Living in Le Blanc

In Le Blanc, advertised rents for new lettings average €6.57 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 13.4% (2022).

The population of Le Blanc, in France, was 6,164 at the start of 2023. Gigabit broadband availability was 98.6% in 2026. Annual PM2.5 was 7 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. The unemployment rate was 13.4% at the end of 2022. In 2021, the foreign population was 132.

Last checked 2026-09-2421 sources

Population6,164people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune

Median gross salary (region)2,597EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr

Average net rent6.57EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 43% belowOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr

Unemployment rate13.36%country median 11.0% — 22% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune

Recorded crime5,689incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 20% aboveOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

PM2.5, annual mean7µg/m³country median 8.5 — 17% belowOfficial source · EEA Air Quality Annual Statistics — validated PM2.5 station data

Cheaper rent than 97% of French cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 69% of French cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 70% of French cities that publish it.

Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Le Blanc?

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

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Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Le Blanc?

Average net cold rent is 6.57 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): 6.57 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr²⁰

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43

Mobile plan, 10 GB€20

Net rent across major citiesLe Blanc highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30

Nice€20.43

Lyon€16.57

Marseille€16.30

Toulouse€13.98

Le Blanc€6.57

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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 Fibre¹⁷Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	19.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Orange 100GB mobile plan¹⁶Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)	582.5 %	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁷Official
Dwellings	4,049 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁸Official
Main residence dwellings	3,093 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁸Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	6.57 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60	31 Dec 2025	static.data.gouv.fr²⁰Official

Is Le Blanc 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 worker59%strong on work, weak on safety · range 51–67%

Skilled employee61%strong on work, weak on safety · range 53–69%

Student59%strong on education, weak on work · range 52–66%

Family49%strong on family, weak on cost · range 42–56%

Retirement58%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 49–67%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 394 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 6.57 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 Le Blanc?

The unemployment rate is about 13.4 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 13.36 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune¹⁰

Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Le Blanc is 13.4%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

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Le Blanc 13.4%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Fibre-to-the-building availability	98.62 %	3 Aug 2026	Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)¹Official
Gigabit broadband availability	98.62 %	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.⁶Official
Median gross salary (regional)	2,597 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	www.insee.fr²¹Official
Unemployment rate	13.36 %country median 11.0%	31 Dec 2022	INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune¹⁰Official

What does a salary buy in Le Blanc?

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

Left over each month€1,524of €1,981 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.	€1,981
Rent, 60 m²€6.57/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31	− €394
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	€1,524

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Le Blanc. 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 Le Blanc. 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)¹²Official
Schools	12 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)¹²Official

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; Le Blanc'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	996.3 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2011	DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 2011³Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Le Blanc 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 residents996.3 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Le Blanc?

Police recorded about 5,689 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 citiesLe Blanc 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

Le Blanc5,689

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	5,689 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	CHR	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁸Official
Distance to nearest airport	57 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁸Official

Language courses and integration

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

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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 Le Blanc.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Le Blanc?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: EEA Air Quality Annual Statistics — validated PM2.5 station data⁴

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

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

PM2.57WHO 5 · EU 25

NO₂7WHO 10 · EU 40

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 Le Blanc is 7.0 µg/m³. Of 1,975 cities with data, 626 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Le Blanc 7.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	7 µg/m³country median 14.8	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency⁵Official
PM2.5 — annual mean	7 µg/m³country median 8.5	31 Dec 2024	EEA Air Quality Annual Statistics — validated PM2.5 station data⁴Official
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 14.43 · Feb 21.23 · Mar 21.77 · Apr 27.45 · May 29.55 · Jun 39.51 · Jul 41.98 · Aug 41.12 · Sep 35.6 · Oct 28.87 · Nov 21.73 · Dec 15.87 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁴Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -9.11 · Feb -13.55 · Mar -11.46 · Apr -3.74 · May -0.44 · Jun 5.09 · Jul 7.72 · Aug 7.97 · Sep 1.1 · Oct -3.16 · Nov -6.49 · Dec -9.92 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁴Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 3.58 · Feb 3.94 · Mar 7.06 · Apr 10.34 · May 13.89 · Jun 18.08 · Jul 20.49 · Aug 20.48 · Sep 16.85 · Oct 12.69 · Nov 7.47 · Dec 4.15 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁴Official

Population and city profile

The city covered 57.6 km² in 2026. Population density was 107.0 people per km² in 2023.

How many people live in Le Blanc?

The published population was 6,164 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune⁹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport97.9%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	57.61 km²	31 Dec 2026	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte¹⁹Official
Foreign residents	132 people	2021	Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1¹⁵Official
Population density	107 people/km²	31 Dec 2023	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte¹⁹Official
Population	6,164 people	1 Jan 2023	INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune⁹Official

International community in Le Blanc

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	6,164	100.0%
Français	5,967.021	96.8%
Etranger	196.979	3.2%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹¹

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)¹³Official

Alternatives for people set on Le Blanc

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 Le Blanc alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 270 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 6,164 Le Blanc+756%
Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Sartrouville vs €2,597 Le Blanc+28%
Rent: €20.51/m² Sartrouville vs €6.57/m² Le Blancno percentage
Unemployment: 10.5% Sartrouville vs 13.4% Le Blanc−22%
Nearest airport: 18.0 km Sartrouville vs 57.0 km Le Blanc−68%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,581 Sartrouville vs 5,689 Le Blanc−19%

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Alternative cities in France

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All France cities

Aurec-sur-Loire6,164 residents Marennes-Hiers-Brouage6,163 residents Behren-lès-Forbach6,166 residents Mallemort6,166 residents Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg6,160 residents Franqueville-Saint-Pierre6,171 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 Le Blanc?

The published population was 6,164 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Le Blanc?

Average net cold rent is 6.57 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 460 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

Is the air quality good in Le Blanc?

How safe is Le Blanc?

What is the unemployment rate in Le Blanc?

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 Le Blanc?

The median gross salary is 2,597 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

Is Le Blanc a good place to live?

Le Blanc 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 Le Blanc?

The official citizenship distribution records 5,967.021 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Le Blanc, France: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version fa8b25ffb0c2088c37835982f6ccd32f]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/le-blanc/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Le Blanc, France: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {fa8b25ffb0c2088c37835982f6ccd32f},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/le-blanc/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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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
EEA Air Quality Annual Statistics — validated PM2.5 station data EEA Air Quality Annual Statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-26
European Environment Agency air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-03
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Orange 100GB mobile plan boutique.orange.fr · checked 2026-09-15
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