Living in La Ferté-Bernard

In La Ferté-Bernard, advertised rents for new lettings average €8.18 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 13.4% (2022).

La Ferté-Bernard, a city in France, had a population of 8,740 at the start of 2023. Gigabit broadband availability was 99.2% in March 2026. The unemployment rate was 13.4% at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-09-2421 sources

Population8,740people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune

Median gross salary (region)2,620EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr

Average net rent8.18EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 29% belowOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr

Unemployment rate13.44%country median 11.0% — 22% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune

Recorded crime5,808incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 23% aboveOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

Cheaper rent than 90% of French cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 70% of French cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 72% of French cities that publish it.

Which France-wide rules apply when you move to La Ferté-Bernard?

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 La Ferté-Bernard.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in La Ferté-Bernard?

Average net cold rent is 8.18 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): 8.18 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr¹⁸

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43

Mobile plan, 10 GB€20

Net rent across major citiesLa Ferté-Bernard highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30

Nice€20.43

Lyon€16.57

Marseille€16.30

Toulouse€13.98

La Ferté-Bernard€8.18

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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)	498 %	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁵Official
Dwellings	5,172 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁶Official
Main residence dwellings	4,518 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁶Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	8.18 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60	31 Dec 2025	static.data.gouv.fr¹⁸Official

Is La Ferté-Bernard 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 worker55%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 46–64%

Skilled employee60%strong on work, weak on safety · range 52–68%

Student60%strong on education, weak on work · range 53–67%

Family50%strong on family, weak on cost · range 43–57%

Retirement50%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 40–60%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 491 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 8.18 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 La Ferté-Bernard?

The unemployment rate is about 13.4 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 13.44 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune⁸

Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in La Ferté-Bernard is 13.4%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

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La Ferté-Bernard 13.4%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Fibre-to-the-building availability	99.16 %	3 Aug 2026	Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)¹Official
Gigabit broadband availability	99.16 %	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.⁴Official
Median gross salary (regional)	2,620 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	www.insee.fr¹⁹Official
Unemployment rate	13.44 %country median 11.0%	31 Dec 2022	INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune⁸Official

What does a salary buy in La Ferté-Bernard?

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

Left over each month€1,440of €1,994 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.	€1,994
Rent, 60 m²€8.18/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31	− €491
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	€1,440

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to La Ferté-Bernard. 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 La Ferté-Bernard. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	8 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)¹⁰Official
Schools	17 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère 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; La Ferté-Bernard's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	686.2 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2011	DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 2011³Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in La Ferté-Bernard 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 residents686.2 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is La Ferté-Bernard?

Police recorded about 5,808 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 citiesLa Ferté-Bernard 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

La Ferté-Bernard5,808

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	5,808 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)²Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Nearest airport	LME	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁶Official
Distance to nearest airport	43 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁶Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for La Ferté-Bernard. 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

Open official information

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 La Ferté-Bernard.

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Climate and air quality

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 13.88 · Feb 18.6 · Mar 21.33 · Apr 26.26 · May 29.56 · Jun 37.88 · Jul 42.01 · Aug 39.89 · Sep 34.96 · Oct 28.01 · Nov 20.85 · Dec 14.87 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹²Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -11.43 · Feb -12.15 · Mar -10.27 · Apr -4.17 · May -0.02 · Jun 2.78 · Jul 7.44 · Aug 7.67 · Sep 3.13 · Oct -2.62 · Nov -5.93 · Dec -8.93 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹²Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 3.56 · Feb 3.96 · Mar 6.76 · Apr 10.04 · May 13.48 · Jun 17.49 · Jul 19.64 · Aug 19.45 · Sep 16.18 · Oct 12.04 · Nov 7.37 · Dec 3.99 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹²Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in La Ferté-Bernard?

The published population was 8,740 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune⁷

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport94.5%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	14.96 km²	31 Dec 2026	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte¹⁷Official
Foreign residents	484 people	2021	Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1¹³Official
Population density	584.2 people/km²	31 Dec 2023	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte¹⁷Official
Population	8,740 people	1 Jan 2023	INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune⁷Official

International community in La Ferté-Bernard

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	8,740	100.0%
Français	8,265	94.6%
Etranger	475	5.4%

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

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Universities	0 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)¹¹Official

Alternatives for people set on La Ferté-Bernard

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 La Ferté-Bernard alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 140 km, better on 4 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 52,763 Sartrouville vs 8,740 La Ferté-Bernard+504%
Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Sartrouville vs €2,620 La Ferté-Bernard+27%
Rent: €20.51/m² Sartrouville vs €8.18/m² La Ferté-Bernardno percentage
Unemployment: 10.5% Sartrouville vs 13.4% La Ferté-Bernard−22%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,581 Sartrouville vs 5,808 La Ferté-Bernard−21%
Nearest airport: 18.0 km Sartrouville vs 43.0 km La Ferté-Bernard−58%

Full comparison More about Sartrouville

Cities near La Ferté-Bernard

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

Nogent-le-Rotrou 19.5 km away

Rent: 8.35 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in France

Other cities in France to compare with La Ferté-Bernard, nearest in population first.

All France cities

Les Hauts-d'Anjou8,751 residents La Chapelle-d'Armentières8,754 residents Le Teil8,726 residents Wingles8,720 residents Sarlat-la-Canéda8,763 residents Beauzelle8,713 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 La Ferté-Bernard?

The published population was 8,740 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in La Ferté-Bernard?

Average net cold rent is 8.18 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 573 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

How safe is La Ferté-Bernard?

What is the unemployment rate in La Ferté-Bernard?

The unemployment rate is about 13.4 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around La Ferté-Bernard?

The median gross salary is 2,620 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

How many foreign residents live in La Ferté-Bernard?

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

Is La Ferté-Bernard a good place to live?

La Ferté-Bernard 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 La Ferté-Bernard?

Nogent-le-Rotrou is near La Ferté-Bernard. 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 La Ferté-Bernard?

The official citizenship distribution records 8,265 people (94.6%) 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). La Ferté-Bernard, France: population, rent, salary, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 216239097c937af9b745e531114f7dde]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/la-ferte-bernard/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_la-ferte-bernard-france-population-rent-salary-jobs_30487fed0fb5,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {La Ferté-Bernard, France: population, rent, salary, jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {216239097c937af9b745e531114f7dde},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/la-ferte-bernard/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse) data.arcep.fr · checked 2026-08-03
Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026) static.data.gouv.fr · checked 2026-09-23
DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 2011 data.gouv.fr · checked 2026-08-03
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. data.arcep.fr · checked 2026-03-31
INSEE insee.fr · checked 2026-08-07
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INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune insee.fr · checked 2026-07-26
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Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE), France api.insee.fr · checked 2026-08-30
Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr) data.education.gouv.fr · checked 2026-08-03

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Orange 100GB mobile plan boutique.orange.fr · checked 2026-09-15
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OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
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