Living in Persan
In Persan, advertised rents for new lettings average €15.59 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 14.9% (2022).
Persan is a city in France, with a population of 14,359 at the start of 2023. The unemployment rate was 14.9% at the end of 2022. In March 2026, gigabit broadband availability was 96.9%. The city covered 5.1 km² in 2026. Population density was 2,793.6 people per km² in 2023. The city had 11 schools in 2026.
Pricier rent than 80% of French cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 78% of French cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 91% of French cities that publish it.
Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Persan?
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 Persan?
Average net cold rent is 15.59 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): 15.59 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 |
| Monthly transport pass | 90.8 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Forfait Navigo Mois - Ile-de-France Mobilites4Official |
| Housing vacancy rate (legacy series) | 327.3 % | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE7Official |
| Dwellings | 5,673 dwellings | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE8Official |
| Main residence dwellings | 5,326 dwellings | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE8Official |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 15.59 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 | 31 Dec 2025 | static.data.gouv.fr23Official |
Is Persan 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 935 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 15.59 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 Persan?
The unemployment rate is about 14.9 % (2022).
- Unemployment rate: 14.94 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune12
Persan 14.9%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fibre-to-the-building availability | 96.91 % | 3 Aug 2026 | Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)2Official |
| Gigabit broadband availability | 96.91 % | 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.6Official |
| Median gross salary (regional) | 3,317 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2022 | www.insee.fr26Official |
| Unemployment rate | 14.94 %country median 11.0% | 31 Dec 2022 | INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune12Official |
What does a salary buy in Persan?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
RentTransportInternetMobileLeft 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. | €2,466 |
| Rent, 60 m²€15.59/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31 | − €935 |
| Public transport pass€91 · official · Forfait Navigo Mois - Ile-de-France Mobilites · 2026-09-30 | − €91 |
| Utilities, 85 m²not published for this city | — |
| Internet€43 · official · Orange Livebox Fibre · 2026-09-30 | − €43 |
| Mobile plan€20 · official · Orange 100GB mobile plan · 2026-09-30 | − €20 |
| Left overbefore the bill this city does not publish | €1,377 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Persan. 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 Persan. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Family and education
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schools | 11 schools | 27 May 2026 | RNEE exact Code_commune; etat=OUVERT; code_nature 100-199 or 300-399; unique UAI count.21Official · commune |
| Primary schools | 8 count | 3 Aug 2026 | Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)15Official |
| Schools | 11 count | 3 Aug 2026 | Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)15Official |
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; Persan'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 | 27.86 per 100,000 people | 31 Dec 2024 | INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence10Official |
Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Persan 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 Persan?
Police recorded about 7,547 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 | 7,547 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 Persan. 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
Annual PM2.5 was 9.24 µg/m³ in 2024. Annual NO₂ was 16.2 µg/m³ in 2024.
Is the air quality good in Persan?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 9.2 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: 9.24 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
Night-time low to daytime high
mm
hours
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.
Persan 9.2
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO₂ — annual mean | 16.18 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 | 10.2 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.14Official |
| PM10 — annual mean | 11.51 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 | 9.24 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 |
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 7 · Feb 8.2 · Mar 12 · Apr 15.6 · May 19 · Jun 22.3 · Jul 24.9 · Aug 24.9 · Sep 21 · Oct 16 · Nov 10.7 · Dec 7.4 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station PONTOISE_-_AERO25Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan 1.6 · Feb 1.4 · Mar 3.2 · Apr 4.8 · May 8.2 · Jun 11 · Jul 12.9 · Aug 12.8 · Sep 10 · Oct 7.7 · Nov 4.4 · Dec 2.1 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station PONTOISE_-_AERO25Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 4.3 · Feb 4.8 · Mar 7.6 · Apr 10.2 · May 13.6 · Jun 16.7 · Jul 18.9 · Aug 18.8 · Sep 15.5 · Oct 11.9 · Nov 7.5 · Dec 4.7 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station PONTOISE_-_AERO25Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 54.1 · Feb 45.9 · Mar 46.9 · Apr 43.9 · May 59.8 · Jun 50.2 · Jul 51.6 · Aug 55.4 · Sep 46.7 · Oct 58.2 · Nov 54.8 · Dec 68.3 mm | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station PONTOISE_-_AERO25Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average sunshine by month | Jan 57 · Feb 73 · Mar 129 · Apr 170 · May 189 · Jun 203 · Jul 213 · Aug 206 · Sep 161 · Oct 111 · Nov 63 · Dec 54 hours | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station LE_BOURGET24Official · nearest-station reading |
Annual PM2.5 fell 48.7% between 2013 and 2024, from 18.0 to 9.2.
