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Living in Montélimar

In Montélimar, advertised rents for new lettings average €11.63 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 15.9% (2022).

The unemployment rate was 15.9% at the end of 2022. Monthly precipitation was 68.7 mm in January and 55.1 mm in July. At the start of 2023, Montélimar had a population of 40,595. The city covered 46.8 km² in 2026. Population density was 867.2 people per km² in 2023. Gigabit broadband availability was 97.3% in 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-2429 sources

Population40,595people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune
Median gross salary (region)2,749EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr
Average net rent11.63EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — about the sameOfficial source · "Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 2025
Unemployment rate15.89%country median 11.0% — 45% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune
Recorded crime7,476incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 58% aboveOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

Higher unemployment than 83% of French cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 90% of French cities that publish it.

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

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 Montélimar.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Montélimar?

Average net cold rent is about 11.63 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): 11.63 EUR/m²/month · "Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 20251
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Montélimar recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Marseille€16.30
Toulouse€13.98
Montélimar€11.63
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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 Fibre16Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange 100GB mobile plan15Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)2,047 %31 Dec 2023INSEE6Official
Dwellings22,248 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE7Official
Main residence dwellings19,603 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE7Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)11.63 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — about the same30 Sept 2025"Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 20251Official

Is Montélimar 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 worker49%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 40–58%
Skilled employee59%strong on work, weak on safety · range 51–67%
Student59%strong on education, weak on safety · range 52–66%
Family50%strong on family, weak on cost · range 43–57%
Retirement48%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 38–58%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 698 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 11.63 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 Montélimar?

The unemployment rate is about 15.9 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 15.89 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune9
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Montélimar is 15.9%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability96.47 %3 Aug 2026Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)2Official
Gigabit broadband availability97.34 %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)2,749 EUR/month31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr20Official
Unemployment rate15.89 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune9Official

What does a salary buy in Montélimar?

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

regional median gross pay: €2,749 (insee.fr, 2022-12-31).
Left over each month€1,321of €2,082 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.€2,082
Rent, 60 m²€11.63/m² · official · "Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 2025 · 2025-09-30− €698
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€1,321
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Montélimar Salary needed to live in Montélimar

Public employment service

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary schools20 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)12Official
Schools36 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; Montélimar's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents1,299 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2011DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 20114Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Montélimar 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 residents1,299 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Montélimar?

Police recorded about 7,476 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 citiesMontélimar highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Montélimar 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
Montélimar7,476
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents7,476 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 airportOBS3 Aug 2026OurAirports17Official
Distance to nearest airport30 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports17Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Average high temperatures were 8.8°C in January and 29.8°C in July.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours
MetricValuePeriodSource
Average daytime high by monthJan 8.8 · Feb 10.5 · Mar 15.1 · Apr 18.3 · May 22.5 · Jun 26.9 · Jul 29.8 · Aug 29.6 · Sep 24.4 · Oct 18.9 · Nov 12.8 · Dec 9.1 °C31 Dec 2020Météo-France climate normal — mean monthly maximum air temperature, MONTELIMAR, 1991-202011Official
Average night-time low by monthJan 2.6 · Feb 2.7 · Mar 5.3 · Apr 7.8 · May 11.6 · Jun 15.4 · Jul 17.6 · Aug 17.4 · Sep 13.9 · Oct 10.7 · Nov 6.3 · Dec 3.4 °C31 Dec 2020Météo-France climate normal — mean monthly minimum air temperature, MONTELIMAR, 1991-202011Official
Average temperature by monthJan 5.7 · Feb 6.6 · Mar 10.2 · Apr 13.1 · May 17.1 · Jun 21.1 · Jul 23.7 · Aug 23.5 · Sep 19.2 · Oct 14.8 · Nov 9.5 · Dec 6.2 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station MONTELIMAR19Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 68.7 · Feb 42.5 · Mar 49 · Apr 74.4 · May 77.7 · Jun 56.5 · Jul 55.1 · Aug 56.3 · Sep 115.9 · Oct 133 · Nov 128.7 · Dec 61.7 mm31 Dec 2020Météo-France climate normal — mean monthly precipitation, MONTELIMAR, 1991-202011Official
Average sunshine by monthJan 106.6 · Feb 135.8 · Mar 199.9 · Apr 218.7 · May 260.2 · Jun 299.7 · Jul 330.4 · Aug 298.6 · Sep 231.2 · Oct 155.9 · Nov 109.7 · Dec 94.52 hours31 Dec 2020Météo-France climate normal — mean monthly sunshine duration, MONTELIMAR, 1991-202011Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in Montélimar?

