Living in Givet

In Givet, advertised rents for new lettings average €7.00 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 21.2% (2022).

Givet had 6,364 residents at the start of 2023 and is a city in France. The unemployment rate was 21.2% at the end of 2022. The foreign population count was 863 in 2021. Gigabit broadband availability was 96.9% in March 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-2431 sources

Population6,364people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune

Median gross salary (region)2,641EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr

Average net rent7EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 40% belowOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr

Unemployment rate21.16%country median 11.0% — 93% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune

Recorded crime3,133incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 34% belowOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

PM2.5, annual mean6µg/m³country median 8.5 — 29% belowOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Cheaper rent than 96% of French cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 96% of French cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 85% of French cities that publish it.

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

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

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Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Givet?

Average net cold rent is 7 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 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr²¹

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43

Mobile plan, 10 GB€20

Net rent across major citiesGivet highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30

Nice€20.43

Lyon€16.57

Marseille€16.30

Toulouse€13.98

Givet€7.00

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Bordeaux€15.99

Lille€15.76

Strasbourg€15.57

Montpellier€15.49

Rennes€14.87

Nantes€14.50

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	42.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Orange Livebox Fibre¹⁸Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	19.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Orange 100GB mobile plan¹⁷Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)	529.9 %	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁶Official
Dwellings	3,739 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁷Official
Main residence dwellings	3,023 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁷Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	7 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60	31 Dec 2025	static.data.gouv.fr²¹Official

Is Givet a good place to live?

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Remote worker58%strong on work, weak on safety · range 50–66%

Skilled employee58%strong on work, weak on safety · range 50–66%

Student57%strong on education, weak on work · range 50–64%

Family53%strong on family, weak on cost · range 45–61%

Retirement63%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 53–73%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 420 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 7 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 Givet?

The unemployment rate is about 21.2 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 21.16 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune⁹

Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Givet is 21.2%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

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Givet 21.2%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Fibre-to-the-building availability	96.89 %	3 Aug 2026	Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)¹Official
Gigabit broadband availability	96.89 %	31 Mar 2026	Independent 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)	2,641 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	www.insee.fr²²Official
Unemployment rate	21.16 %country median 11.0%	31 Dec 2022	INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Givet?

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

Left over each month€1,525of €2,008 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.	€2,008
Rent, 60 m²€7.00/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31	− €420
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	€1,525

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Public employment service

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

Country-level information

France Travail — Public employment service

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	4 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)¹¹Official
Schools	6 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)¹¹Official

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; Givet's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Givet?

Police recorded about 3,133 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 citiesGivet highlighted among comparable cities

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

Givet3,133

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	3,133 incidents per 100,000country median 4,740	31 Dec 2025	Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)²Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	30 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁶Official
Nearest airport	LIL	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁹Official
Distance to nearest airport	131 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁹Official

Language courses and integration

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

Open official information

DIAN language-training offer finder — Other

Réseau des Carif-Oref and DIAN

For people seeking French-language training.

FrenchIn Person, Online

Open official information

Open the full France section

National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Givet.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Givet?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 6 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency⁴

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

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

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Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.56WHO 5 · EU 25

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 Givet is 6.0 µg/m³. Of 1,975 cities with data, 626 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	6 µg/m³country median 8.5	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency⁴Official
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 12.02 · Feb 16.41 · Mar 19.21 · Apr 24.73 · May 27.44 · Jun 32.46 · Jul 39.4 · Aug 35.8 · Sep 33.65 · Oct 24.81 · Nov 17.47 · Dec 13.63 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹³Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -14.29 · Feb -16.7 · Mar -11.06 · Apr -4.89 · May -1.95 · Jun 2.82 · Jul 5.72 · Aug 5.41 · Sep 1.98 · Oct -4.87 · Nov -5.06 · Dec -13.61 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹³Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 0.84 · Feb 1.44 · Mar 4.54 · Apr 8.52 · May 12.3 · Jun 15.83 · Jul 17.9 · Aug 17.46 · Sep 13.92 · Oct 9.78 · Nov 5.24 · Dec 1.77 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹³Official
Average precipitation by month	Jan 80.9 · Feb 71.4 · Mar 64.6 · Apr 52.5 · May 66.6 · Jun 70 · Jul 69.7 · Aug 77.9 · Sep 60.6 · Oct 69.4 · Nov 71.1 · Dec 97.2 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading

Annual PM2.5 over time11 published observations, 2013–2024

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7.5

10.5

13.6

6.0201320152018202020222024

Annual PM2.5 fell 53.8% between 2013 and 2024, from 13.0 to 6.0.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Givet?

The published population was 6,364 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune⁸

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport86.4%
Foreign residents13.6%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	18.41 km²	31 Dec 2026	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte²⁰Official
Foreign residents	863 people	2021	Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1¹⁴Official
Population density	345.7 people/km²	31 Dec 2023	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte²⁰Official
Population	6,364 people	1 Jan 2023	INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune⁸Official

International community in Givet

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 group	People	Share
Total	6,364	100.0%
Français	5,497.763	86.4%
Etranger	866.237	13.6%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁰

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Universities	0 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)¹²Official

Alternatives for people set on Givet

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.

Sartrouville as a Givet alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 233 km, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 52,763 Sartrouville vs 6,364 Givet+729%
Unemployment: 10.5% Sartrouville vs 21.2% Givet−50%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,581 Sartrouville vs 3,133 Givet+46%
Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Sartrouville vs €2,641 Givet+26%
Rent: €20.51/m² Sartrouville vs €7.00/m² Givetno percentage
Nearest airport: 18.0 km Sartrouville vs 131.0 km Givet−86%

Full comparison More about Sartrouville

Cities near Givet

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

Hastière Belgium · 8.8 km away

Rent: 650 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Beauraing Belgium · 9.9 km away

Rent: 727.5 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Houyet Belgium · 14.1 km away

Rent: 800 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Dinant Belgium · 14.6 km away

Rent: 650 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Anhée Belgium · 19.5 km away

Rent: 750 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Florennes Belgium · 20.1 km away

Rent: 720 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Viroinval Belgium · 20.6 km away

Rent: 584.3 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in France

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

All France cities

Plescop6,362 residents Baud6,367 residents Arpajon-sur-Cère6,361 residents Ambilly6,355 residents Izon6,374 residents Nandy6,350 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 Givet?

The published population was 6,364 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Givet?

Average net cold rent is 7 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 490 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

Is the air quality good in Givet?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 6 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency.

How safe is Givet?

What is the unemployment rate in Givet?

The unemployment rate is about 21.2 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Givet?

The median gross salary is 2,641 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

Is Givet a good place to live?

Givet 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 Givet?

Hastière, Hastière-Lavaux, Beauraing, Houyet, Dinant are near Givet. 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 Givet?

The official citizenship distribution records 5,497.763 people (86.4%) 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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