set on Foix

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.

Lavelanet as a Foix alternative in the same region

20 km away, better on 2 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

  • Hospital beds, per 100k: 325.1 Lavelanet vs 2,931.0 Foix−89%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,750 Lavelanet vs 7,672 Foix−38%
  • Unemployment: 19.3% Lavelanet vs 17.2% Foix+12%
  • Residents: 5,987 Lavelanet vs 9,934 Foix−40%
  • Nearest airport: 49.0 km Lavelanet vs 63.0 km Foix−22%
  • Rent: €7.73/m² Lavelanet vs €7.89/m² Foixsame level
  • Median gross pay, region: €2,575 Lavelanet vs €2,575 Foixsame level
Full comparisonMore about Lavelanet

Sartrouville as a Foix alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 666 km, better on 4 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

  • Residents: 52,763 Sartrouville vs 9,934 Foix+431%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,581 Sartrouville vs 7,672 Foix−40%
  • Unemployment: 10.5% Sartrouville vs 17.2% Foix−39%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Sartrouville vs €2,575 Foix+29%
  • Rent: €20.51/m² Sartrouville vs €7.89/m² Foixno percentage
  • Nearest airport: 18.0 km Sartrouville vs 63.0 km Foix−71%
Full comparisonMore about Sartrouville

Cities near Foix

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

Pamiers 16.8 km away
Rent
8.61 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Lavelanet 20.0 km away
Rent
7.73 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in France

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

All France cities
Léguevin9,945 residentsVoreppe9,922 residentsBourg-de-Péage9,921 residentsLançon-Provence9,915 residentsSaint-Max9,913 residentsSaint-Grégoire9,957 residents

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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 Foix?

The published population was 9,934 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Foix?

Average net cold rent is 7.89 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 552 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

How safe is Foix?

Police recorded about 7,672 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 Foix?

The unemployment rate is about 17.2 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Foix?

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

How many foreign residents live in Foix?

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

Is Foix a good place to live?

Foix 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 Foix?

Pamiers, Lavelanet are near Foix. 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 Foix?

The official citizenship distribution records 8,744.797 people (88.0%) 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). Foix, France: population, rent, salary, cost of living, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 2b225368770040d13b1d56cfa14ad935]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/foix/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Foix, France: population, rent, salary, cost of living, jobs},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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