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Living in Hombourg-Haut

In Hombourg-Haut, advertised rents for new lettings average €8.54 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 14.9% (2022).

Hombourg-Haut's population was 5,976 at the start of 2023. The city covered 12.3 km² in 2026. Population density was 487.8 people per km² in 2023. The city had 6 schools in 2026. There were 33.5 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024. Annual PM2.5 was 7.03 µg/m³ in 2024. The unemployment rate was 14.9% at the end of 2022. In 2024, annual NO₂ was 10.3 µg/m³.

Last checked 2026-09-2435 sources

Population5,976people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune
Median gross salary (region)2,641EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr
Average net rent8.54EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 26% belowOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr
Unemployment rate14.85%country median 11.0% — 35% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune
Recorded crime2,245incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 53% belowOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)
PM2.5, annual mean7.03µg/m³country median 8.5 — 17% belowOfficial source · 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.

Cheaper rent than 87% of French cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 77% of French cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 97% of French cities that publish it.

Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Hombourg-Haut?

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 Hombourg-Haut.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Hombourg-Haut?

Average net cold rent is 8.54 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): 8.54 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr25
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Hombourg-Haut recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43
Mobile plan, 10 GB€20
Net rent across major citiesHombourg-Haut highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Hombourg-Haut highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Marseille€16.30
Toulouse€13.98
Hombourg-Haut€8.54
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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 Fibre21Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange 100GB mobile plan20Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)490.7 %31 Dec 2023INSEE6Official
Dwellings3,163 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE7Official
Main residence dwellings2,642 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE7Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)8.54 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.6031 Dec 2025static.data.gouv.fr25Official

Is Hombourg-Haut 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.

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Remote worker54%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 46–62%
Skilled employee56%strong on work, weak on safety · range 48–64%
Student58%strong on education, weak on work · range 51–65%
Family56%strong on safety, weak on cost · range 49–63%
Retirement59%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 50–68%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 512 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 8.54 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 Hombourg-Haut?

The unemployment rate is about 14.9 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 14.85 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune10
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Hombourg-Haut is 14.9%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability93.82 %3 Aug 2026Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)2Official
Gigabit broadband availability93.82 %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.5Official
Median gross salary (regional)2,641 EUR/month31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr26Official
Unemployment rate14.85 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune10Official

What does a salary buy in Hombourg-Haut?

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

regional median gross pay: €2,641 (insee.fr, 2022-12-31).
Left over each month€1,432of €2,008 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.€2,008
Rent, 60 m²€8.54/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31− €512
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€1,432
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Hombourg-Haut Salary needed to live in Hombourg-Haut

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Hombourg-Haut. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information
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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Hombourg-Haut. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Schools6 schools27 May 2026RNEE exact Code_commune; etat=OUVERT; code_nature 100-199 or 300-399; unique UAI count.23Official · commune
Primary schools5 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)13Official
Schools7 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)13Official

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; Hombourg-Haut's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary care doctors per 100,000 residents33.47 per 100,000 people31 Dec 2024INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence8Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Hombourg-Haut 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.

Safety

How safe is Hombourg-Haut?

Police recorded about 2,245 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 citiesHombourg-Haut highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Hombourg-Haut 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
Hombourg-Haut2,245
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents2,245 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)3Official

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport5 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights19Official
Nearest airportETZ3 Aug 2026OurAirports22Official
Distance to nearest airport41 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports22Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Hombourg-Haut?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7 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: 7.03 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
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours
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 Hombourg-Haut is 7.0 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
NO₂ — annual mean10.34 µg/m³country median 14.820242024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.1Official
NO₂ — latest reading4.65 µg/m³15 Jul 2026Latest 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.12Official
PM10 — annual mean11.95 µg/m³country median 14.220242024 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 mean7.03 µg/m³country median 8.520242024 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 temperatureJan 12.75 · Feb 17.2 · Mar 20.09 · Apr 25.7 · May 30.42 · Jun 35.29 · Jul 38.82 · Aug 38.7 · Sep 33.67 · Oct 26.14 · Nov 19.99 · Dec 14.17 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center15Official
Monthly extreme low temperatureJan -16.13 · Feb -17.96 · Mar -13.04 · Apr -5.58 · May -0.33 · Jun 3.88 · Jul 6.78 · Aug 6.32 · Sep 1.46 · Oct -5.14 · Nov -7.06 · Dec -17.03 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center15Official
Average temperature by monthJan 0.57 · Feb 1.39 · Mar 4.82 · Apr 9.28 · May 13.39 · Jun 17.5 · Jul 19.66 · Aug 19.13 · Sep 14.88 · Oct 10.13 · Nov 5.09 · Dec 1.48 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center15Official
Average precipitation by monthJan 79.7 · Feb 64.6 · Mar 57.6 · Apr 44.6 · May 68.7 · Jun 67.3 · Jul 64.3 · Aug 65.6 · Sep 63.3 · Oct 73.5 · Nov 73.6 · Dec 94.6 mm31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO17Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 52.2 · Feb 81.7 · Mar 138.9 · Apr 190 · May 212.3 · Jun 220.5 · Jul 241.6 · Aug 218.1 · Sep 168.2 · Oct 102.4 · Nov 51.4 · Dec 45.3 hours31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO18Official · nearest-station reading
Annual PM2.5 over time9 published observations, 2016–2024

Annual PM2.5 fell 36.1% between 2016 and 2024, from 11.0 to 7.0.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Hombourg-Haut?

The published population was 5,976 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune9

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area12.25 km²31 Dec 2026Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte24Official
Foreign residents600 people2021Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT116Official
Population density487.8 people/km²31 Dec 2023Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte24Official
Population5,976 people1 Jan 2023INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune9Official

International community in Hombourg-Haut

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
Total5,976100.0%
Français5,395.61790.3%
Etranger580.3839.7%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source11

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Universities0 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)14Official

Alternatives for people set on Hombourg-Haut

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

Cities near Hombourg-Haut

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

L'Hôpital 4.9 km away
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7.9 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Saint-Avold 5.6 km away
Rent
8.69 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Farébersviller 6.3 km away
Rent
8.09 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Großrosseln Germany · 9.7 km away
Rent
5.06 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Creutzwald 10.7 km away
Rent
8.29 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Petite-Rosselle 11.2 km away
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7.55 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Forbach 11.2 km away
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8.16 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

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Benfeld5,973 residentsAubignan5,981 residentsCorbie5,982 residentsCondé-en-Normandie5,985 residentsLavelanet5,987 residentsAblon-sur-Seine5,988 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 Hombourg-Haut?

The published population was 5,976 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Hombourg-Haut?

Average net cold rent is 8.54 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 598 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

Is the air quality good in Hombourg-Haut?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7 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 Hombourg-Haut?

Police recorded about 2,245 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 Hombourg-Haut?

The unemployment rate is about 14.9 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Hombourg-Haut?

The median gross salary is 2,641 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

Is Hombourg-Haut a good place to live?

Hombourg-Haut 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 Hombourg-Haut?

Freyming-Merlebach, L'Hôpital, Saint-Avold, Farébersviller, Großrosseln are near Hombourg-Haut. 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 Hombourg-Haut?

The official citizenship distribution records 5,395.617 people (90.3%) 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 = {Hombourg-Haut, 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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