Living in Mouilleron-le-Captif
In Mouilleron-le-Captif, rents across existing tenancies average €5.60 per m² a month (2021) and unemployment is 5.7% (2022).
For Mouilleron-le-Captif, gigabit broadband availability was 94.1% in March 2026. The city covered 19.7 km² in 2026. Population density was 267 people per km² in 2023. The city had 3 schools in 2026. There were 56.9 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024. Annual NO₂ was 5.82 µg/m³ in 2024. The unemployment rate was 5.74% at the end of 2022. The foreign population count was 62 in 2021. Annual PM2.5 was 7.47 µg/m³ in 2024. Mouilleron-le-Captif is in France; its population was 5,273 at the start of 2023.
Cheaper rent than any other French city that publishes it, lower unemployment than 98% of French cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 97% of French cities that publish it.
Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Mouilleron-le-Captif?
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 Mouilleron-le-Captif?
Average net cold rent is about 5.6 EUR/m² per month (January 2021), 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): 5.6 EUR/m²/month · Répertoire des logements locatifs des bailleurs sociaux (RPLS) 2021 — données communales14
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 42.99 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Orange Livebox Fibre13Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 19.99 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Orange 100GB mobile plan12Official · national market |
| Housing vacancy rate (legacy series) | 64.12 % | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE4Official |
| Dwellings | 2,345 dwellings | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE5Official |
| Main residence dwellings | 2,192 dwellings | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE5Official |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 5.6 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 | 1 Jan 2021 | Répertoire des logements locatifs des bailleurs sociaux (RPLS) 2021 — données communales14Official |
Is Mouilleron-le-Captif 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.
Worked out from these numbers
What does a 60 m² flat cost?
About 336 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 5.6 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.
Work and income
What is the unemployment rate in Mouilleron-le-Captif?
The unemployment rate is about 5.7 % (2022).
- Unemployment rate: 5.74 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune8
Mouilleron-le-Captif 5.7%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gigabit broadband availability | 94.14 % | 31 Mar 2026 | Independent 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.3Official |
| Median gross salary (regional) | 2,620 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2022 | www.insee.fr19Official |
| Unemployment rate | 5.74 %country median 11.0% | 31 Dec 2022 | INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune8Official |
What does a salary buy in Mouilleron-le-Captif?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
RentInternetMobileLeft 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. | €1,994 |
| Rent, 60 m²€5.60/m² · official · Répertoire des logements locatifs des bailleurs sociaux (RPLS) 2021 · 2021-01-01 | − €336 |
| 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 | €1,595 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Mouilleron-le-Captif. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
France Travail — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Mouilleron-le-Captif. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Family and education
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schools | 3 schools | 27 May 2026 | RNEE exact Code_commune; etat=OUVERT; code_nature 100-199 or 300-399; unique UAI count.15Official · commune |
| Primary schools | 1 schools | 31 Dec 2025 | INSEE4Official |
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; Mouilleron-le-Captif's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
Healthcare
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary care doctors per 100,000 residents | 56.89 per 100,000 people | 31 Dec 2024 | INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence6Official |
Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Mouilleron-le-Captif 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.
Open the official coverage guideSafety
How safe is Mouilleron-le-Captif?
Police recorded about 2,271 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
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 2,271 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 |
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Mouilleron-le-Captif. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.
Contrat d’intégration républicaine (CIR) — Integration course
État français and OFII
For eligible non-EU foreign residents.
DIAN language-training offer finder — Other
Réseau des Carif-Oref and DIAN
For people seeking French-language training.
Climate and air quality
Is the air quality good in Mouilleron-le-Captif?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.5 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: 7.47 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
Night-time low to daytime high
mm
hours
Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³
City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.
