Living in Lesparre-Médoc

In Lesparre-Médoc, advertised rents for new lettings average €9.51 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 17.1% (2022).

In 2021, the foreign population was 382. Gigabit broadband availability was 96.3% in March 2026. The unemployment rate was 17.1% at the end of 2022. Lesparre-Médoc had a population of 5,872 at the start of 2023.

Last checked 2026-09-2421 sources

Population5,872people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune

Median gross salary (region)2,550EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr

Average net rent9.51EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 18% belowOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr

Unemployment rate17.07%country median 11.0% — 56% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune

Recorded crime5,665incidents 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)

Cheaper rent than 78% of French cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 88% 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 Lesparre-Médoc?

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 Lesparre-Médoc.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Lesparre-Médoc?

Average net cold rent is 9.51 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): 9.51 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr¹⁸

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43

Mobile plan, 10 GB€20

Net rent across major citiesLesparre-Médoc highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30

Nice€20.43

Lyon€16.57

Marseille€16.30

Toulouse€13.98

Lesparre-Médoc€9.51

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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 Fibre¹⁵Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	19.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Orange 100GB mobile plan¹⁴Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)	385.9 %	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁵Official
Dwellings	3,410 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁶Official
Main residence dwellings	2,903 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁶Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	9.51 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60	31 Dec 2025	static.data.gouv.fr¹⁸Official

Is Lesparre-Médoc 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 worker50%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 41–59%

Skilled employee55%strong on work, weak on safety · range 47–63%

Student52%strong on education, weak on work · range 45–59%

Family46%strong on family, weak on cost · range 39–53%

Retirement53%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 43–63%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 571 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 9.51 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 Lesparre-Médoc?

The unemployment rate is about 17.1 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 17.07 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune⁸

Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Lesparre-Médoc is 17.1%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

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Lesparre-Médoc 17.1%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Fibre-to-the-building availability	96.26 %	3 Aug 2026	Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)¹Official
Gigabit broadband availability	96.26 %	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.⁴Official
Median gross salary (regional)	2,550 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	www.insee.fr¹⁹Official
Unemployment rate	17.07 %country median 11.0%	31 Dec 2022	INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune⁸Official

What does a salary buy in Lesparre-Médoc?

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

Left over each month€1,313of €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€9.51/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31	− €571
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	€1,313

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Lesparre-Médoc. 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 Lesparre-Médoc. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	5 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)¹⁰Official
Schools	8 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)¹⁰Official

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; Lesparre-Médoc'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	1,702 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2011	DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 2011³Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Lesparre-Médoc 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 residents1,702 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Lesparre-Médoc?

Police recorded about 5,665 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 citiesLesparre-Médoc 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

Lesparre-Médoc5,665

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	5,665 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	RYN	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁶Official
Distance to nearest airport	36 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁶Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 15.67 · Feb 16.44 · Mar 19.95 · Apr 23.71 · May 27.52 · Jun 32.57 · Jul 32.83 · Aug 36.67 · Sep 32.2 · Oct 26.76 · Nov 20.57 · Dec 16.85 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹²Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -1.97 · Feb -3.76 · Mar -1.97 · Apr 2.67 · May 6.57 · Jun 10.06 · Jul 13.73 · Aug 13.11 · Sep 10.12 · Oct 5.4 · Nov 1.76 · Dec -1.82 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹²Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 8.28 · Feb 7.97 · Mar 9.9 · Apr 12.26 · May 15.09 · Jun 18.44 · Jul 20.21 · Aug 20.39 · Sep 18.58 · Oct 15.78 · Nov 11.96 · Dec 9.05 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹²Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in Lesparre-Médoc?

The published population was 5,872 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune⁷

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport93.5%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	36.97 km²	31 Dec 2026	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte¹⁷Official
Foreign residents	382 people	2021	Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1¹³Official
Population density	158.8 people/km²	31 Dec 2023	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte¹⁷Official
Population	5,872 people	1 Jan 2023	INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune⁷Official

International community in Lesparre-Médoc

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	5,872	100.0%
Français	5,492.084	93.5%
Etranger	379.916	6.5%

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

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)¹¹Official

Alternatives for people set on Lesparre-Médoc

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.

Mérignac as a Lesparre-Médoc alternative in the same region

56 km away, better on 2 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 78,090 Mérignac vs 5,872 Lesparre-Médoc+1230%
Hospital beds, per 100k: 54.4 Mérignac vs 1,701.8 Lesparre-Médoc−97%
Unemployment: 10.5% Mérignac vs 17.1% Lesparre-Médoc−39%
Rent: €14.80/m² Mérignac vs €9.51/m² Lesparre-Médocno percentage
Nearest airport: 6.0 km Mérignac vs 36.0 km Lesparre-Médoc−83%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,641 Mérignac vs 5,665 Lesparre-Médocsame level
Median gross pay, region: €2,550 Mérignac vs €2,550 Lesparre-Médocsame level

Full comparison More about Mérignac

Sartrouville as a Lesparre-Médoc alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 468 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 5,872 Lesparre-Médoc+799%
Unemployment: 10.5% Sartrouville vs 17.1% Lesparre-Médoc−39%
Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Sartrouville vs €2,550 Lesparre-Médoc+30%
Rent: €20.51/m² Sartrouville vs €9.51/m² Lesparre-Médocno percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,581 Sartrouville vs 5,665 Lesparre-Médoc−19%
Nearest airport: 18.0 km Sartrouville vs 36.0 km Lesparre-Médoc−50%

Full comparison More about Sartrouville

Cities near Lesparre-Médoc

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

Pauillac 18.8 km away

Rent: 9.28 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in France

Other cities in France to compare with Lesparre-Médoc, nearest in population first.

All France cities

Grand-Charmont5,873 residents Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines5,875 residents Douvrin5,867 residents Rabastens5,867 residents Eschau5,878 residents Montpon-Ménestérol5,866 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 Lesparre-Médoc?

The published population was 5,872 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Lesparre-Médoc?

Average net cold rent is 9.51 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 666 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

How safe is Lesparre-Médoc?

What is the unemployment rate in Lesparre-Médoc?

The unemployment rate is about 17.1 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Lesparre-Médoc?

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

How many foreign residents live in Lesparre-Médoc?

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

Is Lesparre-Médoc a good place to live?

Lesparre-Médoc 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 Lesparre-Médoc?

Pauillac is near Lesparre-Médoc. 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 Lesparre-Médoc?

The official citizenship distribution records 5,492.084 people (93.5%) 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). Lesparre-Médoc, France: population, rent, salary, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 79615f53a001deef9b49e78305d545bf]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/lesparre-medoc/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_lesparre-medoc-france-population-rent-salary-jobs_d9523bfb4824,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Lesparre-Médoc, France: population, rent, salary, jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {79615f53a001deef9b49e78305d545bf},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/lesparre-medoc/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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