Living in Le Puy-en-Velay
In Le Puy-en-Velay, advertised rents for new lettings average €7.97 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 14.6% (2022).
The city had 27 schools in 2026. There were 156.4 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024. Annual NO₂ was 9.52 µg/m³ in 2024. The unemployment rate was 14.6% at the end of 2022. Annual PM10 was 9.27 µg/m³ in 2024. The foreign population count was 1,730 in 2021. The population of Le Puy-en-Velay, in France, was 18,540 at the start of 2023.
Cheaper rent than 91% of French cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 76% of French cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 95% of French cities that publish it.
Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Le Puy-en-Velay?
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 Le Puy-en-Velay?
Average net cold rent is 7.97 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): 7.97 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr23
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 42.99 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Orange Livebox Fibre19Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 19.99 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Orange 100GB mobile plan18Official · national market |
| Housing vacancy rate (legacy series) | 1,523 % | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE6Official |
| Dwellings | 12,826 dwellings | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE7Official |
| Main residence dwellings | 10,549 dwellings | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE7Official |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 7.97 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 | 31 Dec 2025 | static.data.gouv.fr23Official |
Is Le Puy-en-Velay 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.
Worked out from these numbers
What does a 60 m² flat cost?
About 478 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 7.97 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.
Work and income
What is the unemployment rate in Le Puy-en-Velay?
The unemployment rate is about 14.6 % (2022).
- Unemployment rate: 14.63 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune11
Le Puy-en-Velay 14.6%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fibre-to-the-building availability | 95.23 % | 3 Aug 2026 | Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)2Official |
| Gigabit broadband availability | 95.23 % | 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.5Official |
| Median gross salary (regional) | 2,749 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2022 | www.insee.fr25Official |
| Unemployment rate | 14.63 %country median 11.0% | 31 Dec 2022 | INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune11Official |
What does a salary buy in Le Puy-en-Velay?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
RentInternetMobileLeft 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. | €2,082 |
| Rent, 60 m²€7.97/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31 | − €478 |
| 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 | €1,541 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Le Puy-en-Velay. 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 Puy-en-Velay. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Family and education
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schools | 27 schools | 27 May 2026 | RNEE exact Code_commune; etat=OUVERT; code_nature 100-199 or 300-399; unique UAI count.21Official · commune |
| Primary schools | 14 count | 3 Aug 2026 | Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)14Official |
| Schools | 35 count | 3 Aug 2026 | Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)14Official |
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 Puy-en-Velay's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
Healthcare
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary care doctors per 100,000 residents | 156.4 per 100,000 people | 31 Dec 2024 | INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence9Official |
| Hospital beds per 100,000 residents | 1,858 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 Puy-en-Velay 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 Puy-en-Velay?
Police recorded about 8,498 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)3
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 8,498 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)3Official |
Mobility and administration
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Le Puy-en-Velay. 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
Night-time low to daytime high
mm
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 Puy-en-Velay 9.3
annual PM10, µg/m³ · cities per band
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO₂ — annual mean | 9.52 µg/m³country median 14.8 | 2024 | 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.1Official |
| NO₂ — latest reading | 10.6 µg/m³ | 15 Jul 2026 | Latest valid NO2 hourly station observation on the official LCSQA E2 current-day extract, mapped to the exact INSEE centre through an exact normalized station-name crosswalk to EEA station metadata.13Official |
| PM10 — annual mean | 9.27 µg/m³country median 14.2 | 2024 | 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.1Official |
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 5.4 · Feb 6.6 · Mar 10.6 · Apr 13.4 · May 17.4 · Jun 21.7 · Jul 24.4 · Aug 24.4 · Sep 19.7 · Oct 15 · Nov 9.2 · Dec 6.1 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station LE_PUY-LOUDES24Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan -2.6 · Feb -2.7 · Mar -0.3 · Apr 2.1 · May 5.7 · Jun 9.1 · Jul 10.9 · Aug 10.6 · Sep 7.4 · Oct 5 · Nov 0.9 · Dec -1.7 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station LE_PUY-LOUDES24Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 1.4 · Feb 1.9 · Mar 5.1 · Apr 7.7 · May 11.5 · Jun 15.4 · Jul 17.7 · Aug 17.5 · Sep 13.5 · Oct 10 · Nov 5 · Dec 2.2 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station LE_PUY-LOUDES24Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 38.6 · Feb 28.9 · Mar 33.6 · Apr 58.5 · May 73.8 · Jun 74.4 · Jul 71.4 · Aug 61 · Sep 68.5 · Oct 67.2 · Nov 65.1 · Dec 41.4 mm | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station LE_PUY-LOUDES24Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average sunshine by month | Jan 88 · Feb 111 · Mar 167 · Apr 171 · May 194 · Jun 225 · Jul 263 · Aug 244 · Sep 184 · Oct 128 · Nov 87 · Dec 83 hours | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station LE_PUY-LOUDES24Official · nearest-station reading |
Similar climate. In France: Reims ±1.8 °C. Elsewhere: Bad Arolsen (Germany) ±1.1 °C, Marsberg (Germany) ±1.1 °C, Warburg (Germany) ±1.1 °C, Traunreut (Germany) ±1.2 °C, Traunstein (Germany) ±1.2 °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
The city covered 16.8 km² in 2026. Population density was 1,104 people per km² in 2023.