Similar climate. In France: Reims ±0.4 °C. Elsewhere: Werl (Germany) ±0.8 °C, Saanich (Canada) ±1.0 °C, Harrow (United Kingdom) ±0.6 °C, Watford (United Kingdom) ±0.6 °C, Ipswich (United Kingdom) ±1.0 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month
Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.
Population and city profile
How many people live in Persan?
The published population was 14,359 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune11
By nationality
National passport79.5%Foreign residents20.5%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| City area | 5.14 km² | 31 Dec 2026 | Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte22Official |
| Foreign residents | 2,943 people | 2021 | Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT117Official |
| Population density | 2,794 people/km² | 31 Dec 2023 | Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte22Official |
| Population | 14,359 people | 1 Jan 2023 | INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune11Official |
International community in Persan
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 | 14,359 | 100.0% |
| Français | 11,152.328 | 77.7% |
| Etranger | 3,206.672 | 22.3% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source13
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)16Official |
Alternatives for people set on Persan
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.
Parmain as a Persan alternative in the same region
6 km away, better on 3 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,647 Parmain vs 7,547 Persan−52%
- Unemployment: 8.9% Parmain vs 14.9% Persan−41%
- Residents: 5,655 Parmain vs 14,359 Persan−61%
- Nearest airport: 13.0 km Parmain vs 18.0 km Persan−28%
- Rent: €16.17/m² Parmain vs €15.59/m² Persan+4%
- Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Parmain vs €3,317 Persansame level
- Annual PM2.5: 9.2 µg/m³ Parmain vs 9.2 µg/m³ Persansame level
Cholet as a Persan alternative in the same country
A move, not a commute, at 330 km, better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.
- Residents: 54,404 Cholet vs 14,359 Persan+279%
- Rent: €10.43/m² Cholet vs €15.59/m² Persan−33%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,700 Cholet vs 7,547 Persan−38%
- Median gross pay, region: €2,620 Cholet vs €3,317 Persan−21%
- Nearest airport: 3.0 km Cholet vs 18.0 km Persan−83%
- Unemployment: 12.2% Cholet vs 14.9% Persan−18%
Cities near Persan
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
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- 13.39 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
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- 14.11 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
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- 15.44 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
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- 16.34 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
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- 19.57 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30
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- 16.17 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
- Rent
- 15.55 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
- Rent
- 18.81 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30
Alternative cities in France
Other cities in France to compare with Persan, nearest in population first.
How does Persan compare?
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Is Persan part of Creil?
Persan is in the published commuting zone of Creil; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Creil city profile
Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source5
Common questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
How many people live in Persan?
The published population was 14,359 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.
How much does it cost to rent in Persan?
Average net cold rent is 15.59 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 1,091 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.
Is the air quality good in Persan?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 9.2 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 Persan?
Police recorded about 7,547 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 Persan?
The unemployment rate is about 14.9 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.
What is the typical salary around Persan?
The median gross salary is 3,317 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.
Is Persan a good place to live?
Persan 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 Persan part of Creil?
Persan is in the published commuting zone of Creil; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.
Which cities are near Persan?
Creil, Beaumont-sur-Oise, Chambly, Champagne-sur-Oise, L'Isle-Adam are near Persan. 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 Persan?
The official citizenship distribution records 11,152.328 people (77.7%) 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). Persan, France: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 88d47a0ac2c6966049e3c950d0e2b75b]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/persan/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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