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Living in Narbonne

In Narbonne, advertised rents for new lettings average €10.16 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 18.4% (2022).

For Narbonne, the foreign population count was 3,711 in 2021. The unemployment rate was 18.4% at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-09-2430 sources

Population57,587people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE — Populations légales 2023, Narbonne (commune 11262)
Median gross salary (region)2,575EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr
Average net rent10.16EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 12% belowOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr
Unemployment rate18.42%country median 11.0% — 68% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune
Recorded crime8,246incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 74% aboveOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

Cheaper rent than 70% of French cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 91% of French cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 95% of French cities that publish it.

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

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 Narbonne.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Narbonne?

Average net cold rent is 10.16 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): 10.16 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr20
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Narbonne recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Marseille€16.30
Toulouse€13.98
Narbonne€10.16
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 Fibre17Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange 100GB mobile plan16Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)2,646 %31 Dec 2023INSEE5Official
Dwellings39,802 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE6Official
Main residence dwellings30,145 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE6Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)10.16 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.6031 Dec 2025static.data.gouv.fr20Official

Is Narbonne 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 worker44%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 35–53%
Skilled employee56%strong on work, weak on safety · range 48–64%
Student58%strong on education, weak on work · range 51–65%
Family51%strong on family, weak on cost · range 44–58%
Retirement47%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 37–57%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 610 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 10.16 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 Narbonne?

The unemployment rate is about 18.4 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 18.42 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune9
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Narbonne is 18.4%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability93.12 %3 Aug 2026Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)1Official
Gigabit broadband availability93.12 %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.4Official
Median gross salary (regional)2,575 EUR/month31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr21Official
Unemployment rate18.42 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune9Official

What does a salary buy in Narbonne?

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

regional median gross pay: €2,575 (insee.fr, 2022-12-31).
Left over each month€1,288of €1,961 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.€1,961
Rent, 60 m²€10.16/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31− €610
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€1,288
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Narbonne Salary needed to live in Narbonne

Public employment service

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary schools35 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)11Official
Schools63 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)11Official

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; Narbonne's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents1,142 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2011DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 20113Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Narbonne 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 residents1,142 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Narbonne?

Police recorded about 8,246 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 citiesNarbonne highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Narbonne highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Lille13,488
Lyon13,026
Bordeaux12,429
Marseille11,857
Paris10,987
Montpellier9,636
Toulouse8,875
Narbonne8,246
Rennes8,241
Strasbourg7,791
Nantes7,704
Nice7,577
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents8,246 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)2Official

Mobility and administration

Gigabit broadband availability was 93.1% in March 2026.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport9 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights15Official
Nearest airportBZR3 Aug 2026OurAirports18Official
Distance to nearest airport32 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports18Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

MetricValuePeriodSource
Monthly extreme high temperatureJan 18.04 · Feb 19.45 · Mar 23.11 · Apr 25.37 · May 29.81 · Jun 38.35 · Jul 34.18 · Aug 36.23 · Sep 32.53 · Oct 28.12 · Nov 22.49 · Dec 18.8 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center13Official
Monthly extreme low temperatureJan -1.88 · Feb -5.72 · Mar -1.14 · Apr 4.16 · May 5.26 · Jun 9.66 · Jul 14.08 · Aug 14.1 · Sep 9.07 · Oct 2.63 · Nov 0.78 · Dec -1.93 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center13Official
Average temperature by monthJan 7.96 · Feb 8.03 · Mar 10.64 · Apr 13.34 · May 16.64 · Jun 21.19 · Jul 23.76 · Aug 23.57 · Sep 20.19 · Oct 16.68 · Nov 11.92 · Dec 8.76 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center13Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in Narbonne?

The published population was 57,587 people in 2023. Source: INSEE — Populations légales 2023, Narbonne (commune 11262)7

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area173 km²31 Dec 2026Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte19Official
Foreign residents3,711 people2021Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT114Official
Population density332.9 people/km²31 Dec 2023Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte19Official
Population57,587 people1 Jan 2023INSEE — Populations légales 2023, Narbonne (commune 11262)7Official

International community in Narbonne

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
Total57,587100.0%
Français53,477.50192.9%
Etranger4,109.4997.1%

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)12Official

Alternatives for people set on Narbonne

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.

Cazouls-lès-Béziers as a Narbonne alternative in the same region

24 km away, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,182 Cazouls-lès-Béziers vs 8,246 Narbonne−49%
  • Rent: €8.35/m² Cazouls-lès-Béziers vs €10.16/m² Narbonne−18%
  • Residents: 5,261 Cazouls-lès-Béziers vs 57,587 Narbonne−91%
  • Unemployment: 15.4% Cazouls-lès-Béziers vs 18.4% Narbonne−17%
  • Median gross pay, region: €2,575 Cazouls-lès-Béziers vs €2,575 Narbonnesame level
Full comparisonMore about Cazouls-lès-Béziers

Clamart as a Narbonne alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 627 km, better on 5 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

  • Hospital beds, per 100k: 2,340.5 Clamart vs 1,142.3 Narbonne+105%
  • Unemployment: 9.3% Clamart vs 18.4% Narbonne−50%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,276 Clamart vs 8,246 Narbonne−36%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Clamart vs €2,575 Narbonne+29%
  • Rent: €24.06/m² Clamart vs €10.16/m² Narbonneno percentage
  • Nearest airport: 6.0 km Clamart vs 32.0 km Narbonne−81%
  • Residents: 58,576 Clamart vs 57,587 Narbonne+2%
Full comparisonMore about Clamart

Cities near Narbonne

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

Coursan 6.9 km away
Rent
9.11 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Gruissan 11.0 km away
Rent
11.74 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Sigean 17.5 km away
Rent
9.75 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Port-la-Nouvelle 18.6 km away
Rent
10.54 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Sauvian 24.0 km away
Rent
11.49 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Sérignan 24.6 km away
Rent
11.91 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in France

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

All France cities
Paris 09 Opéra57,271 residentsMarseille 0358,029 residentsBobigny56,927 residentsMeaux56,905 residentsLorient58,329 residentsMaisons-Alfort56,799 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 Narbonne?

The published population was 57,587 people in 2023. Source: INSEE — Populations légales 2023, Narbonne (commune 11262).

How much does it cost to rent in Narbonne?

Average net cold rent is 10.16 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 711 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

How safe is Narbonne?

Police recorded about 8,246 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 Narbonne?

The unemployment rate is about 18.4 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Narbonne?

The median gross salary is 2,575 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

How many foreign residents live in Narbonne?

3,711 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1.

Is Narbonne a good place to live?

Narbonne 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 Narbonne?

Coursan, Gruissan, Sigean, Port-la-Nouvelle, Lézignan-Corbières are near Narbonne. 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 Narbonne?

The official citizenship distribution records 53,477.501 people (92.9%) 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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  title = {Narbonne, France: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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