Living in La Voulte-sur-Rhône

In La Voulte-sur-Rhône, unemployment is 15.1% (2022).

La Voulte-sur-Rhône had a population of 4,916 at the end of 2023.

Last checked 2026-10-0729 sources

Population4,916people31 Dec 2023Official source · Insee

Average gross salary2,971EUR/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 rate15.13%country median 11.0% — 38% aboveOfficial source · www.insee.fr

Recorded crime4,574incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 4% belowOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

PM2.5, annual mean10µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · Collected source

Which France-wide rules apply when you move to La Voulte-sur-Rhône?

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 Voulte-sur-Rhône.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

La Voulte-sur-Rhône counted 2,743 dwellings at the end of 2023.

No city-level rent figure is published for La Voulte-sur-Rhône. 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 Voulte-sur-Rhône 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 Fibre¹²Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	19.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Orange 100GB mobile plan¹¹Official · national market
Dwellings	2,743 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁶Official
Main residence dwellings	2,404 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁶Official

Is La Voulte-sur-Rhône a good place to live?

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Remote worker51%strong on work, weak on housing · range 41–61%

Skilled employee54%strong on work, weak on housing · range 45–63%

Student54%strong on education, weak on housing · range 46–62%

Family48%strong on family, weak on housing · range 39–57%

Retirement55%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 43–67%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in La Voulte-sur-Rhône?

The unemployment rate is about 15.1 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 15.13 % · www.insee.fr²⁰

Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in La Voulte-sur-Rhône is 15.1%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

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La Voulte-sur-Rhône 15.1%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	2,971 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	94.61 %	3 Aug 2026	Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)¹Official
Gigabit broadband availability	94.61 %	3 Aug 2026	Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)¹Official
Unemployment rate	15.13 %country median 11.0%	31 Dec 2022	www.insee.fr²⁰Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to La Voulte-sur-Rhône. 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 Voulte-sur-Rhône. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	4 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 Voulte-sur-Rhône's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is La Voulte-sur-Rhône?

Police recorded about 4,574 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 Voulte-sur-Rhône 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 Voulte-sur-Rhône4,574

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	4,574 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 Voulte-sur-Rhône's fibre-to-home broadband coverage was 94.61%. La Voulte-sur-Rhône's nearest major airport was 76 km away.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Distance to the nearest major airport	76 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹³Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	GNB	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹³Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for La Voulte-sur-Rhône. 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 Voulte-sur-Rhône.

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Climate and air quality

La Voulte-sur-Rhône's monthly mean temperatures were 5.7°C in January and 23.7°C in July. La Voulte-sur-Rhône's monthly precipitation totalled 68.7 mm in January and 55.1 mm in July. Average monthly sunshine totalled 106 hours in January and 330 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in La Voulte-sur-Rhône?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 10 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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9°3°

10°3°

15°5°

18°8°

23°12°

27°15°

30°18°

30°17°

24°14°

19°11°

13°6°

9°3°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

116

133

129

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

106

135

199

218

260

299

330

298

231

155

109

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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

PM2.510WHO 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 Voulte-sur-Rhône is 10.0 µg/m³. Of 1,975 cities with data, 626 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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La Voulte-sur-Rhône 10.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	10 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	Collected source³Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 8.8 · Feb 10.5 · Mar 15.1 · Apr 18.3 · May 22.5 · Jun 26.9 · Jul 29.8 · Aug 29.6 · Sep 24.4 · Oct 18.9 · Nov 12.8 · Dec 9.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 2.6 · Feb 2.7 · Mar 5.3 · Apr 7.8 · May 11.6 · Jun 15.4 · Jul 17.6 · Aug 17.4 · Sep 13.9 · Oct 10.7 · Nov 6.3 · Dec 3.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 5.7 · Feb 6.6 · Mar 10.2 · Apr 13.1 · May 17.1 · Jun 21.1 · Jul 23.7 · Aug 23.5 · Sep 19.2 · Oct 14.8 · Nov 9.5 · Dec 6.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 68.7 · Feb 42.5 · Mar 49 · Apr 74.4 · May 77.7 · Jun 56.5 · Jul 55.1 · Aug 56.3 · Sep 115.9 · Oct 133 · Nov 128.7 · Dec 61.7 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 106 · Feb 135 · Mar 199 · Apr 218 · May 260 · Jun 299 · Jul 330 · Aug 298 · Sep 231 · Oct 155 · Nov 109 · Dec 94 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In France: Lyon ±1.2 °C. Elsewhere: Murfreesboro (United States) ±2.5 °C, Oklahoma City (United States) ±3.0 °C, Little Rock (United States) ±3.0 °C, Saanich (Canada) ±3.4 °C, Werl (Germany) ±3.7 °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 Voulte-sur-Rhône?

The published population was 4,916 people in 2023. Source: Insee⁵

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	4,916 people	31 Dec 2023	Insee⁵Official

Population over time9 published observations, 1968–2023

4,831

5,242

5,652

6,063

4,91619681982199920122023

Population fell 17.8% between 1968 and 2023, from 5,978 to 4,916.

International community in La Voulte-sur-Rhône

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	4,854	100.0%
Français	4,376.591	90.2%
Etranger	477.409	9.8%

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 Voulte-sur-Rhône

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

Cities near La Voulte-sur-Rhône

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

Valence Commuting Zone · 17.2 km away

Rent: 11.93 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30

Livron-sur-Drôme 5.8 km away

Rent: 9.73 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Loriol-sur-Drôme 6.3 km away

Rent: 8.93 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Étoile-sur-Rhône 10.0 km away

Rent: 10.12 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30

Portes-lès-Valence 11.2 km away

Rent: 12.77 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30

Privas 15.9 km away

Rent: 8.2 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Guilherand-Granges 16.8 km away

Rent: 12.45 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30

Saint-Péray 17.4 km away

Rent: 12.13 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30

Alternative cities in France

Other cities in France to compare with La Voulte-sur-Rhône, nearest in population first.

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Vittel4,912 residents Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire4,899 residents Salbris4,898 residents Grand-Fort-Philippe4,936 residents Saint-Martin-des-Champs4,886 residents Mourmelon-le-Grand4,948 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in La Voulte-sur-Rhône 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 Voulte-sur-Rhône part of Valence?

La Voulte-sur-Rhône is in the published commuting zone of Valence; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Valence 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 Voulte-sur-Rhône?

The published population was 4,916 people in 2023. Source: Insee.

Is the air quality good in La Voulte-sur-Rhône?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 10 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 Voulte-sur-Rhône?

What is the unemployment rate in La Voulte-sur-Rhône?

The unemployment rate is about 15.1 % (2022). Source: www.insee.fr.

Is La Voulte-sur-Rhône a good place to live?

La Voulte-sur-Rhône 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 Voulte-sur-Rhône part of Valence?

La Voulte-sur-Rhône is in the published commuting zone of Valence; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near La Voulte-sur-Rhône?

Valence, Livron-sur-Drôme, Loriol-sur-Drôme, Étoile-sur-Rhône, Portes-lès-Valence are near La Voulte-sur-Rhône. 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 Voulte-sur-Rhône?

The official citizenship distribution records 4,376.591 people (90.2%) 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 Voulte-sur-Rhône, France: population, salary, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version acdeaa83fbcb4212ff2015a0e1fb443d]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/la-voulte-sur-rhone/ 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-voulte-sur-rhone-france-population-salary-jobs_1215291b6594,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {La Voulte-sur-Rhône, France: population, salary, jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {acdeaa83fbcb4212ff2015a0e1fb443d},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/la-voulte-sur-rhone/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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