Mouilleron-le-Captif 7.5
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO₂ — annual mean | 5.82 µg/m³country median 14.8 | 2024 | 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.1Official |
| NO₂ — latest reading | 23.6 µg/m³ | 15 Jul 2026 | Latest 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.10Official |
| PM10 — annual mean | 11.87 µg/m³country median 14.2 | 2024 | 2024 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 mean | 7.47 µg/m³country median 8.5 | 2024 | 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.1Official |
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 9 · Feb 10.1 · Mar 13.1 · Apr 15.7 · May 19.3 · Jun 22.8 · Jul 24.9 · Aug 25.1 · Sep 22.1 · Oct 17.3 · Nov 12.5 · Dec 9.5 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station LA_ROCHE_SUR_YON18Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan 3.2 · Feb 2.7 · Mar 4.4 · Apr 6 · May 9.3 · Jun 12.3 · Jul 13.9 · Aug 13.9 · Sep 11.4 · Oct 9.4 · Nov 5.9 · Dec 3.6 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station LA_ROCHE_SUR_YON18Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 6.1 · Feb 6.4 · Mar 8.8 · Apr 10.9 · May 14.3 · Jun 17.5 · Jul 19.4 · Aug 19.5 · Sep 16.8 · Oct 13.4 · Nov 9.2 · Dec 6.5 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station LA_ROCHE_SUR_YON18Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 94.8 · Feb 70.5 · Mar 64.4 · Apr 65.9 · May 62.4 · Jun 45.3 · Jul 47.9 · Aug 52.1 · Sep 71.9 · Oct 98.7 · Nov 108.1 · Dec 103.5 mm | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station LA_ROCHE_SUR_YON18Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average sunshine by month | Jan 73 · Feb 106 · Mar 151 · Apr 183 · May 210 · Jun 229 · Jul 241 · Aug 235 · Sep 199 · Oct 128 · Nov 88 · Dec 74 hours | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station LA_ROCHE_SUR_YON18Official · nearest-station reading |
Similar climate. In France: Reims ±1.5 °C. Elsewhere: Saanich (Canada) ±1.5 °C, Werl (Germany) ±1.9 °C, Bournemouth (United Kingdom) ±1.7 °C, Poole (United Kingdom) ±1.7 °C, Portsmouth (United Kingdom) ±1.2 °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
How many people live in Mouilleron-le-Captif?
The published population was 5,273 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune7
By nationality
National passport98.8%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| City area | 19.73 km² | 31 Dec 2026 | Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte16Official |
| Foreign residents | 62 people | 2021 | Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT111Official |
| Population density | 267.3 people/km² | 31 Dec 2023 | Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte16Official |
| Population | 5,273 people | 1 Jan 2023 | INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune7Official |
International community in Mouilleron-le-Captif
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 | 5,273 | 100.0% |
| Français | 5,210.295 | 98.8% |
| Etranger | 62.705 | 1.2% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source9
Alternatives for people set on Mouilleron-le-Captif
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.
Le Poiré-sur-Vie as a Mouilleron-le-Captif alternative in the same region
7 km away, better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.
- Rent: €10.15/m² (2025) Le Poiré-sur-Vie vs €5.60/m² (2021) Mouilleron-le-Captifno percentage
- Residents: 8,649 Le Poiré-sur-Vie vs 5,273 Mouilleron-le-Captif+64%
- Unemployment: 5.1% Le Poiré-sur-Vie vs 5.7% Mouilleron-le-Captif−10%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,075 Le Poiré-sur-Vie vs 2,271 Mouilleron-le-Captif−9%
- Median gross pay, region: €2,620 Le Poiré-sur-Vie vs €2,620 Mouilleron-le-Captifsame level
- Annual PM2.5: 7.5 µg/m³ Le Poiré-sur-Vie vs 7.5 µg/m³ Mouilleron-le-Captifsame level
Cities near Mouilleron-le-Captif
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
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- 10.5 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30
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- 9.89 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 Mouilleron-le-Captif?
The published population was 5,273 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.
How much does it cost to rent in Mouilleron-le-Captif?
Average net cold rent is about 5.6 EUR/m² per month (January 2021), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 392 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Répertoire des logements locatifs des bailleurs sociaux (RPLS) 2021 — données communales.
Is the air quality good in Mouilleron-le-Captif?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.5 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 Mouilleron-le-Captif?
Police recorded about 2,271 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 Mouilleron-le-Captif?
The unemployment rate is about 5.7 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.
What is the typical salary around Mouilleron-le-Captif?
The median gross salary is 2,620 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.
Is Mouilleron-le-Captif a good place to live?
Mouilleron-le-Captif 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 Mouilleron-le-Captif?
La Roche-sur-Yon, Le Poiré-sur-Vie, La Ferrière, Aizenay are near Mouilleron-le-Captif. 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 Mouilleron-le-Captif?
The official citizenship distribution records 5,210.295 people (98.8%) 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). Mouilleron-le-Captif, France: population, rent, salary, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 53a4366b5ab329719626fe55439bb3d9]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/mouilleron-le-captif/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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