Living in Périgueux
In Périgueux, advertised rents for new lettings average €8.96 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 16.2% (2022).
The unemployment rate was 16.2% at the end of 2022. Périgueux, a city in France, had a population of 29,055 at the start of 2023. In 2024, annual PM2.5 was 7.77 µg/m³. The city covered 9.8 km² in 2026. Population density was 2,958.8 people per km² in 2023. The city had 37 schools in 2026. There were 123.9 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024. Annual NO₂ was 7.48 µg/m³ in 2024. The foreign population count was 2,015 in 2021.
Cheaper rent than 84% of French cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 84% 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 Périgueux?
National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.
Housing and cost
How much does it cost to rent in Périgueux?
Average net cold rent is 8.96 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): 8.96 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr23
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 42.99 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Orange Livebox Fibre19Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 19.99 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Orange 100GB mobile plan18Official · national market |
| Housing vacancy rate (legacy series) | 2,557 % | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE6Official |
| Dwellings | 20,771 dwellings | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE7Official |
| Main residence dwellings | 17,084 dwellings | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE7Official |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 8.96 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 | 31 Dec 2025 | static.data.gouv.fr23Official |
Is Périgueux 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.
Worked out from these numbers
What does a 60 m² flat cost?
About 538 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 8.96 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.
Work and income
What is the unemployment rate in Périgueux?
The unemployment rate is about 16.2 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune10
Périgueux 16.2%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fibre-to-the-building availability | 97.7 % | 3 Aug 2026 | Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)2Official |
| Gigabit broadband availability | 98.68 % | 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) | 2,550 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2022 | www.insee.fr24Official |
| Unemployment rate | 16.2 %country median 11.0% | 31 Dec 2022 | INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune10Official |
What does a salary buy in Périgueux?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
RentInternetMobileLeft 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. | €1,947 |
| Rent, 60 m²€8.96/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31 | − €538 |
| 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 | €1,346 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Périgueux. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
France Travail — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Périgueux. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Family and education
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schools | 37 schools | 27 May 2026 | RNEE exact Code_commune; etat=OUVERT; code_nature 100-199 or 300-399; unique UAI count.21Official · commune |
| Primary schools | 19 count | 3 Aug 2026 | Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)13Official |
| Schools | 44 count | 3 Aug 2026 | Ministère 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; Périgueux's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
Healthcare
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary care doctors per 100,000 residents | 123.9 per 100,000 people | 31 Dec 2024 | INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence8Official |
| Hospital beds per 100,000 residents | 2,068 beds per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2011 | DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 20114Official |
Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Périgueux 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.
Open the official coverage guideSafety
How safe is Périgueux?
Police recorded about 8,461 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)3
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 8,461 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)3Official |
Mobility and administration
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Périgueux. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.
Contrat d’intégration républicaine (CIR) — Integration course
État français and OFII
For eligible non-EU foreign residents.
DIAN language-training offer finder — Other
Réseau des Carif-Oref and DIAN
For people seeking French-language training.
Climate and air quality
Is the air quality good in Périgueux?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.8 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: 7.77 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
Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³
City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.
Périgueux 7.8
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO₂ — annual mean | 7.48 µg/m³country median 14.8 | 2024 | 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.1Official |
| NO₂ — latest reading | 4.8 µg/m³ | 15 Jul 2026 | Latest 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 mean | 12.28 µg/m³country median 14.2 | 2024 | 2024 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 mean | 7.77 µg/m³country median 8.5 | 2024 | 2024 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 temperature | Jan 16.17 · Feb 21.32 · Mar 23.68 · Apr 27.74 · May 31.71 · Jun 40.1 · Jul 41.99 · Aug 42.38 · Sep 36.74 · Oct 30.9 · Nov 23.46 · Dec 17.56 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center15Official |
| Monthly extreme low temperature | Jan -10.83 · Feb -12.52 · Mar -10.46 · Apr -2.19 · May 0.42 · Jun 5.11 · Jul 8.65 · Aug 8.99 · Sep 2.55 · Oct -3.9 · Nov -5.03 · Dec -9.95 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center15Official |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 4.48 · Feb 4.96 · Mar 8.33 · Apr 11.63 · May 15.24 · Jun 19.61 · Jul 22.04 · Aug 21.92 · Sep 18.31 · Oct 13.92 · Nov 8.39 · Dec 4.96 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center15Official |
Annual PM2.5 rose 11.0% between 2019 and 2024, from 7.0 to 7.8.
Population and city profile
How many people live in Périgueux?
The published population was 29,055 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune9
By nationality
National passport93.1%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| City area | 9.82 km² | 31 Dec 2026 | Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte22Official |
| Foreign residents | 2,015 people | 2021 | Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT116Official |
| Population density | 2,959 people/km² | 31 Dec 2023 | Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte22Official |
| Population | 29,055 people | 1 Jan 2023 | INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune9Official |
International community in Périgueux
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 | 29,055 | 100.0% |
| Français | 26,940.29 | 92.7% |
| Etranger | 2,114.71 | 7.3% |
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)14Official |
Alternatives for people set on Périgueux
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.
Trélissac as a Périgueux alternative in the same region
5 km away, better on 3 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,598 Trélissac vs 8,461 Périgueux−57%
- Unemployment: 10.7% Trélissac vs 16.2% Périgueux−34%
- Residents: 7,372 Trélissac vs 29,055 Périgueux−75%
- Nearest airport: 3.0 km Trélissac vs 8.0 km Périgueux−63%
- Rent: €9.55/m² Trélissac vs €8.96/m² Périgueux+7%
- Median gross pay, region: €2,550 Trélissac vs €2,550 Périgueuxsame level
- Annual PM2.5: 7.8 µg/m³ Trélissac vs 7.8 µg/m³ Périgueuxsame level
Sartrouville as a Périgueux alternative in the same country
A move, not a commute, at 432 km, better on 3 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2. Rent cannot be compared like for like.
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,581 Sartrouville vs 8,461 Périgueux−46%
- Nearest airport: 18.0 km Sartrouville vs 8.0 km Périgueux+125%
- Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Sartrouville vs €2,550 Périgueux+30%
- Unemployment: 10.5% Sartrouville vs 16.2% Périgueux−35%
- Rent: €20.51/m² Sartrouville vs €8.96/m² Périgueuxno percentage
- Residents: 52,763 Sartrouville vs 29,055 Périgueux+82%
- Annual PM2.5: 9.7 µg/m³ Sartrouville vs 7.8 µg/m³ Périgueux+25%
Cities near Périgueux
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
- Rent
- 11.16 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
- Rent
- 9.55 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
- Rent
- 8.45 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
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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 Périgueux?
The published population was 29,055 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.
How much does it cost to rent in Périgueux?
Average net cold rent is 8.96 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 627 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.
Is the air quality good in Périgueux?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.8 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 Périgueux?
Police recorded about 8,461 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 Périgueux?
The unemployment rate is about 16.2 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.
What is the typical salary around Périgueux?
The median gross salary is 2,550 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.
Is Périgueux a good place to live?
Périgueux 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 Périgueux?
Coulounieix-Chamiers, Trélissac, Saint-Astier are near Périgueux. 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 Périgueux?
The official citizenship distribution records 26,940.29 people (92.7%) 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Périgueux, France: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 50102ddc0b526069fa5b9e75c0c30f3c]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/perigueux/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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