Living in Moulins

In Moulins, advertised rents for new lettings average €8.67 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 16.7% (2022).

The city had 21 schools in 2026. There were 177 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024. Annual PM2.5 was 6.77 µg/m³ in 2024. The unemployment rate was 16.7% at the end of 2022. Annual NO₂ was 4.89 µg/m³ in 2024. The foreign population count was 1,540 in 2021. At the start of 2023, Moulins had a population of 19,206.

Last checked 2026-09-2425 sources

Population19,206people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune

Median gross salary (region)2,749EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr

Average net rent8.67EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 25% belowOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr

Unemployment rate16.71%country median 11.0% — 52% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune

Recorded crime5,704incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 20% aboveOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

PM2.5, annual mean6.77µg/m³country median 8.5 — 20% 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 86% of French cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 87% of French cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 71% of French cities that publish it.

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

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 Moulins.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Moulins?

Average net cold rent is 8.67 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): 8.67 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr²²

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43

Mobile plan, 10 GB€20

Net rent across major citiesMoulins highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30

Nice€20.43

Lyon€16.57

Marseille€16.30

Toulouse€13.98

Moulins€8.67

Show the other 6 cities

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 Fibre¹⁸Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	19.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Orange 100GB mobile plan¹⁷Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)	1,534 %	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁵Official
Dwellings	13,149 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁶Official
Main residence dwellings	11,046 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁶Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	8.67 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60	31 Dec 2025	static.data.gouv.fr²²Official

Is Moulins 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 worker56%strong on work, weak on safety · range 48–64%

Skilled employee63%strong on work, weak on safety · range 55–71%

Student64%strong on education, weak on work · range 57–71%

Family57%strong on family, weak on cost · range 50–64%

Retirement61%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 52–70%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 520 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 8.67 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 Moulins?

The unemployment rate is about 16.7 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 16.71 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune¹⁰

Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Moulins is 16.7%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

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Moulins 16.7%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Gigabit broadband availability	98.3 %	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.⁴Official
Median gross salary (regional)	2,749 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	www.insee.fr²³Official
Unemployment rate	16.71 %country median 11.0%	31 Dec 2022	INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune¹⁰Official

What does a salary buy in Moulins?

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

Left over each month€1,499of €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€8.67/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31	− €520
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	€1,499

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Moulins Salary needed to live in Moulins

Public employment service

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

Country-level information

France Travail — Public employment service

France Travail

Job SearchUnemployment Claim

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	21 schools	27 May 2026	RNEE exact Code_commune; etat=OUVERT; code_nature 100-199 or 300-399; unique UAI count.²⁰Official · commune
Primary schools	12 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)¹³Official
Schools	23 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)¹³Official

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; Moulins'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	177 per 100,000 people	31 Dec 2024	INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence⁸Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	2,239 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2011	DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 2011³Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Moulins 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 residents2,239 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Moulins?

Police recorded about 5,704 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 citiesMoulins 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

Moulins5,704

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	5,704 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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Nearest airport	VHY	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁹Official
Distance to nearest airport	44 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁹Official

Language courses and integration

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

Open official information

DIAN language-training offer finder — Other

Réseau des Carif-Oref and DIAN

For people seeking French-language training.

FrenchIn Person, Online

Open official information

Open the full France section

National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Moulins.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Moulins?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 6.8 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: 6.77 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

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.56.8WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1010.4WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂4.9WHO 10 · EU 40

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 Moulins is 6.8 µg/m³. Of 1,975 cities with data, 626 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Moulins 6.8

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	4.89 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	10.8 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.¹²Official
PM10 — annual mean	10.38 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	6.77 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
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 15.5 · Feb 18.51 · Mar 22.04 · Apr 26.4 · May 30.75 · Jun 40.17 · Jul 41 · Aug 40.82 · Sep 35.33 · Oct 30.3 · Nov 22.87 · Dec 16.57 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁵Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -14.01 · Feb -13.77 · Mar -11.31 · Apr -5.33 · May 0.02 · Jun 4.1 · Jul 7.45 · Aug 7.8 · Sep 0.24 · Oct -3.94 · Nov -5.79 · Dec -12.4 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁵Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 2.56 · Feb 3.08 · Mar 6.44 · Apr 10.12 · May 13.84 · Jun 18.3 · Jul 20.64 · Aug 20.31 · Sep 16.25 · Oct 12.04 · Nov 6.66 · Dec 3.24 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁵Official

Annual PM2.5 over time8 published observations, 2016–2024

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6.6

7.4

8.2

6.82016201820202024

Annual PM2.5 fell 15.4% between 2016 and 2024, from 8.0 to 6.8.

Population and city profile

The city covered 8.6 km² in 2026. Population density was 2,230.7 people per km² in 2023.

How many people live in Moulins?

The published population was 19,206 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune⁹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport92%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	8.61 km²	31 Dec 2026	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte²¹Official
Foreign residents	1,540 people	2021	Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1¹⁶Official
Population density	2,231 people/km²	31 Dec 2023	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte²¹Official
Population	19,206 people	1 Jan 2023	INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune⁹Official

International community in Moulins

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	19,206	100.0%
Français	17,506.786	91.2%
Etranger	1,699.214	8.8%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹¹

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)¹⁴Official

Alternatives for people set on Moulins

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.

Yzeure as a Moulins alternative in the same region

2 km away, better on 2 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Unemployment: 11.2% Yzeure vs 16.7% Moulins−33%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,843 Yzeure vs 5,704 Moulins−33%
Residents: 12,897 Yzeure vs 19,206 Moulins−33%
Rent: €8.67/m² Yzeure vs €8.67/m² Moulinssame level
Median gross pay, region: €2,749 Yzeure vs €2,749 Moulinssame level
Annual PM2.5: 6.8 µg/m³ Yzeure vs 6.8 µg/m³ Moulinssame level
Nearest airport: 44.0 km Yzeure vs 44.0 km Moulinssame level

Full comparison More about Yzeure

Sartrouville as a Moulins alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 279 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 19,206 Moulins+175%
Unemployment: 10.5% Sartrouville vs 16.7% Moulins−37%
Rent: €20.51/m² Sartrouville vs €8.67/m² Moulinsno percentage
Annual PM2.5: 9.7 µg/m³ Sartrouville vs 6.8 µg/m³ Moulins+43%
Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Sartrouville vs €2,749 Moulins+21%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,581 Sartrouville vs 5,704 Moulins−20%
Nearest airport: 18.0 km Sartrouville vs 44.0 km Moulins−59%

Full comparison More about Sartrouville

Cities near Moulins

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

Yzeure 1.7 km away

Rent: 8.67 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in France

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

All France cities

Saint-Dié-des-Vosges19,251 residents Saint-Fons19,285 residents Juvisy-sur-Orge19,292 residents Vitré19,365 residents Sorgues19,006 residents Brie-Comte-Robert19,003 residents

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Common questions

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How many people live in Moulins?

The published population was 19,206 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Moulins?

Average net cold rent is 8.67 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 607 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

Is the air quality good in Moulins?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 6.8 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 Moulins?

What is the unemployment rate in Moulins?

The unemployment rate is about 16.7 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Moulins?

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

Is Moulins a good place to live?

Moulins 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 Moulins?

Yzeure is near Moulins. 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 Moulins?

The official citizenship distribution records 17,506.786 people (91.2%) 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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