Living in Grigny-sur-Rhône

In Grigny-sur-Rhône, unemployment is 8.8% (2022).

The population of Grigny-sur-Rhône totalled 10,094 at the end of 2023.

Last checked 2026-10-0731 sources

Population10,094people31 Dec 2023Official source · Insee

Average gross salary3,752EUR/month31 Dec 2022District figureOfficial source · Les salaires bruts dans le secteur privé en 2022 – T401B: Salaire brut en équivalent temps plein, par catégorie socioprofessionnelle agrégée, région et département

Unemployment rate8.76%country median 11.0% — 20% belowOfficial source · www.insee.fr

Recorded crime6,453incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 36% aboveOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

PM2.5, annual mean20µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · Collected source

Lower unemployment than 72% of French cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 80% of French cities that publish it.

Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Grigny-sur-Rhône?

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 Grigny-sur-Rhône.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

Grigny-sur-Rhône recorded 4,255 dwellings at the end of 2023.

No city-level rent figure is published for Grigny-sur-Rhône. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43

Mobile plan, 10 GB€20

Net rent across major citiesGrigny-sur-Rhône highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30

Nice€20.43

Lyon€16.57

Marseille€16.30

Toulon€14.43

Toulouse€13.98

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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 Fibre¹³Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	19.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Orange 100GB mobile plan¹²Official · national market
Dwellings	4,255 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁶Official
Main residence dwellings	4,055 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁶Official

Is Grigny-sur-Rhône a good place to live?

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Remote worker57%strong on work, weak on housing · range 47–67%

Skilled employee59%strong on work, weak on housing · range 50–68%

Student56%strong on education, weak on housing · range 48–64%

Family47%strong on family, weak on housing · range 38–56%

Retirement52%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 40–64%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Grigny-sur-Rhône?

The unemployment rate is about 8.8 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 8.76 % · www.insee.fr²¹

Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Grigny-sur-Rhône is 8.8%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

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Grigny-sur-Rhône 8.8%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	3,752 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Les salaires bruts dans le secteur privé en 2022 – T401B: Salaire brut en équivalent temps plein, par catégorie socioprofessionnelle agrégée, région et département⁸Official · county
Fibre-to-the-building availability	97.64 %	3 Aug 2026	Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)¹Official
Gigabit broadband availability	97.64 %	3 Aug 2026	Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)¹Official
Unemployment rate	8.76 %country median 11.0%	31 Dec 2022	www.insee.fr²¹Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Grigny-sur-Rhône. 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 Grigny-sur-Rhône. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	5 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)⁹Official
Schools	7 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)⁹Official

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; Grigny-sur-Rhône's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Grigny-sur-Rhône?

Police recorded about 6,453 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 citiesGrigny-sur-Rhône 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

Grigny-sur-Rhône6,453

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	6,453 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

Grigny-sur-Rhône's nearest airport was LYS, 27 km away and offered 77 direct destinations. Grigny-sur-Rhône's fibre-to-home broadband coverage was 97.64%.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	77 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹¹Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	27 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁴Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	LYS	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁴Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Grigny-sur-Rhône. 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 Grigny-sur-Rhône.

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperature moved from 4.1°C in January to 22.6°C in July. Grigny-sur-Rhône's monthly precipitation totalled 49.8 mm in January and 67.4 mm in July. Grigny-sur-Rhône's average monthly sunshine was 71 hours in January and 288 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Grigny-sur-Rhône?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 20 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Collected source³

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

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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14°4°

