Living in Hauts de Bienne

In Hauts de Bienne, advertised rents for new lettings average €11.11 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 12.7% (2022).

Hauts de Bienne had 5,032 residents at the start of 2023 and is a city in France. The unemployment rate was 12.7% at the end of 2022. For Hauts de Bienne, gigabit broadband availability was 94.9% in March 2026. The foreign population count was 839 in 2021.

Last checked 2026-09-2418 sources

Population5,032people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune

Median gross salary (region)2,580EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr

Average net rent11.11EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 4% belowOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr

Unemployment rate12.7%country median 11.0% — 16% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune

Recorded crime4,630incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 2% belowOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Hauts de Bienne?

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Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Hauts de Bienne?

Average net cold rent is 11.11 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): 11.11 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr¹⁷

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43

Mobile plan, 10 GB€20

Net rent across major citiesHauts de Bienne highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30

Nice€20.43

Lyon€16.57

Marseille€16.30

Toulouse€13.98

Hauts de Bienne€11.11

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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 Fibre¹⁵Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	19.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Orange 100GB mobile plan¹⁴Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)	629 %	31 Dec 2023	INSEE³Official
Dwellings	3,332 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁴Official
Main residence dwellings	2,478 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁴Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	11.11 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60	31 Dec 2025	static.data.gouv.fr¹⁷Official

Is Hauts de Bienne a good place to live?

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Remote worker45%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 36–54%

Skilled employee48%strong on work, weak on safety · range 40–56%

Student42%strong on education, weak on work · range 35–49%

Family39%strong on family, weak on cost · range 31–47%

Retirement50%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 39–61%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 667 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 11.11 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 Hauts de Bienne?

The unemployment rate is about 12.7 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune⁶

Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Hauts de Bienne is 12.7%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

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Hauts de Bienne 12.7%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Gigabit broadband availability	94.91 %	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.²Official
Median gross salary (regional)	2,580 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	www.insee.fr¹⁸Official
Unemployment rate	12.7 %country median 11.0%	31 Dec 2022	INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune⁶Official

What does a salary buy in Hauts de Bienne?

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

Left over each month€1,238of €1,967 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.	€1,967
Rent, 60 m²€11.11/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31	− €667
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	€1,238

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Hauts de Bienne. 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 Hauts de Bienne. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	1 schools	31 Dec 2025	INSEE³Official

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; Hauts de Bienne's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Hauts de Bienne?

Police recorded about 4,630 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)¹

Recorded crime across major citiesHauts de Bienne 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

Hauts de Bienne4,630

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	4,630 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)¹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Hauts de Bienne. 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.

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Climate and air quality

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

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Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

168

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145

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Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

111

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Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average daytime high by month	Jan 0.2 · Feb -0.1 · Mar 2.4 · Apr 5.9 · May 10.2 · Jun 14 · Jul 16.2 · Aug 16.2 · Sep 12.2 · Oct 8.7 · Nov 3.7 · Dec 1.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -4.8 · Feb -5.4 · Mar -3.1 · Apr -0.6 · May 3.2 · Jun 6.7 · Jul 8.7 · Aug 9.1 · Sep 5.8 · Oct 2.9 · Nov -1.5 · Dec -4 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -2.4 · Feb -2.8 · Mar -0.5 · Apr 2.4 · May 6.4 · Jun 10.1 · Jul 12.1 · Aug 12.3 · Sep 8.6 · Oct 5.5 · Nov 0.9 · Dec -1.5 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 167.9 · Feb 137.1 · Mar 144.5 · Apr 121.6 · May 148.9 · Jun 144.2 · Jul 148.1 · Aug 136.6 · Sep 145.9 · Oct 171.4 · Nov 171 · Dec 207.7 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹²Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 110.8 · Feb 118 · Mar 153.9 · Apr 157.1 · May 166 · Jun 189.3 · Jul 210.6 · Aug 201 · Sep 162.1 · Oct 140.6 · Nov 103.3 · Dec 94.6 hours	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹³Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In France: Reims ±6.4 °C. Elsewhere: Jönköping (Sweden) ±1.8 °C, Bad Harzburg (Germany) ±0.6 °C, Clausthal-Zellerfeld (Germany) ±0.6 °C, Titisee-Neustadt (Germany) ±0.5 °C, Barrie (Canada) ±4.4 °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

The city covered 23.5 km² in 2026. Population density was 214.3 people per km² in 2023.

How many people live in Hauts de Bienne?

The published population was 5,032 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune⁵

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport83.3%
Foreign residents16.7%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	23.48 km²	31 Dec 2026	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte¹⁶Official
Foreign residents	839 people	2021	Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1⁸Official
Population density	214.3 people/km²	31 Dec 2023	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte¹⁶Official
Population	5,032 people	1 Jan 2023	INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune⁵Official

International community in Hauts de Bienne

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	5,032	100.0%
Français	4,226	84.0%
Etranger	806	16.0%

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

Alternatives for people set on Hauts de Bienne

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 Hauts de Bienne alternative in the same country

Better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 52,763 Sartrouville vs 5,032 Hauts de Bienne+949%
Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Sartrouville vs €2,580 Hauts de Bienne+29%
Rent: €20.51/m² Sartrouville vs €11.11/m² Hauts de Bienneno percentage
Unemployment: 10.5% Sartrouville vs 12.7% Hauts de Bienne−17%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,581 Sartrouville vs 4,630 Hauts de Biennesame level

Full comparison More about Sartrouville

Alternative cities in France

Other cities in France to compare with Hauts de Bienne, nearest in population first.

All France cities

Gruissan5,032 residents La Mézière5,033 residents Sainte-Soulle5,034 residents Beaucourt5,029 residents Saint-Étienne-au-Mont5,029 residents Champagne-sur-Oise5,036 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 Hauts de Bienne?

The published population was 5,032 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Hauts de Bienne?

Average net cold rent is 11.11 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 778 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

How safe is Hauts de Bienne?

What is the unemployment rate in Hauts de Bienne?

The unemployment rate is about 12.7 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Hauts de Bienne?

The median gross salary is 2,580 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

How many foreign residents live in Hauts de Bienne?

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

Is Hauts de Bienne a good place to live?

Hauts de Bienne 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.

How many people are in the Français citizenship group in Hauts de Bienne?

The official citizenship distribution records 4,226 people (84.0%) 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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  title = {Hauts de Bienne, France: population, rent, salary, jobs},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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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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