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Living in Langres

In Langres, advertised rents for new lettings average €8.08 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 17.9% (2022).

The foreign population count was 718 in 2021. Monthly precipitation was 78.5 mm in January and 77.3 mm in July. At the start of 2023, Langres had a population of 7,421. The city covered 22.3 km² in 2026. Population density was 332.3 people per km² in 2023. Gigabit broadband availability was 98.1% in 2026. The unemployment rate was 17.9% at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-09-2421 sources

Population7,421people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune
Median gross salary (region)2,641EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr
Average net rent8.08EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 30% belowOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr
Unemployment rate17.91%country median 11.0% — 63% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune
Recorded crime6,666incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 41% aboveOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

Cheaper rent than 91% of French cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 89% of French cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 83% of French cities that publish it.

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

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Langres?

Average net cold rent is 8.08 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): 8.08 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr19
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Langres recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Marseille€16.30
Toulouse€13.98
Langres€8.08
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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 Fibre16Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange 100GB mobile plan15Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)667.9 %31 Dec 2023INSEE5Official
Dwellings4,701 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE6Official
Main residence dwellings3,875 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE6Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)8.08 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.6031 Dec 2025static.data.gouv.fr19Official

Is Langres 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 employee61%strong on work, weak on safety · range 53–69%
Student59%strong on education, weak on safety · range 52–66%
Family50%strong on family, weak on cost · range 43–57%
Retirement54%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 44–64%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 485 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 8.08 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 Langres?

The unemployment rate is about 17.9 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 17.91 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune8
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Langres is 17.9%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability98.07 %3 Aug 2026Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)1Official
Gigabit broadband availability98.07 %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)2,641 EUR/month31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr21Official
Unemployment rate17.91 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune8Official

What does a salary buy in Langres?

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

regional median gross pay: €2,641 (insee.fr, 2022-12-31).
Left over each month€1,460of €2,008 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.€2,008
Rent, 60 m²€8.08/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31− €485
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€1,460
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Langres Salary needed to live in Langres

Public employment service

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

Country-level information

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary schools6 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)11Official
Schools15 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)11Official

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; Langres's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents1,818 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2011DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 20113Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Langres 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 residents1,818 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Langres?

Police recorded about 6,666 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 citiesLangres highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Langres 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
Langres6,666
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents6,666 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

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport1 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights14Official
Nearest airportDIJ3 Aug 2026OurAirports17Official
Distance to nearest airport68 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports17Official

Language courses and integration

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

DIAN language-training offer finder — Other

Réseau des Carif-Oref and DIAN

For people seeking French-language training.

FrenchIn Person, Online
National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Langres.

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Climate and air quality

Average high temperatures were 3.9°C in January and 24.2°C in July.

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
MetricValuePeriodSource
Average daytime high by monthJan 3.9 · Feb 5.7 · Mar 10.3 · Apr 14.2 · May 18 · Jun 21.9 · Jul 24.2 · Aug 24 · Sep 19.5 · Oct 14.2 · Nov 8 · Dec 4.6 °C31 Dec 2020Météo-France climate normal — mean monthly maximum air temperature, LANGRES, 1991-202010Official
Average night-time low by monthJan -0.8 · Feb -0.3 · Mar 2.4 · Apr 5.1 · May 8.8 · Jun 12.1 · Jul 14.1 · Aug 14.2 · Sep 10.6 · Oct 7.3 · Nov 2.9 · Dec 0.1 °C31 Dec 2020Météo-France climate normal — mean monthly minimum air temperature, LANGRES, 1991-202010Official
Average temperature by monthJan 1.6 · Feb 2.7 · Mar 6.3 · Apr 9.7 · May 13.4 · Jun 17 · Jul 19.2 · Aug 19.1 · Sep 15.1 · Oct 10.7 · Nov 5.5 · Dec 2.4 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station LANGRES20Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 78.5 · Feb 63.4 · Mar 66.3 · Apr 59.6 · May 82.5 · Jun 69.7 · Jul 77.3 · Aug 69.5 · Sep 65.7 · Oct 83.4 · Nov 88.3 · Dec 91.9 mm31 Dec 2020Météo-France climate normal — mean monthly precipitation, LANGRES, 1991-202010Official
Average sunshine by monthJan 57.18 · Feb 87.07 · Mar 146.5 · Apr 180.5 · May 199.4 · Jun 219.2 · Jul 234.2 · Aug 222.5 · Sep 175.3 · Oct 113.2 · Nov 62.27 · Dec 50.22 hours31 Dec 2020Météo-France climate normal — mean monthly sunshine duration, LANGRES, 1991-202010Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in Langres?

The published population was 7,421 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 area22.33 km²31 Dec 2026Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte18Official
Foreign residents718 people2021Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT113Official
Population density332.3 people/km²31 Dec 2023Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte18Official
Population7,421 people1 Jan 2023INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune7Official

International community in Langres

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
Total7,421100.0%
Français6,482.787.4%
Etranger938.312.6%

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

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Universities0 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)12Official

Alternatives for people set on Langres

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 Langres alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 263 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 7,421 Langres+611%
  • Unemployment: 10.5% Sartrouville vs 17.9% Langres−41%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,581 Sartrouville vs 6,666 Langres−31%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Sartrouville vs €2,641 Langres+26%
  • Rent: €20.51/m² Sartrouville vs €8.08/m² Langresno percentage
  • Nearest airport: 18.0 km Sartrouville vs 68.0 km Langres−74%

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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 Langres?

The published population was 7,421 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Langres?

Average net cold rent is 8.08 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 566 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

How safe is Langres?

Police recorded about 6,666 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 Langres?

The unemployment rate is about 17.9 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Langres?

The median gross salary is 2,641 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

How many foreign residents live in Langres?

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

Is Langres a good place to live?

Langres 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.

How many people are in the Français citizenship group in Langres?

The official citizenship distribution records 6,482.7 people (87.4%) 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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