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Living in Montceau-les-Mines

In Montceau-les-Mines, advertised rents for new lettings average €8.42 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 19.7% (2022).

Annual PM2.5 was 7.08 µg/m³ in 2024. The unemployment rate was 19.7% at the end of 2022. Annual NO₂ was 10.1 µg/m³ in 2024. Montceau-les-Mines, a city in France, had a population of 17,064 at the start of 2023. In 2021, the foreign population was 1,300. The city had 16 schools in 2026. There were 52.7 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2430 sources

Population17,064people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune
Median gross salary (region)2,580EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr
Average net rent8.42EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 27% belowOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr
Unemployment rate19.67%country median 11.0% — 79% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune
Recorded crime5,443incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 15% aboveOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)
PM2.5, annual mean7.08µg/m³country median 8.5 — 16% 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 88% of French cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 94% of French cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 66% of French cities that publish it.

Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Montceau-les-Mines?

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 Montceau-les-Mines?

Average net cold rent is 8.42 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): 8.42 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr23
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Montceau-les-Mines recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43
Mobile plan, 10 GB€20
Net rent across major citiesMontceau-les-Mines highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Montceau-les-Mines highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Marseille€16.30
Toulouse€13.98
Montceau-les-Mines€8.42
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 Fibre19Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange 100GB mobile plan18Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)1,543 %31 Dec 2023INSEE6Official
Dwellings10,753 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE7Official
Main residence dwellings9,092 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE7Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)8.42 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.6031 Dec 2025static.data.gouv.fr23Official

Is Montceau-les-Mines 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%
Student56%strong on education, weak on work · range 49–63%
Family49%strong on family, weak on cost · range 42–56%
Retirement46%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 37–55%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 505 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 8.42 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 Montceau-les-Mines?

The unemployment rate is about 19.7 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 19.67 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune11
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Montceau-les-Mines is 19.7%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability97.39 %3 Aug 2026Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)2Official
Gigabit broadband availability97.39 %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)2,580 EUR/month31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr24Official
Unemployment rate19.67 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune11Official

What does a salary buy in Montceau-les-Mines?

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

regional median gross pay: €2,580 (insee.fr, 2022-12-31).
Left over each month€1,399of €1,967 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.€1,967
Rent, 60 m²€8.42/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31− €505
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€1,399
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Montceau-les-Mines Salary needed to live in Montceau-les-Mines

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Montceau-les-Mines. 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 Montceau-les-Mines. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Schools16 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
Schools18 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; Montceau-les-Mines's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary care doctors per 100,000 residents52.74 per 100,000 people31 Dec 2024INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence9Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents979.2 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2011DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 20114Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Montceau-les-Mines 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 residents979.2 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Montceau-les-Mines?

Police recorded about 5,443 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 citiesMontceau-les-Mines highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Montceau-les-Mines 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
Montceau-les-Mines5,443
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents5,443 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 airportSYT3 Aug 2026OurAirports20Official
Distance to nearest airport39 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports20Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Montceau-les-Mines. 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 Montceau-les-Mines.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Montceau-les-Mines?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.1 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: 7.08 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 Montceau-les-Mines is 7.1 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 mean10.15 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 reading30.6 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 mean12.25 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 mean7.08 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 14.46 · Feb 15.49 · Mar 21.66 · Apr 25.05 · May 30.04 · Jun 38.1 · Jul 40.23 · Aug 40.05 · Sep 34.6 · Oct 29.03 · Nov 21.13 · Dec 15.1 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center16Official
Monthly extreme low temperatureJan -14.11 · Feb -15.18 · Mar -12.04 · Apr -5.94 · May 0.05 · Jun 3.42 · Jul 7.19 · Aug 7.27 · Sep 1.57 · Oct -4.43 · Nov -5.57 · Dec -12.56 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center16Official
Average temperature by monthJan 1.65 · Feb 2.3 · Mar 5.85 · Apr 9.82 · May 13.71 · Jun 18.3 · Jul 20.57 · Aug 20.02 · Sep 15.77 · Oct 11.41 · Nov 5.95 · Dec 2.43 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center16Official
Annual PM2.5 over time7 published observations, 2016–2024

Annual PM2.5 fell 11.4% between 2016 and 2024, from 8.0 to 7.1.

Population and city profile

The city covered 16.6 km² in 2026. Population density was 1,026.7 people per km² in 2023.

How many people live in Montceau-les-Mines?

The published population was 17,064 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 area16.62 km²31 Dec 2026Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte22Official
Foreign residents1,300 people2021Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT117Official
Population density1,027 people/km²31 Dec 2023Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte22Official
Population17,064 people1 Jan 2023INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune10Official

International community in Montceau-les-Mines

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
Total17,064100.0%
Français15,609.93191.5%
Etranger1,454.0698.5%

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 Montceau-les-Mines

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.

Gueugnon as a Montceau-les-Mines alternative in the same region

25 km away, better on 4 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

  • Unemployment: 10.1% Gueugnon vs 19.7% Montceau-les-Mines−49%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,469 Gueugnon vs 5,443 Montceau-les-Mines−36%
  • Rent: €7.29/m² Gueugnon vs €8.42/m² Montceau-les-Mines−13%
  • Residents: 6,528 Gueugnon vs 17,064 Montceau-les-Mines−62%
  • Nearest airport: 21.0 km Gueugnon vs 39.0 km Montceau-les-Mines−46%
  • Median gross pay, region: €2,580 Gueugnon vs €2,580 Montceau-les-Minessame level
  • Annual PM2.5: 7.1 µg/m³ Gueugnon vs 7.1 µg/m³ Montceau-les-Minessame level

Sartrouville as a Montceau-les-Mines alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 302 km, better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

  • Residents: 52,763 Sartrouville vs 17,064 Montceau-les-Mines+209%
  • Unemployment: 10.5% Sartrouville vs 19.7% Montceau-les-Mines−47%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Sartrouville vs €2,580 Montceau-les-Mines+29%
  • Rent: €20.51/m² Sartrouville vs €8.42/m² Montceau-les-Minesno percentage
  • Annual PM2.5: 9.7 µg/m³ Sartrouville vs 7.1 µg/m³ Montceau-les-Mines+37%
  • Nearest airport: 18.0 km Sartrouville vs 39.0 km Montceau-les-Mines−54%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,581 Sartrouville vs 5,443 Montceau-les-Mines−16%

Cities near Montceau-les-Mines

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

Saint-Vallier 2.8 km away
Rent
7.97 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Blanzy 4.4 km away
Rent
7.63 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Le Creusot 15.8 km away
Rent
7.75 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Gueugnon 24.6 km away
Rent
7.29 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 Montceau-les-Mines?

The published population was 17,064 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Montceau-les-Mines?

Average net cold rent is 8.42 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 589 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

Is the air quality good in Montceau-les-Mines?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.1 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 Montceau-les-Mines?

Police recorded about 5,443 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 Montceau-les-Mines?

The unemployment rate is about 19.7 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Montceau-les-Mines?

The median gross salary is 2,580 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

Is Montceau-les-Mines a good place to live?

Montceau-les-Mines 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 Montceau-les-Mines?

Saint-Vallier, Blanzy, Montchanin, Le Creusot, Gueugnon are near Montceau-les-Mines. 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 Montceau-les-Mines?

The official citizenship distribution records 15,609.931 people (91.5%) 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). Montceau-les-Mines, France: population, rent, salary, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 1dda7b205c7fa7a9fc7e33a7078977fd]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/montceau-les-mines/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  title = {Montceau-les-Mines, France: population, rent, salary, jobs},
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