Living in Le Chesnay
Le Chesnay is a city in France, and the figures below are its published values.
Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Le Chesnay?
National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.
Housing and cost
No city-level rent figure is published for Le Chesnay. The available city-level cost figures remain below.
Is Le Chesnay 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.
Work and income
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average gross earnings | 4,359 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 département7Official · county |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Le Chesnay. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
France Travail — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Le Chesnay. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Family and education
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary schools | 0 count | 3 Aug 2026 | Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)8Official |
| Schools | 0 count | 3 Aug 2026 | Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)8Official |
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 Chesnay's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
Healthcare
Le Chesnay recorded 819.8 beds per 100,000 residents at the end of 2011.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital beds per 100,000 residents | 819.8 beds per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2011 | DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 20114Official |
Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Le Chesnay 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.
Open the official coverage guideSafety
How safe is Le Chesnay?
Police recorded about 4,788 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 départementale de la délinquance enregistrée, 20251
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 4,788 incidents per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2025 | Base statistique départementale de la délinquance enregistrée, 20251Official · county |
Mobility and administration
Le Chesnay's nearest airport was ORY, 20 km away and offered 119 direct destinations.
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Le Chesnay. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.
Contrat d’intégration républicaine (CIR) — Integration course
État français and OFII
For eligible non-EU foreign residents.
DIAN language-training offer finder — Other
Réseau des Carif-Oref and DIAN
For people seeking French-language training.
Climate and air quality
Monthly mean temperatures were 4.2°C in January and 19.6°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 55.3 mm in January and 53.3 mm in July. Le Chesnay's average monthly sunshine was 58 hours in January and 217 hours in July.
Is the air quality good in Le Chesnay?
The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Collected source2
Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.
Night-time low to daytime high
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hours
Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³
City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.
Le Chesnay 8.0
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 8 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | Collected source2Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · nearest-station reading |
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 6.7 · Feb 8 · Mar 12.1 · Apr 15.8 · May 19.3 · Jun 22.8 · Jul 25.2 · Aug 25.2 · Sep 21 · Oct 15.9 · Nov 10.4 · Dec 7.1 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO10Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan 1.6 · Feb 1.4 · Mar 3.5 · Apr 5.5 · May 8.9 · Jun 12.1 · Jul 13.9 · Aug 13.6 · Sep 10.6 · Oct 8 · Nov 4.5 · Dec 2.1 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO11Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 4.2 · Feb 4.7 · Mar 7.8 · Apr 10.6 · May 14.1 · Jun 17.4 · Jul 19.6 · Aug 19.4 · Sep 15.8 · Oct 11.9 · Nov 7.4 · Dec 4.6 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO12Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 55.3 · Feb 46.9 · Mar 49.5 · Apr 49.6 · May 68.2 · Jun 55.4 · Jul 53.3 · Aug 58.2 · Sep 52.1 · Oct 61.3 · Nov 60.8 · Dec 66.4 mm | 31 Dec 1991 | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO13Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average sunshine by month | Jan 58 · Feb 76 · Mar 133 · Apr 170 · May 198 · Jun 209 · Jul 217 · Aug 211 · Sep 171 · Oct 110 · Nov 62 · Dec 53 hours | 31 Dec 1991 | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO14Official · nearest-station reading |
Similar climate. In France: Reims ±0.5 °C. Elsewhere: Werl (Germany) ±1.0 °C, Saanich (Canada) ±1.2 °C, Erkrath (Germany) ±0.5 °C, Haan (Germany) ±0.5 °C, Kaarst (Germany) ±0.5 °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 Le Chesnay?
The published population was 27,060 people in January 2023. Source: Populations de référence 2023 — populations municipales (PMUN)20
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 27,060 people | 1 Jan 2023 | Populations de référence 2023 — populations municipales (PMUN)20Official |
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)9Official |
Alternatives for people set on Le Chesnay
Nothing here reaches an argued comparison yet: no other published city shares enough metrics with Le Chesnay from the same source, period and grain. What is collected is below.
Cities near Le Chesnay
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
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Is Le Chesnay part of Creil?
Le Chesnay is in the published commuting zone of Creil; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Creil city profile
Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source5
Common questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
How many people live in Le Chesnay?
The published population was 27,060 people in January 2023. Source: Populations de référence 2023 — populations municipales (PMUN).
Is the air quality good in Le Chesnay?
The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 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 Le Chesnay?
Police recorded about 4,788 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 départementale de la délinquance enregistrée, 2025.
Is Le Chesnay a good place to live?
Le Chesnay 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 Le Chesnay part of Creil?
Le Chesnay is in the published commuting zone of Creil; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.
Which cities are near Le Chesnay?
Paris, Versailles, Vaucresson, La Celle-Saint-Cloud, Viroflay are near Le Chesnay. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Le Chesnay, France: population, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 7aa5a20b9f9e149d1df8302aac4f2e02]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/le-chesnay/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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