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Living in Paimpol

In Paimpol, advertised rents for new lettings average €11.27 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 12% (2022).

The unemployment rate was 12% at the end of 2022. Paimpol had a population of 7,341 at the start of 2023. The foreign population count was 153 in 2021.

Last checked 2026-09-2419 sources

Population7,341people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune
Median gross salary (region)2,570EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr
Average net rent11.27EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 3% belowOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr
Unemployment rate11.97%country median 11.0% — 9% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune
Recorded crime8,078incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 70% aboveOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

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

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 Paimpol.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Paimpol?

Average net cold rent is 11.27 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): 11.27 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr18
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Paimpol recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Marseille€16.30
Toulouse€13.98
Paimpol€11.27
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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 Fibre15Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange 100GB mobile plan14Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)563 %31 Dec 2023INSEE5Official
Dwellings5,717 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE6Official
Main residence dwellings4,175 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE6Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)11.27 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.6031 Dec 2025static.data.gouv.fr18Official

Is Paimpol 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 worker43%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 34–52%
Skilled employee50%strong on work, weak on safety · range 42–58%
Student44%strong on education, weak on work · range 37–51%
Family39%strong on family, weak on cost · range 32–46%
Retirement46%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 36–56%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 676 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 11.27 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 Paimpol?

The unemployment rate is about 12 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 11.97 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune8
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Paimpol is 12.0%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability89.31 %3 Aug 2026Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)1Official
Gigabit broadband availability89.31 %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)2,570 EUR/month31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr19Official
Unemployment rate11.97 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune8Official

What does a salary buy in Paimpol?

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

regional median gross pay: €2,570 (insee.fr, 2022-12-31).
Left over each month€1,221of €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€11.27/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31− €676
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€1,221
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Paimpol Salary needed to live in Paimpol

Public employment service

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary schools3 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)10Official
Schools10 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)10Official

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; Paimpol's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents1,232 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2011DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 20113Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Paimpol 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 residents1,232 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Paimpol?

Police recorded about 8,078 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 citiesPaimpol highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Paimpol highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Lille13,488
Lyon13,026
Bordeaux12,429
Marseille11,857
Paris10,987
Montpellier9,636
Toulouse8,875
Rennes8,241
Paimpol8,078
Strasbourg7,791
Nantes7,704
Nice7,577
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents8,078 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 89.3% in March 2026.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Nearest airportSBK3 Aug 2026OurAirports16Official
Distance to nearest airport30 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports16Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

MetricValuePeriodSource
Monthly extreme high temperatureJan 13.79 · Feb 14.66 · Mar 14.86 · Apr 18.27 · May 21.92 · Jun 24.49 · Jul 27.23 · Aug 29.09 · Sep 24.66 · Oct 23.12 · Nov 17.79 · Dec 14.89 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center12Official
Monthly extreme low temperatureJan 1.23 · Feb -0.14 · Mar 0.78 · Apr 3.86 · May 7.34 · Jun 9.91 · Jul 12.11 · Aug 13.28 · Sep 11.51 · Oct 7.38 · Nov 3.18 · Dec 2.63 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center12Official
Average temperature by monthJan 8.53 · Feb 7.95 · Mar 8.63 · Apr 10.16 · May 12.29 · Jun 14.79 · Jul 16.71 · Aug 17.27 · Sep 16.45 · Oct 14.46 · Nov 11.71 · Dec 9.51 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center12Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in Paimpol?

The published population was 7,341 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune7

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area23.61 km²31 Dec 2026Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte17Official
Foreign residents153 people2021Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT113Official
Population density310.9 people/km²31 Dec 2023Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte17Official
Population7,341 people1 Jan 2023INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune7Official

International community in Paimpol

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
Total7,341100.0%
Français7,18797.9%
Etranger1542.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source9

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Universities0 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)11Official

Alternatives for people set on Paimpol

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.

Sartrouville as a Paimpol alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 382 km, better on 4 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

  • Residents: 52,763 Sartrouville vs 7,341 Paimpol+619%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,581 Sartrouville vs 8,078 Paimpol−43%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Sartrouville vs €2,570 Paimpol+29%
  • Rent: €20.51/m² Sartrouville vs €11.27/m² Paimpolno percentage
  • Unemployment: 10.5% Sartrouville vs 12.0% Paimpol−12%
  • Nearest airport: 18.0 km Sartrouville vs 30.0 km Paimpol−40%
Full comparisonMore about Sartrouville

Alternative cities in France

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

All France cities
Lanton7,337 residentsPerros-Guirec7,336 residentsPontcharra7,350 residentsVillemoisson-sur-Orge7,332 residentsBarlin7,331 residentsCourtry7,330 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 Paimpol?

The published population was 7,341 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Paimpol?

Average net cold rent is 11.27 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 789 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

How safe is Paimpol?

Police recorded about 8,078 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 Paimpol?

The unemployment rate is about 12 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Paimpol?

The median gross salary is 2,570 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

How many foreign residents live in Paimpol?

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

Is Paimpol a good place to live?

Paimpol 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.

How many people are in the Français citizenship group in Paimpol?

The official citizenship distribution records 7,187 people (97.9%) 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 = {Paimpol, France: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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Sources

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  3. DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 2011 data.gouv.fr · checked 2026-08-03
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  1. 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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  3. Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1 Nationalité en 2021 · insee.fr · checked 2026-07-15
  4. Orange 100GB mobile plan boutique.orange.fr · checked 2026-09-15
  5. Orange Livebox Fibre boutique.orange.fr · checked 2026-09-15
  6. OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
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