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Living in Gujan-Mestras

In Gujan-Mestras, advertised rents for new lettings average €13.82 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 11.1% (2022).

The unemployment rate was 11.1% at the end of 2022. The foreign population count was 464 in 2021. Gigabit broadband availability was 96.9% in March 2026. The city covered 53.99 km² in 2026 and had a population density of 410.3 people per km² in 2023. At the start of 2023, Gujan-Mestras had a population of 22,153.

Last checked 2026-09-2433 sources

Population22,153people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune
Median gross salary (region)2,550EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr
Average net rent13.82EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 19% aboveOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr
Unemployment rate11.05%country median 11.0% — about the sameOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune
Recorded crime3,657incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 23% belowOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

Pricier rent than 71% of French cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 76% of French cities that publish it.

Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Gujan-Mestras?

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 Gujan-Mestras.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Gujan-Mestras?

Average net cold rent is 13.82 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): 13.82 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr18
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Gujan-Mestras recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43
Mobile plan, 10 GB€20
Net rent across major citiesGujan-Mestras highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Gujan-Mestras highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Marseille€16.30
Toulouse€13.98
Gujan-Mestras€13.82
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 Fibre15Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange 100GB mobile plan14Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)737.4 %31 Dec 2023INSEE5Official
Dwellings14,127 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE6Official
Main residence dwellings11,184 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE6Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)13.82 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.6031 Dec 2025static.data.gouv.fr18Official

Is Gujan-Mestras a good place to live?

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Remote worker49%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 40–58%
Skilled employee57%strong on work, weak on safety · range 49–65%
Student39%strong on education, weak on work · range 32–46%
Family55%strong on family, weak on cost · range 47–63%
Retirement52%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 41–63%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 829 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 13.82 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 Gujan-Mestras?

The unemployment rate is about 11.1 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 11.05 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune8
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Gujan-Mestras is 11.1%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability96.86 %3 Aug 2026Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)1Official
Gigabit broadband availability96.86 %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)2,550 EUR/month31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr24Official
Unemployment rate11.05 %country median 11.0% — about the same31 Dec 2022INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune8Official

What does a salary buy in Gujan-Mestras?

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

regional median gross pay: €2,550 (insee.fr, 2022-12-31).
Left over each month€1,055of €1,947 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.€1,947
Rent, 60 m²€13.82/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31− €829
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€1,055
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Gujan-Mestras Salary needed to live in Gujan-Mestras

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Gujan-Mestras. 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 Gujan-Mestras. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary schools10 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)10Official
Schools15 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; Gujan-Mestras's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Gujan-Mestras?

Police recorded about 3,657 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 citiesGujan-Mestras highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Gujan-Mestras 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
Gujan-Mestras3,657
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents3,657 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 airport49 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights13Official
Nearest airportBOD3 Aug 2026OurAirports16Official
Distance to nearest airport35 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports16Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours
MetricValuePeriodSource
Average daytime high by monthJan 11.2 · Feb 12.4 · Mar 15.6 · Apr 17.7 · May 21.2 · Jun 24.2 · Jul 26.2 · Aug 26.7 · Sep 24.1 · Oct 19.9 · Nov 14.7 · Dec 11.7 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI19Official
Average night-time low by monthJan 2.9 · Feb 2.6 · Mar 4.8 · Apr 7 · May 10.6 · Jun 13.7 · Jul 15.4 · Aug 15.2 · Sep 12.3 · Oct 9.8 · Nov 6 · Dec 3.7 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI20Official
Average temperature by monthJan 7.1 · Feb 7.5 · Mar 10.2 · Apr 12.4 · May 15.9 · Jun 18.9 · Jul 20.8 · Aug 21 · Sep 18.2 · Oct 14.9 · Nov 10.4 · Dec 7.7 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI21Official
Average precipitation by monthJan 98.8 · Feb 73.9 · Mar 67.2 · Apr 73 · May 62.8 · Jun 66.3 · Jul 44.1 · Aug 60.9 · Sep 76 · Oct 87.9 · Nov 127.8 · Dec 109.4 mm31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI22Official
Average sunshine by monthJan 96 · Feb 116 · Mar 174 · Apr 198 · May 228 · Jun 243 · Jul 256 · Aug 250 · Sep 213 · Oct 152 · Nov 100 · Dec 88 hours31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI23Official

Similar climate. In France: Reims ±2.8 °C. Elsewhere: Saanich (Canada) ±2.9 °C, Ventura (United States) ±3.2 °C, Werl (Germany) ±3.2 °C, Murfreesboro (United States) ±3.3 °C, Barakaldo (Spain) ±1.3 °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 Gujan-Mestras?

