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Living in Jonquières

In Jonquières, advertised rents for new lettings average €9.98 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 10% (2022).

Jonquières had 5,201 residents at the start of 2023 and is a city in France. The city had 5 schools in 2026. There were 57.7 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024. Annual NO₂ was 16.5 µg/m³ in 2024. The unemployment rate was 9.95% at the end of 2022. Annual PM2.5 was 11.1 µg/m³ in 2024. For Jonquières, the foreign population count was 159 in 2021.

Last checked 2026-09-2428 sources

Population5,201people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune
Median gross salary (region)2,630EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr
Average net rent9.98EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 14% belowOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr
Unemployment rate9.95%country median 11.0% — 9% belowOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune
Recorded crime2,403incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 49% belowOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)
PM2.5, annual mean11.11µg/m³country median 8.5 — 31% aboveOfficial 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 72% of French cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 96% of French cities that publish it and dirtier air than 98% of French cities that publish it.

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

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 Jonquières.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Jonquières?

Average net cold rent is 9.98 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): 9.98 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr16
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Jonquières recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Marseille€16.30
Toulouse€13.98
Jonquières€9.98
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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 Fibre13Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange 100GB mobile plan12Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)234.1 %31 Dec 2023INSEE4Official
Dwellings2,430 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE5Official
Main residence dwellings2,163 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE5Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)9.98 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.6031 Dec 2025static.data.gouv.fr16Official

Is Jonquières a good place to live?

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Remote worker48%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 40–56%
Skilled employee55%strong on work, weak on safety · range 47–63%
Student54%strong on education, weak on work · range 47–61%
Family54%strong on safety, weak on cost · range 47–61%
Retirement50%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 41–59%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 599 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 9.98 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 Jonquières?

The unemployment rate is about 10 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 9.95 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune8
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Jonquières is 10.0%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Gigabit broadband availability96.41 %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.3Official
Median gross salary (regional)2,630 EUR/month31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr19Official
Unemployment rate9.95 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune8Official

What does a salary buy in Jonquières?

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

regional median gross pay: €2,630 (insee.fr, 2022-12-31).
Left over each month€1,339of €2,001 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.€2,001
Rent, 60 m²€9.98/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31− €599
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€1,339
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Jonquières Salary needed to live in Jonquières

Public employment service

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Schools5 schools27 May 2026RNEE exact Code_commune; etat=OUVERT; code_nature 100-199 or 300-399; unique UAI count.14Official · commune
Primary schools2 schools31 Dec 2025INSEE4Official

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; Jonquières's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary care doctors per 100,000 residents57.68 per 100,000 people31 Dec 2024INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence6Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Jonquières 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 Jonquières?

Police recorded about 2,403 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 citiesJonquières highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Jonquières 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
Jonquières2,403
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents2,403 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

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Jonquières?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 11.1 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: 11.11 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
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
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 Jonquières is 11.1 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 mean16.52 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 reading15.17 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.10Official
PM10 — annual mean20.03 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 mean11.11 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
Average daytime high by monthJan 10.3 · Feb 11.9 · Mar 16.2 · Apr 19.3 · May 23.6 · Jun 28.1 · Jul 31.1 · Aug 30.8 · Sep 25.5 · Oct 20.3 · Nov 14.2 · Dec 10.6 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station ORANGE18Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan 2.1 · Feb 2.4 · Mar 5.3 · Apr 7.9 · May 11.9 · Jun 15.6 · Jul 18 · Aug 17.7 · Sep 14 · Oct 10.6 · Nov 6 · Dec 2.8 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station ORANGE18Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan 6.2 · Feb 7.2 · Mar 10.8 · Apr 13.6 · May 17.7 · Jun 21.9 · Jul 24.5 · Aug 24.2 · Sep 19.7 · Oct 15.4 · Nov 10.1 · Dec 6.7 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station ORANGE18Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 54.8 · Feb 36.6 · Mar 44.5 · Apr 63 · May 60.1 · Jun 37.4 · Jul 38.4 · Aug 40.2 · Sep 105.3 · Oct 94.5 · Nov 96.6 · Dec 48.2 mm1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station ORANGE18Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 151 · Feb 173 · Mar 229 · Apr 243 · May 285 · Jun 328 · Jul 363 · Aug 326 · Sep 257 · Oct 190 · Nov 148 · Dec 138 hours1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station CARPENTRAS17Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In France: Nîmes ±0.7 °C. Elsewhere: Murfreesboro (United States) ±1.9 °C, Little Rock (United States) ±2.3 °C, Oklahoma City (United States) ±2.3 °C, Girona (Spain) ±1.4 °C, Latina (Italy) ±1.4 °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 23.9 km² in 2026. Population density was 217.9 people per km² in 2023.

How many people live in Jonquières?

The published population was 5,201 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 area23.87 km²31 Dec 2026Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte15Official
Foreign residents159 people2021Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT111Official
Population density217.9 people/km²31 Dec 2023Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte15Official
Population5,201 people1 Jan 2023INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune7Official

International community in Jonquières

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
Total5,201100.0%
Français5,045.59597.0%
Etranger155.4053.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source9

Alternatives for people set on Jonquières

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

Cities near Jonquières

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

Courthézon 3.3 km away
Rent
9.9 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Sarrians 6.8 km away
Rent
9.56 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Orange 7.6 km away
Rent
9.91 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Bédarrides 8.3 km away
Rent
10.53 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Aubignan 10.2 km away
Rent
9.17 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Monteux 11.8 km away
Rent
11.68 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Roquemaure 12.0 km away
Rent
10.23 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Sorgues 12.1 km away
Rent
10.5 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in France

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

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Vaux-sur-Seine5,202 residentsGorges5,203 residentsBeynost5,198 residentsSaint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon5,206 residentsBrou-sur-Chantereine5,196 residentsTourves5,207 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 Jonquières?

The published population was 5,201 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Jonquières?

Average net cold rent is 9.98 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 699 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

Is the air quality good in Jonquières?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 11.1 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 Jonquières?

Police recorded about 2,403 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 Jonquières?

The unemployment rate is about 10 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Jonquières?

The median gross salary is 2,630 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

Is Jonquières a good place to live?

Jonquières 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 Jonquières?

Courthézon, Sarrians, Orange, Bédarrides, Aubignan are near Jonquières. 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 Jonquières?

The official citizenship distribution records 5,045.595 people (97.0%) 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 = {Jonquières, France: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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}
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