17°7°

21°11°

26°15°

28°17°

23°13°

18°10°

11°5°

8°2°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

100

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

102

173

197

223

256

288

263

204

131

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hours

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

PM2.520WHO 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 FranceOf 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	20 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	Collected source³Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 7.1 · Feb 9 · Mar 13.8 · Apr 17.4 · May 21.5 · Jun 25.6 · Jul 28.2 · Aug 28 · Sep 23.1 · Oct 17.7 · Nov 11.4 · Dec 7.7 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 1.1 · Feb 1.4 · Mar 4.2 · Apr 7.2 · May 11.2 · Jun 15 · Jul 17 · Aug 16.6 · Sep 12.8 · Oct 9.6 · Nov 4.9 · Dec 2 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 4.1 · Feb 5.2 · Mar 9 · Apr 12.3 · May 16.3 · Jun 20.3 · Jul 22.6 · Aug 22.3 · Sep 17.9 · Oct 13.7 · Nov 8.1 · Dec 4.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 49.8 · Feb 41.6 · Mar 49.4 · Apr 68.9 · May 80.9 · Jun 74.1 · Jul 67.4 · Aug 65.5 · Sep 82.5 · Oct 99.8 · Nov 87.2 · Dec 53.7 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 71 · Feb 102 · Mar 173 · Apr 197 · May 223 · Jun 256 · Jul 288 · Aug 263 · Sep 204 · Oct 131 · Nov 78 · Dec 58 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²⁰Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In France: Reims ±2.1 °C. Elsewhere: Werl (Germany) ±2.6 °C, Saanich (Canada) ±2.6 °C, Ettlingen (Germany) ±1.5 °C, Germersheim (Germany) ±1.5 °C, Philippsburg (Germany) ±1.5 °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 Grigny-sur-Rhône?

The published population was 10,094 people in 2023. Source: Insee⁵

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	10,094 people	31 Dec 2023	Insee⁵Official

International community in Grigny-sur-Rhône

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	10,030	100.0%
Français	9,162	91.3%
Etranger	868	8.7%

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

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)¹⁰Official

Alternatives for people set on Grigny-sur-Rhône

Nothing here reaches an argued comparison yet: no other published city shares enough metrics with Grigny-sur-Rhône from the same source, period and grain. What is collected is below.

Cities near Grigny-sur-Rhône

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

Lyon Commuting Zone · 18.0 km away

Rent: 16.57 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30

Ternay 1.8 km away

Rent: 11.5 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2024-12-31

Givors 2.6 km away

Rent: 10.7 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2024-12-31

Chasse-sur-Rhône 3.2 km away

Rent: 10.7 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2024-12-31

Vernaison 4.7 km away

Rent: 11.5 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2024-12-31

Saint-Symphorien-d'Ozon 5.9 km away

Rent: 11.5 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2024-12-31

Irigny 7.6 km away

Rent: 12.7 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2024-12-31

Brignais 7.8 km away

Rent: 12.7 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2024-12-31

Alternative cities in France

Other cities in France to compare with Grigny-sur-Rhône, nearest in population first.

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Saint-Pierre-du-Mont10,092 residents Maxéville10,090 residents Soyaux10,087 residents Villerupt10,102 residents Mazamet10,085 residents Douchy-les-Mines10,109 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Grigny-sur-Rhône 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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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Is Grigny-sur-Rhône part of Lyon?

Grigny-sur-Rhône is in the published commuting zone of Lyon; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Lyon city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source⁴

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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 Grigny-sur-Rhône?

The published population was 10,094 people in 2023. Source: Insee.

Is the air quality good in Grigny-sur-Rhône?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 20 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Collected source.

How safe is Grigny-sur-Rhône?

What is the unemployment rate in Grigny-sur-Rhône?

The unemployment rate is about 8.8 % (2022). Source: www.insee.fr.

Is Grigny-sur-Rhône a good place to live?

Grigny-sur-Rhône 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 Grigny-sur-Rhône part of Lyon?

Grigny-sur-Rhône is in the published commuting zone of Lyon; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Grigny-sur-Rhône?

Lyon, Ternay, Givors, Chasse-sur-Rhône, Vernaison are near Grigny-sur-Rhône. 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 Grigny-sur-Rhône?

The official citizenship distribution records 9,162 people (91.3%) 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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  title = {Grigny-sur-Rhône, France: population, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {a5b1954ddcfed821dc2a488adfd63f81},
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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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