The published population was 22,153 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 area53.99 km²31 Dec 2026Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte17Official
Foreign residents464 people2021Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT112Official
Population density410.3 people/km²31 Dec 2023Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte17Official
Population22,153 people1 Jan 2023INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune7Official

International community in Gujan-Mestras

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
Total22,153100.0%
Français21,710.71898.0%
Etranger442.2822.0%

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 Gujan-Mestras

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.

Mios as a Gujan-Mestras alternative in the same region

11 km away, better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

  • Unemployment: 6.6% Mios vs 11.1% Gujan-Mestras−40%
  • Residents: 12,043 Mios vs 22,153 Gujan-Mestras−46%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,186 Mios vs 3,657 Gujan-Mestras−13%
  • Rent: €13.01/m² Mios vs €13.82/m² Gujan-Mestras−6%
  • Nearest airport: 30.0 km Mios vs 35.0 km Gujan-Mestras−14%
  • Median gross pay, region: €2,550 Mios vs €2,550 Gujan-Mestrassame level
Full comparisonMore about Mios

Sartrouville as a Gujan-Mestras alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 539 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 22,153 Gujan-Mestras+138%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Sartrouville vs €2,550 Gujan-Mestras+30%
  • Rent: €20.51/m² Sartrouville vs €13.82/m² Gujan-Mestrasno percentage
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,581 Sartrouville vs 3,657 Gujan-Mestras+25%
  • Nearest airport: 18.0 km Sartrouville vs 35.0 km Gujan-Mestras−49%
  • Unemployment: 10.5% Sartrouville vs 11.1% Gujan-Mestras−5%
Full comparisonMore about Sartrouville

Cities near Gujan-Mestras

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

Le Teich 3.5 km away
Rent
12.63 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
La Teste-de-Buch 6.4 km away
Rent
13.68 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Audenge 6.9 km away
Rent
12.52 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Biganos 7.1 km away
Rent
12.82 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Lanton 8.1 km away
Rent
12.83 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Mios 10.9 km away
Rent
13.01 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Andernos-les-Bains 12.1 km away
Rent
14.33 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Arès 15.4 km away
Rent
13.91 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in France

Other cities in France to compare with Gujan-Mestras, nearest in population first.

All France cities
Épernay22,174 residentsDax22,109 residentsArcueil22,200 residentsLe Petit-Quevilly22,208 residentsAchères22,241 residentsMillau22,044 residents

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Gujan-Mestras in rankings

#15 of 30 in Safest cities in France by recorded crime

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Gujan-Mestras 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 Gujan-Mestras part of Bordeaux?

Gujan-Mestras is in the published commuting zone of Bordeaux; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Bordeaux city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source3

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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 Gujan-Mestras?

The published population was 22,153 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Gujan-Mestras?

Average net cold rent is 13.82 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 967 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

How safe is Gujan-Mestras?

Police recorded about 3,657 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 Gujan-Mestras?

The unemployment rate is about 11.1 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Gujan-Mestras?

The median gross salary is 2,550 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

How many foreign residents live in Gujan-Mestras?

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

Is Gujan-Mestras a good place to live?

Gujan-Mestras 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 Gujan-Mestras part of Bordeaux?

Gujan-Mestras is in the published commuting zone of Bordeaux; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Gujan-Mestras?

Le Teich, La Teste-de-Buch, Audenge, Biganos, Lanton are near Gujan-Mestras. 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 Gujan-Mestras?

The official citizenship distribution records 21,710.718 people (98.0%) 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). Gujan-Mestras, France: population, rent, salary, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 0caf4547f93659a2c29b7d7875821140]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/gujan-mestras/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  title = {Gujan-Mestras, France: population, rent, salary, jobs},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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}
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