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Living in Passy

In Passy, advertised rents for new lettings average €13.84 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 6.7% (2022).

At the start of 2023, Passy had a population of 10,856. The city had 10 schools in 2026. There were 73.7 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024. Annual PM2.5 was 12.9 µg/m³ in 2024. Annual NO₂ was 17.4 µg/m³ in 2024. At the end of 2022, the unemployment rate was 6.66%.

Last checked 2026-09-2432 sources

Population10,856people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune
Median gross salary (region)2,749EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr
Average net rent13.84EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 19% aboveOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr
Unemployment rate6.66%country median 11.0% — 39% belowOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune
Recorded crime3,886incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 18% belowOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)
PM2.5, annual mean12.91µg/m³country median 8.5 — 52% aboveOfficial source · 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.

Pricier rent than 71% of French cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 93% of French cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 70% of French cities that publish it.

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

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 Passy.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Passy?

Average net cold rent is 13.84 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): 13.84 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr22
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Passy recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Marseille€16.30
Toulouse€13.98
Passy€13.84
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 Fibre18Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange 100GB mobile plan17Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)338.1 %31 Dec 2023INSEE5Official
Dwellings6,176 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE6Official
Main residence dwellings5,101 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE6Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)13.84 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.6031 Dec 2025static.data.gouv.fr22Official

Is Passy a good place to live?

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Remote worker41%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 33–49%
Skilled employee53%strong on work, weak on safety · range 45–61%
Student33%strong on education, weak on work · range 26–40%
Family52%strong on family, weak on cost · range 45–59%
Retirement44%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 35–53%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 830 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 13.84 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 Passy?

The unemployment rate is about 6.7 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 6.66 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune10
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Passy is 6.7%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Gigabit broadband availability45.94 %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)2,749 EUR/month31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr23Official
Unemployment rate6.66 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune10Official

What does a salary buy in Passy?

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

regional median gross pay: €2,749 (insee.fr, 2022-12-31).
Left over each month€1,188of €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€13.84/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31− €830
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€1,188
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Passy Salary needed to live in Passy

Public employment service

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Schools10 schools27 May 2026RNEE exact Code_commune; etat=OUVERT; code_nature 100-199 or 300-399; unique UAI count.20Official · commune
Primary schools8 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)13Official
Schools13 count3 Aug 2026Ministère 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; Passy's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary care doctors per 100,000 residents73.69 per 100,000 people31 Dec 2024INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence8Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents818 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2011DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 20113Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Passy 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 residents818 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Passy?

Police recorded about 3,886 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 citiesPassy highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Passy highlighted

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
Passy3,886
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents3,886 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

MetricValuePeriodSource
Nearest airportMVV3 Aug 2026OurAirports19Official
Distance to nearest airport12 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports19Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Passy?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 12.9 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: 12.91 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

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 Passy is 12.9 µg/m³. Of 1,975 cities with data, 626 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean17.36 µg/m³country median 14.820242024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.1Official
NO₂ — latest reading20.93 µg/m³15 Jul 2026Latest 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 mean15.99 µg/m³country median 14.220242024 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 mean12.91 µg/m³country median 8.520242024 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 temperatureJan 5.99 · Feb 6.28 · Mar 14.26 · Apr 18.14 · May 24.84 · Jun 27.22 · Jul 26.65 · Aug 28.44 · Sep 24.59 · Oct 20.87 · Nov 16.93 · Dec 7.43 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center15Official
Monthly extreme low temperatureJan -25.33 · Feb -29.26 · Mar -27.23 · Apr -16.46 · May -7.26 · Jun -4.45 · Jul 0.31 · Aug 0.13 · Sep -5.24 · Oct -9.96 · Nov -18.98 · Dec -23.76 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center15Official
Average temperature by monthJan -6.66 · Feb -6.39 · Mar -2.75 · Apr 2.65 · May 6.99 · Jun 11.38 · Jul 13.07 · Aug 12.72 · Sep 9.05 · Oct 5.15 · Nov -0.65 · Dec -4.96 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center15Official
Annual PM2.5 over time9 published observations, 2016–2024

Annual PM2.5 fell 19.3% between 2016 and 2024, from 16.0 to 12.9.

Population and city profile

The city covered 80 km² in 2026. Population density was 135.6 people per km² in 2023.

How many people live in Passy?

The published population was 10,856 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune9

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area80.03 km²31 Dec 2026Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte21Official
Foreign residents635 people2021Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT116Official
Population density135.6 people/km²31 Dec 2023Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte21Official
Population10,856 people1 Jan 2023INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune9Official

International community in Passy

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
Total10,856100.0%
Français10,144.3493.4%
Etranger711.666.6%

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

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Universities0 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)14Official

Alternatives for people set on Passy

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.

Sallanches as a Passy alternative in the same region

4 km away, better on 2 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

  • Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,757.8 Sallanches vs 818.0 Passy+115%
  • Residents: 17,319 Sallanches vs 10,856 Passy+60%
  • Unemployment: 5.7% Sallanches vs 6.7% Passy−14%
  • Rent: €14.22/m² Sallanches vs €13.84/m² Passysame level
  • Nearest airport: 14.0 km Sallanches vs 12.0 km Passy+17%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,780 Sallanches vs 3,886 Passysame level
  • Median gross pay, region: €2,749 Sallanches vs €2,749 Passysame level
Full comparisonMore about Sallanches

Cities near Passy

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

Sallanches 4.4 km away
Rent
14.22 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Cluses 17.3 km away
Rent
14.64 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30
Scionzier 18.2 km away
Rent
14.37 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30
Marnaz 19.5 km away
Rent
14.76 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30
Thyez 21.0 km away
Rent
15.55 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30

Alternative cities in France

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

All France cities
Chanteloup-les-Vignes10,861 residentsAnnoeullin10,847 residentsAnnœullin10,847 residentsChâteaugiron10,845 residentsVilleneuve-lès-Maguelone10,872 residentsAmnéville10,875 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 Passy?

The published population was 10,856 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Passy?

Average net cold rent is 13.84 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 969 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

Is the air quality good in Passy?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 12.9 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 Passy?

Police recorded about 3,886 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 Passy?

The unemployment rate is about 6.7 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Passy?

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

Is Passy a good place to live?

Passy 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 Passy?

Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, Sallanches, Megève, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Cluses are near Passy. 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 Passy?

The official citizenship distribution records 10,144.34 people (93.4%) 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 = {Passy, France: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  date = {2026-10-16},
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