Living in Noyon

In Noyon, advertised rents for new lettings average €11.04 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 23.9% (2022).

Noyon is in France; its population was 12,971 at the start of 2023. For Noyon, gigabit broadband availability was 98.2% in March 2026. The foreign population count was 1,777 in 2021.

Last checked 2026-09-2428 sources

Population12,971people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune

Median gross salary (region)2,579EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr

Average net rent11.04EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 5% belowOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr

Unemployment rate23.88%country median 11.0% — 118% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune

Recorded crime8,940incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 89% aboveOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

PM2.5, annual mean10µg/m³country median 8.5 — 18% aboveOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Higher unemployment than any other French city that publishes it, more recorded crime than 97% of French cities that publish it and dirtier air than 90% of French cities that publish it.

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

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 Noyon.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Noyon?

Average net cold rent is 11.04 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): 11.04 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr²⁰

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43

Mobile plan, 10 GB€20

Net rent across major citiesNoyon highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30

Nice€20.43

Lyon€16.57

Marseille€16.30

Toulouse€13.98

Noyon€11.04

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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 Fibre¹⁷Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	19.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Orange 100GB mobile plan¹⁶Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)	827.7 %	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁶Official
Dwellings	6,688 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁷Official
Main residence dwellings	5,769 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁷Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	11.04 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60	31 Dec 2025	static.data.gouv.fr²⁰Official

Is Noyon 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 worker47%strong on work, weak on safety · range 39–55%

Skilled employee56%strong on work, weak on safety · range 48–64%

Student56%strong on education, weak on safety · range 49–63%

Family45%strong on family, weak on cost · range 38–52%

Retirement41%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 32–50%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 662 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 11.04 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

The unemployment rate was 23.9% at the end of 2022.

What is the unemployment rate in Noyon?

The unemployment rate is about 23.9 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 23.88 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune¹⁰

Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Noyon is 23.9%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

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Noyon 23.9%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Fibre-to-the-building availability	98.24 %	3 Aug 2026	Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)¹Official
Gigabit broadband availability	98.24 %	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.⁵Official
Median gross salary (regional)	2,579 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	www.insee.fr²¹Official
Unemployment rate	23.88 %country median 11.0%	31 Dec 2022	INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune¹⁰Official

What does a salary buy in Noyon?

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

Left over each month€1,242of €1,967 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.	€1,967
Rent, 60 m²€11.04/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31	− €662
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	€1,242

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

Public employment service

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	12 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)¹²Official
Schools	21 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère 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; Noyon's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	634.2 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2011	DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 2011³Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Noyon 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 residents634.2 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Noyon?

Police recorded about 8,940 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 citiesNoyon highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Lille13,488

Lyon13,026

Bordeaux12,429

Marseille11,857

Paris10,987

Montpellier9,636

Noyon8,940

Toulouse8,875

Rennes8,241

Strasbourg7,791

Nantes7,704

Nice7,577

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	8,940 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	BYF	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁸Official
Distance to nearest airport	48 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁸Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Noyon?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 10 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency⁴

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

PM2.510WHO 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 Noyon is 10.0 µg/m³. Of 1,975 cities with data, 626 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	10 µg/m³country median 8.5	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency⁴Official
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 13.81 · Feb 17.17 · Mar 21.36 · Apr 26.34 · May 29.34 · Jun 32.96 · Jul 37.9 · Aug 34.55 · Sep 32.26 · Oct 26.7 · Nov 19.49 · Dec 14.78 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁴Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -12.24 · Feb -12.86 · Mar -12.75 · Apr -4.62 · May 0.19 · Jun 3.36 · Jul 6.62 · Aug 6.03 · Sep 2.54 · Oct -4.12 · Nov -4.86 · Dec -7.8 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁴Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 2.63 · Feb 3.22 · Mar 6.24 · Apr 9.91 · May 13.4 · Jun 16.82 · Jul 18.71 · Aug 18.28 · Sep 15.08 · Oct 11.22 · Nov 6.6 · Dec 3.24 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁴Official

Annual PM2.5 over time11 published observations, 2014–2024

9.6

11.5

13.5

15.4

10.0201420162018202020222024

Annual PM2.5 fell 33.3% between 2014 and 2024, from 15.0 to 10.0.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Noyon?

The published population was 12,971 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune⁹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport86.3%
Foreign residents13.7%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	18 km²	31 Dec 2026	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte¹⁹Official
Foreign residents	1,777 people	2021	Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1¹⁵Official
Population density	720.6 people/km²	31 Dec 2023	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte¹⁹Official
Population	12,971 people	1 Jan 2023	INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune⁹Official

International community in Noyon

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	12,971	100.0%
Français	10,860.13	83.7%
Etranger	2,110.87	16.3%

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)¹³Official

Alternatives for people set on Noyon

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.

Chauny as a Noyon alternative in the same region

16 km away, better on 4 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,912.6 Chauny vs 634.2 Noyon+202%
Rent: €8.93/m² Chauny vs €11.04/m² Noyon−19%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 6,151 Chauny vs 8,940 Noyon−31%
Unemployment: 22.4% Chauny vs 23.9% Noyon−6%
Nearest airport: 55.0 km Chauny vs 48.0 km Noyon+15%
Residents: 11,596 Chauny vs 12,971 Noyon−11%
Median gross pay, region: €2,579 Chauny vs €2,579 Noyonsame level

Full comparison More about Chauny

Massy as a Noyon alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 108 km, better on 5 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 51,729 Massy vs 12,971 Noyon+299%
Unemployment: 9.7% Massy vs 23.9% Noyon−59%
Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Massy vs €2,579 Noyon+29%
Rent: €20.08/m² Massy vs €11.04/m² Noyonno percentage
Nearest airport: 6.0 km Massy vs 48.0 km Noyon−88%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 6,806 Massy vs 8,940 Noyon−24%
Hospital beds, per 100k: 776.4 Massy vs 634.2 Noyon+22%

Full comparison More about Massy

Cities near Noyon

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

Chauny 16.3 km away

Rent: 8.93 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Roye 20.0 km away

Rent: 9.93 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Margny-lès-Compiègne 21.5 km away

Rent: 12.58 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Compiègne 22.5 km away

Rent: 13.42 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in France

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

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Betton12,964 residents Tarnos12,957 residents Guéret12,955 residents Fonsorbes12,954 residents Berck12,951 residents Amboise12,937 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 Noyon?

The published population was 12,971 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Noyon?

Average net cold rent is 11.04 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 773 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

Is the air quality good in Noyon?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 10 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency.

How safe is Noyon?

What is the unemployment rate in Noyon?

The unemployment rate is about 23.9 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Noyon?

The median gross salary is 2,579 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

Is Noyon a good place to live?

Noyon 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 Noyon?

Thourotte, Chauny, Ham, Roye, Margny-lès-Compiègne are near Noyon. 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 Noyon?

The official citizenship distribution records 10,860.13 people (83.7%) 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 = {Noyon, France: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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}

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