Living in Nilvange

In Nilvange, unemployment is 12.9% (2022).

The population of Nilvange totalled 4,396 at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0726 sources

Population4,396people31 Dec 2024Official source · Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE)

Average gross salary3,167EUR/month31 Dec 2022District figureOfficial source · Les salaires bruts dans le secteur privé en 2022 – T401B: Salaire brut en équivalent temps plein, par catégorie socioprofessionnelle agrégée, région et département

Unemployment rate12.87%country median 11.0% — 17% aboveOfficial source · www.insee.fr

Recorded crime3,236incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 32% belowOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

PM2.5, annual mean7µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · Collected source

Higher unemployment than 66% of French cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 84% of French cities that publish it.

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

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 Nilvange.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

Nilvange counted 2,581 dwellings at the end of 2023.

No city-level rent figure is published for Nilvange. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43

Mobile plan, 10 GB€20

Net rent across major citiesNilvange highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30

Nice€20.43

Lyon€16.57

Marseille€16.30

Toulon€14.43

Toulouse€13.98

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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 Fibre¹⁴Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	19.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Orange 100GB mobile plan¹³Official · national market
Dwellings	2,581 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁴Official
Main residence dwellings	2,169 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁴Official

Is Nilvange a good place to live?

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Remote worker63%strong on work, weak on housing · range 53–73%

Skilled employee59%strong on work, weak on housing · range 50–68%

Student55%strong on cost, weak on housing · range 47–63%

Family48%strong on safety, weak on housing · range 39–57%

Retirement60%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 48–72%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Nilvange?

The unemployment rate is about 12.9 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 12.87 % · www.insee.fr¹⁷

Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Nilvange is 12.9%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

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Nilvange 12.9%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	3,167 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Les salaires bruts dans le secteur privé en 2022 – T401B: Salaire brut en équivalent temps plein, par catégorie socioprofessionnelle agrégée, région et département⁷Official · county
Fibre-to-the-building availability	98.95 %	3 Aug 2026	Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)¹Official
Gigabit broadband availability	98.95 %	3 Aug 2026	Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)¹Official
Unemployment rate	12.87 %country median 11.0%	31 Dec 2022	www.insee.fr¹⁷Official

Public employment service

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

Country-level information

France Travail — Public employment service

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	1 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)⁸Official
Schools	1 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)⁸Official

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; Nilvange's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Nilvange?

Police recorded about 3,236 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 citiesNilvange 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

Nilvange3,236

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	3,236 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

Nilvange's nearest airport was ETZ, 43 km away and offered 5 direct destinations. Nilvange's fibre-to-home broadband coverage was 98.95%.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	5 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹²Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	43 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁵Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	ETZ	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁵Official

Language courses and integration

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

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

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were 0.5°C in January and 19.3°C in July.

Is the air quality good in Nilvange?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Collected source³

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

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

PM2.57WHO 5 · EU 25

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 Nilvange is 7.0 µg/m³. Of 1,975 cities with data, 626 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Nilvange 7.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	7 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	Collected source³Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 12.4 · Feb 16.48 · Mar 19.29 · Apr 24.97 · May 29.74 · Jun 35.05 · Jul 39.7 · Aug 38.83 · Sep 34.26 · Oct 25.69 · Nov 19.05 · Dec 13.1 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁰Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -17.34 · Feb -18.3 · Mar -11.94 · Apr -4.72 · May -0.63 · Jun 3.48 · Jul 6.09 · Aug 5.89 · Sep 2.05 · Oct -5.01 · Nov -6.51 · Dec -15.18 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁰Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan 0.46 · Feb 1.27 · Mar 4.63 · Apr 8.97 · May 13.02 · Jun 17.02 · Jul 19.29 · Aug 18.75 · Sep 14.62 · Oct 9.89 · Nov 5.04 · Dec 1.46 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁰Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

How many people live in Nilvange?

The published population was 4,396 people in January 2024. Source: Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE)⁵

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	4,396 people	31 Dec 2024	Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE)⁵Official

Population over time10 published observations, 1968–2024

4,097

5,543

6,989

8,435

4,39619681982199920122024

Population fell 46.0% between 1968 and 2024, from 8,136 to 4,396.

International community in Nilvange

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	4,341	100.0%
Français	3,999.916	92.1%
Etranger	341.084	7.9%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁶

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)⁹Official

Alternatives for people set on Nilvange

Nothing here reaches an argued comparison yet: no other published city shares enough metrics with Nilvange from the same source, period and grain. What is collected is below.

Cities near Nilvange

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

Hayange Commuting Zone · 1.6 km away

Rent: 10.96 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Algrange 1.9 km away

Rent: 11.41 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Florange 5.5 km away

Rent: 12.34 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Terville 6.1 km away

Rent: 14.66 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Fameck 6.5 km away

Rent: 12.03 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Thionville 8.8 km away

Rent: 14.91 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Uckange 8.8 km away

Rent: 11.62 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Moyeuvre-Grande 9.9 km away

Rent: 8.84 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in France

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

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Tonnerre4,421 residents Château-Renault4,454 residents Ham4,456 residents Le Tréport4,469 residents Gourdon4,313 residents Morez4,506 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Nilvange 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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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Is Nilvange part of Hayange?

Nilvange is in the published commuting zone of Hayange; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Hayange city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source¹¹

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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 Nilvange?

The published population was 4,396 people in January 2024. Source: Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE).

Is the air quality good in Nilvange?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Collected source.

How safe is Nilvange?

What is the unemployment rate in Nilvange?

The unemployment rate is about 12.9 % (2022). Source: www.insee.fr.

Is Nilvange a good place to live?

Nilvange 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.

Is Nilvange part of Hayange?

Nilvange is in the published commuting zone of Hayange; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Nilvange?

Hayange, Algrange, Florange, Terville, Fameck are near Nilvange. 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 Nilvange?

The official citizenship distribution records 3,999.916 people (92.1%) 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). Nilvange, France: population, salary, cost of living, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version aa3910d73b3a1473caff5aef05b11ca5]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/nilvange/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Nilvange, France: population, salary, cost of living, jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {aa3910d73b3a1473caff5aef05b11ca5},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/nilvange/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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Collected source air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-05
INSEE insee.fr · checked 2026-08-07
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Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE), France api.insee.fr · checked 2026-08-30
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Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr) data.education.gouv.fr · checked 2026-08-03
Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr) data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr · checked 2026-08-03
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Orange Livebox Fibre boutique.orange.fr · checked 2026-09-15
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
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