Living in La Grand-Croix

In La Grand-Croix, unemployment is 11.1% (2022).

La Grand-Croix's population was 4,984 at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0731 sources

Population4,984people31 Dec 2024Official source · Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE)

Average gross salary3,150EUR/month31 Dec 2022District figureOfficial source · Les salaires bruts dans le secteur privé en 2022 – T401B: Salaire brut en équivalent temps plein, par catégorie socioprofessionnelle agrégée, région et département

Unemployment rate11.08%country median 11.0% — about the sameOfficial source · www.insee.fr

Recorded crime6,201incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 31% aboveOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

PM2.5, annual mean9µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · Collected source

Which France-wide rules apply when you move to La Grand-Croix?

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 Grand-Croix.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

The dwelling count was 2,205 at the end of 2023.

No city-level rent figure is published for La Grand-Croix. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43

Mobile plan, 10 GB€20

Net rent across major citiesLa Grand-Croix highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30

Nice€20.43

Lyon€16.57

Marseille€16.30

Toulon€14.43

Toulouse€13.98

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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 Fibre¹³Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	19.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Orange 100GB mobile plan¹²Official · national market
Dwellings	2,205 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁵Official
Main residence dwellings	1,968 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁵Official

Is La Grand-Croix a good place to live?

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Remote worker56%strong on work, weak on housing · range 46–66%

Skilled employee57%strong on work, weak on housing · range 48–66%

Student53%strong on cost, weak on housing · range 45–61%

Family44%strong on family, weak on housing · range 35–53%

Retirement53%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 41–65%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in La Grand-Croix?

The unemployment rate is about 11.1 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 11.08 % · www.insee.fr²¹

Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in La Grand-Croix is 11.1%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

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0–55–1010–1515–2020–2525–3030–35

La Grand-Croix 11.1%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	3,150 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Les salaires bruts dans le secteur privé en 2022 – T401B: Salaire brut en équivalent temps plein, par catégorie socioprofessionnelle agrégée, région et département⁸Official · county
Fibre-to-the-building availability	97.59 %	3 Aug 2026	Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)¹Official
Gigabit broadband availability	97.59 %	3 Aug 2026	Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)¹Official
Unemployment rate	11.08 %country median 11.0% — about the same	31 Dec 2022	www.insee.fr²¹Official

Public employment service

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

Country-level information

France Travail — Public employment service

France Travail

Job SearchUnemployment Claim

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	3 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)⁹Official
Schools	6 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)⁹Official

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 Grand-Croix's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is La Grand-Croix?

Police recorded about 6,201 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 Grand-Croix 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 Grand-Croix6,201

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	6,201 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

La Grand-Croix's nearest airport was LYS, 48 km away and offered 77 direct destinations. La Grand-Croix's fibre-to-home broadband coverage was 97.59%.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	77 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹¹Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	48 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁴Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	LYS	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁴Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for La Grand-Croix. 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

Open official information

Open the full France section

National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in La Grand-Croix.

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperature moved from 3.8°C in January to 20.7°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 38.3 mm in January and 77.2 mm in July. Average monthly sunshine totalled 81 hours in January and 275 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in La Grand-Croix?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Collected source³

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

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

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7°0°

9°0°

13°3°

16°5°

20°9°

24°13°

27°14°

22°11°

17°8°

11°4°

8°1°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

108

162

186

213

240

275

259

193

134

JFMAMJJASOND

hours

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.59WHO 5 · EU 25

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 La Grand-Croix is 9.0 µg/m³. Of 1,975 cities with data, 626 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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3–44–55–66–77–88–99–1010–1111–1212–1313–14

La Grand-Croix 9.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	9 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	Collected source³Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 7.3 · Feb 8.8 · Mar 13.1 · Apr 16.3 · May 20.3 · Jun 24.5 · Jul 26.9 · Aug 26.9 · Sep 22.2 · Oct 17.3 · Nov 11.4 · Dec 8 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 0.3 · Feb 0.2 · Mar 2.6 · Apr 5 · May 9 · Jun 12.6 · Jul 14.4 · Aug 14.2 · Sep 10.7 · Oct 8.1 · Nov 3.7 · Dec 1.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 3.8 · Feb 4.5 · Mar 7.8 · Apr 10.7 · May 14.6 · Jun 18.5 · Jul 20.7 · Aug 20.6 · Sep 16.4 · Oct 12.7 · Nov 7.6 · Dec 4.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 38.3 · Feb 30.3 · Mar 33.9 · Apr 55 · May 81.5 · Jun 80.8 · Jul 77.2 · Aug 72.8 · Sep 70.3 · Oct 76.2 · Nov 73 · Dec 39 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 81 · Feb 108 · Mar 162 · Apr 186 · May 213 · Jun 240 · Jul 275 · Aug 259 · Sep 193 · Oct 134 · Nov 87 · Dec 75 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²⁰Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In France: Reims ±1.0 °C. Elsewhere: Werl (Germany) ±1.4 °C, Ettenheim (Germany) ±0.8 °C, Gengenbach (Germany) ±0.8 °C, Haslach im Kinzigtal (Germany) ±0.8 °C, Herbolzheim (Germany) ±0.8 °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 La Grand-Croix?

The published population was 4,984 people in January 2024. Source: Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE)⁶

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	4,984 people	31 Dec 2024	Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE)⁶Official

Population over time10 published observations, 1968–2024

4,940

5,047

5,153

5,260

4,98419681982199920122024

Population fell 4.8% between 1968 and 2024, from 5,238 to 4,984.

International community in La Grand-Croix

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	4,947	100.0%
Français	4,630.589	93.6%
Etranger	316.411	6.4%

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

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)¹⁰Official

Alternatives for people set on La Grand-Croix

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

Cities near La Grand-Croix

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

Rive-de-Gier 4.8 km away

Rent: 7.7 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Saint-Chamond 5.2 km away

Rent: 7.7 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Sorbiers 9.4 km away

Rent: 7.7 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

La Talaudière 10.9 km away

Rent: 7.7 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds 11.2 km away

Rent: 7.7 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Mornant 15.2 km away

Rent: 12.2 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Saint-Priest-en-Jarez 15.2 km away

Rent: 7.7 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Villars 17.1 km away

Rent: 7.7 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Alternative cities in France

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Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines4,983 residents Querqueville4,989 residents Briare4,979 residents Amplepuis4,966 residents Marvejols4,963 residents Lambres-lez-Douai4,962 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in La Grand-Croix 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 La Grand-Croix part of Saint-Étienne?

La Grand-Croix is in the published commuting zone of Saint-Étienne; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Saint-Étienne city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source⁴

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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 Grand-Croix?

The published population was 4,984 people in January 2024. Source: Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE).

Is the air quality good in La Grand-Croix?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Collected source.

How safe is La Grand-Croix?

What is the unemployment rate in La Grand-Croix?

The unemployment rate is about 11.1 % (2022). Source: www.insee.fr.

Is La Grand-Croix a good place to live?

La Grand-Croix 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 La Grand-Croix part of Saint-Étienne?

La Grand-Croix is in the published commuting zone of Saint-Étienne; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near La Grand-Croix?

Rive-de-Gier, Saint-Chamond, Sorbiers, La Talaudière, Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds are near La Grand-Croix. 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 Grand-Croix?

The official citizenship distribution records 4,630.589 people (93.6%) 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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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {La Grand-Croix, France: population, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {3ab06d51c6ce2e95227cb8908b372ee2},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/la-grand-croix/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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