How many people live in Le Puy-en-Velay?
The published population was 18,540 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune10
By nationality
National passport90.7%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| City area | 16.79 km² | 31 Dec 2026 | Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte22Official |
| Foreign residents | 1,730 people | 2021 | Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT116Official |
| Population density | 1,104 people/km² | 31 Dec 2023 | Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte22Official |
| Population | 18,540 people | 1 Jan 2023 | INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune10Official |
International community in Le Puy-en-Velay
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 | 18,540 | 100.0% |
| Français | 16,735.581 | 90.3% |
| Etranger | 1,804.419 | 9.7% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source12
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)15Official |
Alternatives for people set on Le Puy-en-Velay
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.
Yssingeaux as a Le Puy-en-Velay alternative in the same region
22 km away, better on 2 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 3.
- Unemployment: 6.0% Yssingeaux vs 14.6% Le Puy-en-Velay−59%
- Nearest airport: 29.0 km Yssingeaux vs 10.0 km Le Puy-en-Velay+190%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,011 Yssingeaux vs 8,498 Le Puy-en-Velay−53%
- Hospital beds, per 100k: 343.1 Yssingeaux vs 1,857.6 Le Puy-en-Velay−82%
- Residents: 7,415 Yssingeaux vs 18,540 Le Puy-en-Velay−60%
- Rent: €8.25/m² Yssingeaux vs €7.97/m² Le Puy-en-Velay+4%
- Median gross pay, region: €2,749 Yssingeaux vs €2,749 Le Puy-en-Velaysame level
Sartrouville as a Le Puy-en-Velay alternative in the same country
A move, not a commute, at 453 km, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.
- Residents: 52,763 Sartrouville vs 18,540 Le Puy-en-Velay+185%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,581 Sartrouville vs 8,498 Le Puy-en-Velay−46%
- Rent: €20.51/m² Sartrouville vs €7.97/m² Le Puy-en-Velayno percentage
- Unemployment: 10.5% Sartrouville vs 14.6% Le Puy-en-Velay−28%
- Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Sartrouville vs €2,749 Le Puy-en-Velay+21%
- Nearest airport: 18.0 km Sartrouville vs 10.0 km Le Puy-en-Velay+80%
Cities near Le Puy-en-Velay
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
- Rent
- 8.25 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Alternative cities in France
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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 Puy-en-Velay?
The published population was 18,540 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.
How much does it cost to rent in Le Puy-en-Velay?
Average net cold rent is 7.97 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 558 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.
How safe is Le Puy-en-Velay?
Police recorded about 8,498 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 Le Puy-en-Velay?
The unemployment rate is about 14.6 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.
What is the typical salary around Le Puy-en-Velay?
The median gross salary is 2,749 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.
How many foreign residents live in Le Puy-en-Velay?
1,730 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1.
Is Le Puy-en-Velay a good place to live?
Le Puy-en-Velay 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.
Which cities are near Le Puy-en-Velay?
Yssingeaux is near Le Puy-en-Velay. 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 Le Puy-en-Velay?
The official citizenship distribution records 16,735.581 people (90.3%) 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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