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Living in Guise

In Guise, unemployment is 28.6% (2022).

Guise had a population of 4,549 at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0720 sources

Population4,549people31 Dec 2024Official source · Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE)
Average gross salary2,940EUR/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 rate28.65%country median 11.0% — 161% aboveOfficial source · www.insee.fr
Recorded crime4,722incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — about the sameOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)
PM2.5, annual mean9µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu

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

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 Guise.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

Guise counted 2,552 dwellings at the end of 2023.

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

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Guise recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

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
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited42.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange Livebox Fibre14Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange 100GB mobile plan13Official · national market
Dwellings2,552 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE5Official
Main residence dwellings2,123 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE5Official

Is Guise a good place to live?

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Remote worker61%strong on work, weak on housing · range 51–71%
Skilled employee61%strong on work, weak on housing · range 53–69%
Student63%strong on education, weak on housing · range 55–71%
Family51%strong on family, weak on housing · range 43–59%
Retirement54%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 43–65%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Guise?

The unemployment rate is about 28.6 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 28.65 % · www.insee.fr17
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Guise is 28.7%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Average gross earnings2,940 EUR/month31 Dec 2022Les 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 availability99.37 %3 Aug 2026Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)2Official
Gigabit broadband availability99.37 %3 Aug 2026Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)2Official
Unemployment rate28.65 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr17Official

Public employment offices in Guise

Exact offices linked to this city from official sources. Check the office page before visiting because hours and appointment rules can change.

Verified locally

Only exact city-linked public offices are listed; this is not a complete directory of private recruiters or every employment provider. Sources checked through 11 Aug 2026.

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary schools5 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)9Official
Schools11 count3 Aug 2026Ministère 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; Guise's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

Guise maintained 464.1 beds per 100,000 residents at the end of 2011.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents464.1 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2011DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 20114Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Guise 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 residents464.1 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Guise?

Police recorded about 4,722 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)3

Recorded crime across major citiesGuise highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Guise 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
Guise4,722
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents4,722 incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — about the same31 Dec 2025Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)3Official

Mobility and administration

Guise's nearest airport was LIL, 83 km away and offered 30 direct destinations. Guise's fibre-to-home broadband coverage was 99.37%.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport30 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights12Official
Distance to the nearest major airport83 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports15Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)LIL3 Aug 2026OurAirports15Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Guise's monthly mean temperatures were 2°C in January and 17.8°C in July.

Is the air quality good in Guise?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: air.discomap.eea.europa.eu1

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

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

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 Guise is 9.0 µg/m³. Of 1,975 cities with data, 626 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
PM2.5 — annual mean9 µg/m³31 Dec 2024air.discomap.eea.europa.eu1Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context
Monthly extreme high temperatureJan 13.01 · Feb 16.64 · Mar 20.1 · Apr 25.43 · May 27.79 · Jun 31.49 · Jul 36.46 · Aug 34.73 · Sep 30.03 · Oct 24.9 · Nov 18.7 · Dec 14.1 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center11Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperatureJan -12.15 · Feb -13.86 · Mar -12.46 · Apr -4.66 · May -0.13 · Jun 3.44 · Jul 6.06 · Aug 5.5 · Sep 2.05 · Oct -4.43 · Nov -4.87 · Dec -10.25 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center11Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by monthJan 2.03 · Feb 2.56 · Mar 5.52 · Apr 9.19 · May 12.75 · Jun 16.03 · Jul 17.76 · Aug 17.26 · Sep 14.13 · Oct 10.47 · Nov 6.08 · Dec 2.74 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center11Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

How many people live in Guise?

The published population was 4,549 people in January 2024. Source: Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE)6

MetricValuePeriodSource
Population4,549 people31 Dec 2024Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE)6Official
Population over time10 published observations, 1968–2024

Population fell 33.2% between 1968 and 2024, from 6,805 to 4,549.

International community in Guise

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
Total4,490100.0%
Français4,444.57999.0%
Etranger45.4211.0%

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

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Universities0 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)10Official

Alternatives for people set on Guise

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

Cities near Guise

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

Alternative cities in France

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

All France cities
Saint-Nicolas4,544 residentsThourotte4,530 residentsCraon4,579 residentsLe Touquet-Paris-Plage4,519 residentsMorez4,506 residentsPons4,624 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 Guise?

The published population was 4,549 people in January 2024. Source: Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE).

Is the air quality good in Guise?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: air.discomap.eea.europa.eu.

How safe is Guise?

Police recorded about 4,722 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 Guise?

The unemployment rate is about 28.6 % (2022). Source: www.insee.fr.

Is Guise a good place to live?

Guise 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 Guise?

Bohain-en-Vermandois, Le Cateau-Cambrésis are near Guise. 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 Guise?

The official citizenship distribution records 4,444.579 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). Guise, France: population, salary, cost of living, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 203cb3d8db47db55c826438fd347a5a0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/guise/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Guise, France: population, salary, cost of living, jobs},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {203cb3d8db47db55c826438fd347a5a0},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/guise/},
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}
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