Living in Grenay
In Grenay, advertised rents for new lettings average €9.43 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 21.2% (2022).
Annual PM2.5 was 8.23 µg/m³ in 2024. Grenay is in France; its population was 6,644 at the start of 2023. For Grenay, gigabit broadband availability was 98.3% in March 2026. The city covered 3.2 km² in 2026. Population density was 2,063.4 people per km² in 2023. The city had 8 schools in 2026. There were 90.3 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024. Annual NO₂ was 8.08 µg/m³ in 2024. The unemployment rate was 21.2% at the end of 2022. The foreign population count was 69 in 2021.
Cheaper rent than 79% of French cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 96% of French cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 73% of French cities that publish it.
Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Grenay?
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 Grenay?
Average net cold rent is 9.43 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): 9.43 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr21
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 42.99 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Orange Livebox Fibre17Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 19.99 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Orange 100GB mobile plan16Official · national market |
| Housing vacancy rate (legacy series) | 110 % | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE5Official |
| Dwellings | 2,822 dwellings | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE6Official |
| Main residence dwellings | 2,710 dwellings | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE6Official |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 9.43 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 | 31 Dec 2025 | static.data.gouv.fr21Official |
Is Grenay 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.
Worked out from these numbers
What does a 60 m² flat cost?
About 566 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 9.43 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.
Work and income
What is the unemployment rate in Grenay?
The unemployment rate is about 21.2 % (2022).
- Unemployment rate: 21.23 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune9
Grenay 21.2%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gigabit broadband availability | 98.27 % | 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.4Official |
| Median gross salary (regional) | 2,579 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2022 | www.insee.fr22Official |
| Unemployment rate | 21.23 %country median 11.0% | 31 Dec 2022 | INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune9Official |
What does a salary buy in Grenay?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
RentInternetMobileLeft 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€9.43/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31 | − €566 |
| 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 | €1,338 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Grenay. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
France Travail — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Grenay. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Family and education
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schools | 8 schools | 27 May 2026 | RNEE exact Code_commune; etat=OUVERT; code_nature 100-199 or 300-399; unique UAI count.19Official · commune |
| Primary schools | 7 count | 3 Aug 2026 | Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)12Official |
| Schools | 9 count | 3 Aug 2026 | Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)12Official |
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; Grenay's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
Healthcare
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary care doctors per 100,000 residents | 90.31 per 100,000 people | 31 Dec 2024 | INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence7Official |
Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Grenay 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.
Open the official coverage guideSafety
How safe is Grenay?
Police recorded about 5,904 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
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 5,904 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
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Grenay. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.
Contrat d’intégration républicaine (CIR) — Integration course
État français and OFII
For eligible non-EU foreign residents.
DIAN language-training offer finder — Other
Réseau des Carif-Oref and DIAN
For people seeking French-language training.
Climate and air quality
Is the air quality good in Grenay?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.2 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: 8.23 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
Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³
City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.
Grenay 8.2
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO₂ — annual mean | 8.08 µg/m³country median 14.8 | 2024 | 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.1Official |
| NO₂ — latest reading | 3.2 µg/m³ | 15 Jul 2026 | Latest 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.11Official |
| PM10 — annual mean | 14.96 µg/m³country median 14.2 | 2024 | 2024 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 mean | 8.23 µg/m³country median 8.5 | 2024 | 2024 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 temperature | Jan 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 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center14Official |
| Monthly extreme low temperature | Jan -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 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center14Official |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 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 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center14Official |
Annual PM2.5 fell 54.3% between 2013 and 2024, from 18.0 to 8.2.
Population and city profile
How many people live in Grenay?
The published population was 6,644 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune8
By nationality
National passport99%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| City area | 3.22 km² | 31 Dec 2026 | Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte20Official |
| Foreign residents | 69 people | 2021 | Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT115Official |
| Population density | 2,063 people/km² | 31 Dec 2023 | Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte20Official |
| Population | 6,644 people | 1 Jan 2023 | INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune8Official |
International community in Grenay
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 | 6,644 | 100.0% |
| Français | 6,575.522 | 99.0% |
| Etranger | 68.478 | 1.0% |
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)13Official |
Alternatives for people set on Grenay
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.
Hersin-Coupigny as a Grenay alternative in the same region
7 km away, better on 5 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,351 Hersin-Coupigny vs 5,904 Grenay−60%
- Unemployment: 12.8% Hersin-Coupigny vs 21.2% Grenay−40%
- Rent: €9.14/m² Hersin-Coupigny vs €9.43/m² Grenay−3%
- Annual PM2.5: 7.5 µg/m³ Hersin-Coupigny vs 8.2 µg/m³ Grenay−9%
- Residents: 6,082 Hersin-Coupigny vs 6,644 Grenay−8%
- Nearest airport: 19.0 km Hersin-Coupigny vs 20.0 km Grenay−5%
- Median gross pay, region: €2,579 Hersin-Coupigny vs €2,579 Grenaysame level
Sartrouville as a Grenay alternative in the same country
A move, not a commute, at 173 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 6,644 Grenay+694%
- Unemployment: 10.5% Sartrouville vs 21.2% Grenay−51%
- Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Sartrouville vs €2,579 Grenay+29%
- Rent: €20.51/m² Sartrouville vs €9.43/m² Grenayno percentage
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,581 Sartrouville vs 5,904 Grenay−22%
- Annual PM2.5: 9.7 µg/m³ Sartrouville vs 8.2 µg/m³ Grenay+18%
- Nearest airport: 18.0 km Sartrouville vs 20.0 km Grenay−10%
Cities near Grenay
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
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- 9.8 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
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- 9.14 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Alternative cities in France
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Is Grenay part of Lens?
Grenay is in the published commuting zone of Lens; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Lens city profile
Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source3
Common questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
How many people live in Grenay?
The published population was 6,644 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.
How much does it cost to rent in Grenay?
Average net cold rent is 9.43 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 660 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.
Is the air quality good in Grenay?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.2 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 Grenay?
Police recorded about 5,904 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 Grenay?
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 Grenay?
The median gross salary is 2,579 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.
Is Grenay a good place to live?
Grenay 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 Grenay part of Lens?
Grenay is in the published commuting zone of Lens; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.
Which cities are near Grenay?
Lens, Bully-les-Mines, Mazingarbe, Loos-en-Gohelle, Liévin are near Grenay. 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 Grenay?
The official citizenship distribution records 6,575.522 people (99.0%) 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). Grenay, France: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 89b0982e41755b0d805445fdce9c9a42]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/grenay/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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