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Living in Lacanau

In Lacanau, advertised rents for new lettings average €15.06 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 8.8% (2022).

In 2024, annual NO₂ was 1.94 µg/m³. The city had 3 schools in 2026. There were 174.3 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024. The foreign population count was 150 in 2021. The unemployment rate was 8.79% at the end of 2022. Lacanau, a city in France, had a population of 5,739 at the start of 2023.

Last checked 2026-09-2420 sources

Population5,739people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune
Median gross salary (region)2,550EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr
Average net rent15.06EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 30% aboveOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr
Unemployment rate8.79%country median 11.0% — 20% belowOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune
Recorded crime8,189incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 73% aboveOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

Pricier rent than 77% of French cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 72% of French cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 94% of French cities that publish it.

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

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 Lacanau.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Lacanau?

Average net cold rent is 15.06 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): 15.06 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr16
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Lacanau recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Lacanau€15.06
Nantes€14.50
Toulouse€13.98
Show the other 6 cities
Marseille€16.30
Bordeaux€15.99
Lille€15.76
Strasbourg€15.57
Montpellier€15.49
Rennes€14.87
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)126.2 %31 Dec 2023INSEE5Official
Dwellings10,080 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE6Official
Main residence dwellings2,880 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE6Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)15.06 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.6031 Dec 2025static.data.gouv.fr16Official

Is Lacanau 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 worker46%strong on work, weak on safety · range 38–54%
Skilled employee51%strong on work, weak on safety · range 43–59%
Student27%strong on education, weak on work · range 20–34%
Family39%strong on family, weak on cost · range 32–46%
Retirement55%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 46–64%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 904 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 15.06 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 Lacanau?

The unemployment rate is about 8.8 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 8.79 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune9
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Lacanau is 8.8%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Gigabit broadband availability93.67 %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.4Official
Median gross salary (regional)2,550 EUR/month31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr17Official
Unemployment rate8.79 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune9Official

What does a salary buy in Lacanau?

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

regional median gross pay: €2,550 (insee.fr, 2022-12-31).
Left over each month€980of €1,947 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.€1,947
Rent, 60 m²€15.06/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31− €904
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€980
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Lacanau Salary needed to live in Lacanau

Public employment service

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

Country-level information
Open the France service overview

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Schools3 schools27 May 2026RNEE exact Code_commune; etat=OUVERT; code_nature 100-199 or 300-399; unique UAI count.14Official · commune
Primary schools2 schools31 Dec 2025INSEE5Official

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; Lacanau's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary care doctors per 100,000 residents174.3 per 100,000 people31 Dec 2024INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence7Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Lacanau 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 Lacanau?

Police recorded about 8,189 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 citiesLacanau highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Lacanau highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Lille13,488
Lyon13,026
Bordeaux12,429
Marseille11,857
Paris10,987
Montpellier9,636
Toulouse8,875
Rennes8,241
Lacanau8,189
Strasbourg7,791
Nantes7,704
Nice7,577
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents8,189 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 Lacanau. 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
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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Lacanau.

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Climate and air quality

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.

NO₂ across cities in FranceWhere Lacanau lands among 1911 measured cities

annual NO₂, µg/m³ · cities per band

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean1.94 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

Population and city profile

The city covered 214 km² in 2026. Population density was 26.8 people per km² in 2023.

How many people live in Lacanau?

The published population was 5,739 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune8

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area214 km²31 Dec 2026Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte15Official
Foreign residents150 people2021Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT111Official
Population density26.82 people/km²31 Dec 2023Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte15Official
Population5,739 people1 Jan 2023INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune8Official

International community in Lacanau

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
Total5,739100.0%
Français5,556.0296.8%
Etranger182.983.2%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source10

Alternatives for people set on Lacanau

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.

Arès as a Lacanau alternative in the same region

24 km away, better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,180 Arès vs 8,189 Lacanau−61%
  • Unemployment: 11.1% Arès vs 8.8% Lacanau+26%
  • Rent: €13.91/m² Arès vs €15.06/m² Lacanau−8%
  • Residents: 6,482 Arès vs 5,739 Lacanau+13%
  • Median gross pay, region: €2,550 Arès vs €2,550 Lacanausame level
Full comparisonMore about Arès

Sartrouville as a Lacanau alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 505 km, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

  • Residents: 52,763 Sartrouville vs 5,739 Lacanau+819%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,581 Sartrouville vs 8,189 Lacanau−44%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Sartrouville vs €2,550 Lacanau+30%
  • Rent: €20.51/m² Sartrouville vs €15.06/m² Lacanauno percentage
  • Unemployment: 10.5% Sartrouville vs 8.8% Lacanau+19%
Full comparisonMore about Sartrouville

Cities near Lacanau

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

Lège-Cap-Ferret 21.4 km away
Rent
14.36 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Arès 24.2 km away
Rent
13.91 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in France

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

All France cities
La Cadière-d'Azur5,739 residentsCoursan5,737 residentsFlines-lez-Raches5,745 residentsBeaucouzé5,732 residentsOrgères5,732 residentsDoullens5,751 residents

How does Lacanau compare?

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Is Lacanau part of Bordeaux?

Lacanau is in the published commuting zone of Bordeaux; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Bordeaux city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source3

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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 Lacanau?

The published population was 5,739 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Lacanau?

Average net cold rent is 15.06 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 1,054 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

How safe is Lacanau?

Police recorded about 8,189 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 Lacanau?

The unemployment rate is about 8.8 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Lacanau?

The median gross salary is 2,550 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

How many foreign residents live in Lacanau?

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

Is Lacanau a good place to live?

Lacanau 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 Lacanau part of Bordeaux?

Lacanau is in the published commuting zone of Bordeaux; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Lacanau?

Lège-Cap-Ferret, Arès are near Lacanau. 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 Lacanau?

The official citizenship distribution records 5,556.02 people (96.8%) 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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