Living in Megève

In Megève, unemployment is 4.2% (2022).

Megève had a population of 2,996 at the end of 2023.

Last checked 2026-10-0724 sources

Population2,996people31 Dec 2023Official source · Insee

Average gross salary3,316EUR/month31 Dec 2022District figureOfficial source · Les salaires bruts dans le secteur privé en 2022 – T401B: Salaire brut en équivalent temps plein, par catégorie socioprofessionnelle agrégée, région et département

Unemployment rate4.25%country median 11.0% — 61% belowOfficial source · www.insee.fr

Recorded crime5,284incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 11% aboveOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

PM2.5, annual mean13µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · Collected source

Lower unemployment than any other French city that publishes it and more recorded crime than 63% of French cities that publish it.

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

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 Megève.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

Megève recorded 9,429 dwellings at the end of 2023.

No city-level rent figure is published for Megève. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43

Mobile plan, 10 GB€20

Net rent across major citiesMegève highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30

Nice€20.43

Lyon€16.57

Marseille€16.30

Toulon€14.43

Toulouse€13.98

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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 Fibre¹²Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	19.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Orange 100GB mobile plan¹¹Official · national market
Dwellings	9,429 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁵Official
Main residence dwellings	1,508 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁵Official

Is Megève a good place to live?

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Remote worker46%strong on work, weak on housing · range 36–56%

Skilled employee52%strong on work, weak on housing · range 43–61%

Student42%strong on education, weak on housing · range 34–50%

Family44%strong on family, weak on housing · range 35–53%

Retirement49%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 37–61%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Megève?

The unemployment rate is about 4.2 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 4.25 % · www.insee.fr¹⁵

Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Megève is 4.3%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

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Megève 4.3%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	3,316 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
Fibre-to-the-building availability	66.25 %	3 Aug 2026	Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)¹Official
Gigabit broadband availability	66.25 %	3 Aug 2026	Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)¹Official
Unemployment rate	4.25 %country median 11.0%	31 Dec 2022	www.insee.fr¹⁵Official

Public employment service

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	2 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)⁸Official
Schools	5 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; Megève's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Megève?

Police recorded about 5,284 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 citiesMegève 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

Megève5,284

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	5,284 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

Megève's fibre-to-home broadband coverage was 66.25%. Megève was 41 km from its nearest major airport.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Distance to the nearest major airport	41 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹³Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	NCY	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹³Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Megève. 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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Climate and air quality

Megève's monthly mean temperatures were −6.7°C in January and 13.1°C in July.

Is the air quality good in Megève?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 13 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Collected source³

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

PM2.513WHO 5 · EU 25

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 Megève is 13.0 µg/m³. Of 1,975 cities with data, 626 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Megève 13.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	13 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	Collected source³Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 5.99 · Feb 6.28 · Mar 14.26 · Apr 18.14 · May 24.84 · Jun 27.22 · Jul 26.65 · Aug 28.44 · Sep 24.59 · Oct 20.87 · Nov 16.93 · Dec 7.43 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁰Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -25.33 · Feb -29.26 · Mar -27.23 · Apr -16.46 · May -7.26 · Jun -4.45 · Jul 0.31 · Aug 0.13 · Sep -5.24 · Oct -9.96 · Nov -18.98 · Dec -23.76 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁰Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -6.66 · Feb -6.39 · Mar -2.75 · Apr 2.65 · May 6.99 · Jun 11.38 · Jul 13.07 · Aug 12.72 · Sep 9.05 · Oct 5.15 · Nov -0.65 · Dec -4.96 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁰Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

How many people live in Megève?

The published population was 2,996 people in 2023. Source: Insee⁴

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	2,996 people	31 Dec 2023	Insee⁴Official

Population over time9 published observations, 1968–2023

2,815

3,689

4,562

5,436

2,99619681982199920122023

Population fell 39.2% between 1968 and 2023, from 4,929 to 2,996.

International community in Megève

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	2,893	100.0%
Français	2,791	96.5%
Etranger	102	3.5%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁶

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 Megève

Nothing here reaches an argued comparison yet: no other published city shares enough metrics with Megève from the same source, period and grain. What is collected is below.

Cities near Megève

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

Saint-Gervais-les-Bains 8.4 km away

Rent: 16.85 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Sallanches 8.9 km away

Rent: 14.22 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Passy 9.1 km away

Rent: 13.84 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Chamonix-Mont-Blanc 20.8 km away

Rent: 24.35 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Thônes 22.8 km away

Rent: 15.8 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Cluses 22.8 km away

Rent: 14.64 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30

Scionzier 22.9 km away

Rent: 14.37 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30

Marnaz 23.6 km away

Rent: 14.76 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30

Alternative cities in France

Other cities in France to compare with Megève, nearest in population first.

All France cities

Saint-Tropez3,649 residents Ligny-en-Barrois3,798 residents Saint-Mihiel3,806 residents La Bresse3,974 residents Saint-Valery-en-Caux3,997 residents Gourin4,113 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 Megève?

The published population was 2,996 people in 2023. Source: Insee.

Is the air quality good in Megève?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 13 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 Megève?

What is the unemployment rate in Megève?

The unemployment rate is about 4.2 % (2022). Source: www.insee.fr.

Is Megève a good place to live?

Megève 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 Megève?

Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, Sallanches, Passy, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Thônes are near Megève. 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 Megève?

The official citizenship distribution records 2,791 people (96.5%) 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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  title = {Megève, France: population, salary, cost of living, jobs},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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}

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