The published population was 40,595 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 area46.81 km²31 Dec 2026Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte18Official
Foreign residents3,908 people2021Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT114Official
Population density867.2 people/km²31 Dec 2023Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte18Official
Population40,595 people1 Jan 2023INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune8Official

International community in Montélimar

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
Total40,595100.0%
Français36,631.99390.2%
Etranger3,963.0079.8%

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 Montélimar

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.

Livron-sur-Drôme as a Montélimar alternative in the same region

25 km away, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,531 Livron-sur-Drôme vs 7,476 Montélimar−39%
  • Rent: €9.73/m² Livron-sur-Drôme vs €11.63/m² Montélimarno percentage
  • Unemployment: 11.2% Livron-sur-Drôme vs 15.9% Montélimar−30%
  • Residents: 9,329 Livron-sur-Drôme vs 40,595 Montélimar−77%
  • Nearest airport: 19.0 km Livron-sur-Drôme vs 30.0 km Montélimar−37%
  • Median gross pay, region: €2,749 Livron-sur-Drôme vs €2,749 Montélimarsame level
Full comparisonMore about Livron-sur-Drôme

Saint-Herblain as a Montélimar alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 576 km, better on 3 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

  • Rent: €11.60/m² Saint-Herblain vs €11.63/m² Montélimarno percentage
  • Unemployment: 11.3% Saint-Herblain vs 15.9% Montélimar−29%
  • Nearest airport: 7.0 km Saint-Herblain vs 30.0 km Montélimar−77%
  • Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,017.1 Saint-Herblain vs 1,299.2 Montélimar−22%
  • Residents: 50,973 Saint-Herblain vs 40,595 Montélimar+26%
  • Median gross pay, region: €2,620 Saint-Herblain vs €2,749 Montélimar−5%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,194 Saint-Herblain vs 7,476 Montélimar−4%
Full comparisonMore about Saint-Herblain

Cities near Montélimar

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

Le Teil 5.6 km away
Rent
10.16 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30
Donzère 13.2 km away
Rent
8.51 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Pierrelatte 20.6 km away
Rent
10.07 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Loriol-sur-Drôme 22.2 km away
Rent
8.93 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Privas 23.0 km away
Rent
8.2 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Livron-sur-Drôme 24.9 km away
Rent
9.73 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in France

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

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Boulogne-sur-Mer40,539 residentsCompiègne40,761 residentsDraguignan40,826 residentsWattrelos40,847 residentsColomiers40,882 residentsDouai40,250 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 Montélimar?

The published population was 40,595 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Montélimar?

Average net cold rent is about 11.63 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 814 EUR a month before utilities. Source: "Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 2025.

How safe is Montélimar?

Police recorded about 7,476 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 Montélimar?

The unemployment rate is about 15.9 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Montélimar?

The median gross salary is 2,749 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

How many foreign residents live in Montélimar?

3,908 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1.

Is Montélimar a good place to live?

Montélimar 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 Montélimar?

Le Teil, Donzère, Pierrelatte, Loriol-sur-Drôme, Bourg-Saint-Andéol are near Montélimar. 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 Montélimar?

The official citizenship distribution records 36,631.993 people (90.2%) 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Montélimar, France: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 02c3cd7f5e0c412890c2238c0ca56642]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/montelimar/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Montélimar, France: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {02c3cd7f5e0c412890c2238c0ca56642},
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}
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