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Living in Marseillan

In Marseillan, rents across existing tenancies average €10.80 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 16.4% (2022).

Marseillan had 8,414 residents at the start of 2023 and is a city in France. Annual NO₂ was 4.93 µg/m³ in 2024. The foreign population count was 397 in 2021. The city had 4 schools in 2026. There were 118.9 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024. The unemployment rate was 16.4% at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-09-2433 sources

Population8,414people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune
Median gross salary (region)2,575EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr
Average net rent10.8EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 7% belowOfficial source · www.observatoires-des-loyers.org
Unemployment rate16.43%country median 11.0% — 50% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune
Recorded crime7,552incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 59% aboveOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)
PM2.5, annual mean9µg/m³country median 8.5 — 6% aboveOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Higher unemployment than 86% of French cities that publish it, more recorded crime than 91% of French cities that publish it and dirtier air than 67% of French cities that publish it.

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

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 Marseillan?

Average net cold rent is 10.8 EUR/m² per month (2025), 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): 10.8 EUR/m²/month · www.observatoires-des-loyers.org24
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Marseillan recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Marseille€16.30
Toulouse€13.98
Marseillan€10.80
Show the other 6 cities
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 Fibre17Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange 100GB mobile plan16Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)44.66 %31 Dec 2023INSEE5Official
Dwellings10,881 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE6Official
Main residence dwellings4,346 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE6Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)10.8 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.6031 Dec 2025www.observatoires-des-loyers.org24Official

Is Marseillan 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 safety · range 47–63%
Skilled employee55%strong on work, weak on safety · range 47–63%
Student50%strong on cost, weak on safety · range 43–57%
Family42%strong on family, weak on cost · range 35–49%
Retirement58%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 49–67%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 648 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 10.8 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

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Marseillan?

The unemployment rate is about 16.4 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 16.43 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune9
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Marseillan is 16.4%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Gigabit broadband availability97.59 %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)2,575 EUR/month31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr23Official
Unemployment rate16.43 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune9Official

What does a salary buy in Marseillan?

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

regional median gross pay: €2,575 (insee.fr, 2022-12-31).
Left over each month€1,250of €1,961 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.€1,961
Rent, 60 m²€10.80/m² · official · observatoires-des-loyers.org · 2025-12-31− €648
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€1,250
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Marseillan Salary needed to live in Marseillan

Public employment service

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Schools4 schools27 May 2026RNEE exact Code_commune; etat=OUVERT; code_nature 100-199 or 300-399; unique UAI count.19Official · commune
Primary schools3 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)12Official
Schools4 count3 Aug 2026Ministère 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; Marseillan's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary care doctors per 100,000 residents118.9 per 100,000 people31 Dec 2024INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence7Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Marseillan 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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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Marseillan?

Police recorded about 7,552 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 citiesMarseillan highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Marseillan 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
Marseillan7,552
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents7,552 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 airport9 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights15Official
Nearest airportBZR3 Aug 2026OurAirports18Official
Distance to nearest airport15 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports18Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Marseillan?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency3

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

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

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 Marseillan is 9.0 µg/m³. Of 1,975 cities with data, 626 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean4.93 µg/m³country median 14.820242024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.1Official
NO₂ — latest reading2.7 µg/m³15 Jul 2026Latest 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.11Official
PM2.5 — annual mean9 µg/m³country median 8.531 Dec 2024European Environment Agency3Official
Average daytime high by monthJan 11.1 · Feb 11.9 · Mar 15.1 · Apr 17.5 · May 21.2 · Jun 25.5 · Jul 28.2 · Aug 27.9 · Sep 23.9 · Oct 19.6 · Nov 14.8 · Dec 11.8 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station SETE22Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan 5.9 · Feb 5.9 · Mar 8.5 · Apr 10.8 · May 14.3 · Jun 18 · Jul 20.4 · Aug 20.4 · Sep 17.1 · Oct 14 · Nov 9.6 · Dec 6.8 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station SETE22Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan 8.5 · Feb 8.9 · Mar 11.8 · Apr 14.2 · May 17.8 · Jun 21.8 · Jul 24.3 · Aug 24.1 · Sep 20.5 · Oct 16.8 · Nov 12.2 · Dec 9.3 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station SETE22Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 51.6 · Feb 41 · Mar 43.2 · Apr 49.2 · May 39.6 · Jun 24.6 · Jul 14.3 · Aug 26.3 · Sep 62.7 · Oct 84.7 · Nov 61.2 · Dec 45 mm1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station SETE22Official · nearest-station reading
Annual PM2.5 over time12 published observations, 2013–2024

Annual PM2.5 fell 30.8% between 2013 and 2024, from 13.0 to 9.0.

Similar climate. In France: Toulon ±0.4 °C. Elsewhere: Badalona (Spain) ±1.4 °C, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (Spain) ±1.4 °C, Santa Coloma de Gramenet (Spain) ±1.4 °C, Bari (Italy) ±1.6 °C, Downey (United States) ±3.1 °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 51.7 km² in 2026. Population density was 162.7 people per km² in 2023.

How many people live in Marseillan?

The published population was 8,414 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune8

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area51.71 km²31 Dec 2026Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte20Official
Foreign residents397 people2021Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT114Official
Population density162.7 people/km²31 Dec 2023Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte20Official
Population8,414 people1 Jan 2023INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune8Official

International community in Marseillan

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
Total8,414100.0%
Français7,921.94994.2%
Etranger492.0525.8%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source10

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Universities0 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)13Official

Alternatives for people set on Marseillan

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.

Bessan as a Marseillan alternative in the same region

8 km away, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,665 Bessan vs 7,552 Marseillan−51%
  • Rent: €10.43/m² Bessan vs €10.80/m² Marseillanno percentage
  • Unemployment: 14.4% Bessan vs 16.4% Marseillan−13%
  • Residents: 5,838 Bessan vs 8,414 Marseillan−31%
  • Median gross pay, region: €2,575 Bessan vs €2,575 Marseillansame level

Sartrouville as a Marseillan alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 630 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 8,414 Marseillan+527%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,581 Sartrouville vs 7,552 Marseillan−39%
  • Unemployment: 10.5% Sartrouville vs 16.4% Marseillan−36%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Sartrouville vs €2,575 Marseillan+29%
  • Rent: €20.51/m² Sartrouville vs €10.80/m² Marseillanno percentage
  • Nearest airport: 18.0 km Sartrouville vs 15.0 km Marseillan+20%

Cities near Marseillan

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

Florensac 5.9 km away
Rent
10.16 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Agde 6.7 km away
Rent
11.82 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Bessan 8.4 km away
Rent
10.43 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Mèze 10.0 km away
Rent
12.1 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Vias 10.1 km away
Rent
11.67 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Pézenas 14.3 km away
Rent
9.55 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Sète 14.7 km away
Rent
13.52 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30
Balaruc-les-Bains 15.3 km away
Rent
12.1 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

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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 Marseillan?

The published population was 8,414 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Marseillan?

Average net cold rent is 10.8 EUR/m² per month (2025), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 756 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.observatoires-des-loyers.org.

Is the air quality good in Marseillan?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency.

How safe is Marseillan?

Police recorded about 7,552 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 Marseillan?

The unemployment rate is about 16.4 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Marseillan?

The median gross salary is 2,575 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

Is Marseillan a good place to live?

Marseillan 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 Marseillan?

Florensac, Agde, Bessan, Mèze, Vias are near Marseillan. 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 Marseillan?

The official citizenship distribution records 7,921.949 people (94.2%) 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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