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Living in Montargis

In Montargis, advertised rents for new lettings average €10.08 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 23.3% (2022).

There were 128.2 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024. Annual NO₂ was 12 µg/m³ in 2024. The unemployment rate was 23.3% at the end of 2022. Annual PM2.5 was 6.96 µg/m³ in 2024. For Montargis, the foreign population count was 2,682 in 2021. The population of Montargis, in France, was 14,825 at the start of 2023. The city had 20 schools in 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-2429 sources

Population14,825people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune
Median gross salary (region)2,597EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr
Average net rent10.08EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 13% belowOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr
Unemployment rate23.25%country median 11.0% — 112% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune
Recorded crime9,926incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 109% aboveOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)
PM2.5, annual mean6.96µg/m³country median 8.5 — 18% belowOfficial source · 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.

Cheaper rent than 71% of French cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 98% of French cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 98% of French cities that publish it.

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

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 Montargis.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Montargis?

Average net cold rent is 10.08 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): 10.08 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr23
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Montargis recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Marseille€16.30
Toulouse€13.98
Montargis€10.08
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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 Fibre19Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange 100GB mobile plan18Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)1,330 %31 Dec 2023INSEE6Official
Dwellings9,454 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE7Official
Main residence dwellings7,867 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE7Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)10.08 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.6031 Dec 2025static.data.gouv.fr23Official

Is Montargis 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 worker47%strong on work, weak on safety · range 39–55%
Skilled employee56%strong on work, weak on safety · range 48–64%
Student54%strong on education, weak on safety · range 47–61%
Family45%strong on family, weak on cost · range 38–52%
Retirement44%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 35–53%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 605 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 10.08 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 Montargis?

The unemployment rate is about 23.3 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 23.25 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune11
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Montargis is 23.3%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability97.15 %3 Aug 2026Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)2Official
Gigabit broadband availability97.15 %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.5Official
Median gross salary (regional)2,597 EUR/month31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr24Official
Unemployment rate23.25 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune11Official

What does a salary buy in Montargis?

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

regional median gross pay: €2,597 (insee.fr, 2022-12-31).
Left over each month€1,313of €1,981 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.€1,981
Rent, 60 m²€10.08/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31− €605
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
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Montargis Salary needed to live in Montargis

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Montargis. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information
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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Montargis. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Schools20 schools27 May 2026RNEE exact Code_commune; etat=OUVERT; code_nature 100-199 or 300-399; unique UAI count.21Official · commune
Primary schools10 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)14Official
Schools21 count3 Aug 2026Ministère 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; Montargis's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary care doctors per 100,000 residents128.2 per 100,000 people31 Dec 2024INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence9Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents366.6 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2011DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 20114Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Montargis 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 residents366.6 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Montargis?

Police recorded about 9,926 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

Recorded crime across major citiesMontargis highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Montargis highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Lille13,488
Lyon13,026
Bordeaux12,429
Marseille11,857
Paris10,987
Montargis9,926
Montpellier9,636
Toulouse8,875
Rennes8,241
Strasbourg7,791
Nantes7,704
Nice7,577
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents9,926 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)3Official

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Nearest airportORE3 Aug 2026OurAirports20Official
Distance to nearest airport44 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports20Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Montargis. 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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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Montargis.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Montargis?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

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

  • PM2.5 — annual mean: 6.96 µg/m³ · 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.1
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 Montargis is 7.0 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 mean11.97 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 reading21.2 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.13Official
PM10 — annual mean11.09 µg/m³country median 14.220242024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.1Official
PM2.5 — annual mean6.96 µg/m³country median 8.520242024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.1Official
Monthly extreme high temperatureJan 14.38 · Feb 19.36 · Mar 21.92 · Apr 26.59 · May 29.29 · Jun 35.48 · Jul 40.81 · Aug 38.46 · Sep 33.82 · Oct 27.42 · Nov 20.88 · Dec 15.34 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center16Official
Monthly extreme low temperatureJan -11.05 · Feb -12.1 · Mar -10.99 · Apr -4.85 · May -0.84 · Jun 2.81 · Jul 7.67 · Aug 7.51 · Sep 2.99 · Oct -3.2 · Nov -6.21 · Dec -12.1 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center16Official
Average temperature by monthJan 3.03 · Feb 3.67 · Mar 6.87 · Apr 10.55 · May 14.06 · Jun 17.85 · Jul 19.88 · Aug 19.43 · Sep 15.92 · Oct 11.89 · Nov 6.94 · Dec 3.58 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center16Official
Annual PM2.5 over time6 published observations, 2019–2024

Annual PM2.5 fell 12.9% between 2019 and 2024, from 8.0 to 7.0.

Population and city profile

The city covered 4.5 km² in 2026. Population density was 3,324.0 people per km² in 2023.

How many people live in Montargis?

The published population was 14,825 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune10

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area4.46 km²31 Dec 2026Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte22Official
Foreign residents2,682 people2021Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT117Official
Population density3,324 people/km²31 Dec 2023Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte22Official
Population14,825 people1 Jan 2023INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune10Official

International community in Montargis

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
Total14,825100.0%
Français11,995.80480.9%
Etranger2,829.19619.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source12

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Universities0 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)15Official

Alternatives for people set on Montargis

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.

Amilly as a Montargis alternative in the same region

4 km away, better on 3 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

  • Hospital beds, per 100k: 2,785.0 Amilly vs 366.6 Montargis+660%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,244 Amilly vs 9,926 Montargis−57%
  • Unemployment: 14.1% Amilly vs 23.3% Montargis−39%
  • Rent: €10.43/m² Amilly vs €10.08/m² Montargis+3%
  • Residents: 13,582 Amilly vs 14,825 Montargis−8%
  • Nearest airport: 46.0 km Amilly vs 44.0 km Montargis+5%
  • Median gross pay, region: €2,597 Amilly vs €2,597 Montargissame level
Full comparisonMore about Amilly

Massy as a Montargis alternative in the same country

88 km away, better on 5 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

  • Residents: 51,729 Massy vs 14,825 Montargis+249%
  • Unemployment: 9.7% Massy vs 23.3% Montargis−58%
  • Hospital beds, per 100k: 776.4 Massy vs 366.6 Montargis+112%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Massy vs €2,597 Montargis+28%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 6,806 Massy vs 9,926 Montargis−31%
  • Rent: €20.08/m² Massy vs €10.08/m² Montargisno percentage
  • Nearest airport: 6.0 km Massy vs 44.0 km Montargis−86%
Full comparisonMore about Massy

Cities near Montargis

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

Villemandeur 1.9 km away
Rent
12.06 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Amilly 3.9 km away
Rent
10.43 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in France

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

All France cities
Saint-Jean-de-Luz14,857 residentsCarrières-sur-Seine14,791 residentsFameck14,788 residentsLaxou14,771 residentsDinan14,764 residentsSaint-Avold14,755 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 Montargis?

The published population was 14,825 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Montargis?

Average net cold rent is 10.08 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 706 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

Is the air quality good in Montargis?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation..

How safe is Montargis?

Police recorded about 9,926 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 Montargis?

The unemployment rate is about 23.3 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Montargis?

The median gross salary is 2,597 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

Is Montargis a good place to live?

Montargis 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 Montargis?

Châlette-sur-Loing, Villemandeur, Amilly, Souppes-sur-Loing are near Montargis. 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 Montargis?

The official citizenship distribution records 11,995.804 people (80.9%) 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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