Living in Petit-Couronne
In Petit-Couronne, advertised rents for new lettings average €10.48 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 16.9% (2022).
Petit-Couronne is a city in France, with a population of 8,683 at the start of 2023. The city covered 12.8 km² in 2026. Population density was 678.4 people per km² in 2023. In 2026, the city had 7 schools. The unemployment rate was 16.9% at the end of 2022. Gigabit broadband availability was 95.1% in March 2026.
Cheaper rent than 64% of French cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 87% of French cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 82% of French cities that publish it.
Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Petit-Couronne?
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 Petit-Couronne?
Average net cold rent is 10.48 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): 10.48 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr20
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 42.99 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Orange Livebox Fibre16Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 19.99 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Orange 100GB mobile plan15Official · national market |
| Housing vacancy rate (legacy series) | 220.4 % | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE6Official |
| Dwellings | 4,162 dwellings | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE7Official |
| Main residence dwellings | 3,929 dwellings | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE7Official |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 10.48 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 | 31 Dec 2025 | static.data.gouv.fr20Official |
Is Petit-Couronne 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 629 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 10.48 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 Petit-Couronne?
The unemployment rate is about 16.9 % (2022).
- Unemployment rate: 16.88 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune9
Petit-Couronne 16.9%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fibre-to-the-building availability | 95.13 % | 3 Aug 2026 | Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)2Official |
| Gigabit broadband availability | 95.13 % | 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) | 2,606 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2022 | www.insee.fr22Official |
| Unemployment rate | 16.88 %country median 11.0% | 31 Dec 2022 | INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune9Official |
What does a salary buy in Petit-Couronne?
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. | €1,987 |
| Rent, 60 m²€10.48/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31 | − €629 |
| 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 | €1,296 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Petit-Couronne. 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 Petit-Couronne. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Family and education
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schools | 7 schools | 27 May 2026 | RNEE exact Code_commune; etat=OUVERT; code_nature 100-199 or 300-399; unique UAI count.18Official · commune |
| Primary schools | 6 count | 3 Aug 2026 | Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)12Official |
| Schools | 6 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; Petit-Couronne's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
Safety
How safe is Petit-Couronne?
Police recorded about 6,532 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 | 6,532 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 Petit-Couronne. 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 8.58 µg/m³ in 2024. Annual NO₂ was 19.7 µg/m³ in 2024. Annual PM10 was 14 µg/m³ in 2024.
Is the air quality good in Petit-Couronne?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.6 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: 8.58 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.
Petit-Couronne 8.6
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO₂ — annual mean | 19.73 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 | 5.8 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.11Official |
| PM10 — annual mean | 14.04 µg/m³country median 14.2 — about the same | 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 | 8.58 µg/m³country median 8.5 — about the same | 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 6.9 · Feb 7.9 · Mar 11.4 · Apr 14.8 · May 17.9 · Jun 21.1 · Jul 23.4 · Aug 23.4 · Sep 20.1 · Oct 15.4 · Nov 10.4 · Dec 7.3 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station ROUEN-BOOS21Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan 1.6 · Feb 1.6 · Mar 3.5 · Apr 5.2 · May 8.3 · Jun 11.1 · Jul 13 · Aug 13.1 · Sep 10.6 · Oct 8 · Nov 4.6 · Dec 2.1 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station ROUEN-BOOS21Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 4.3 · Feb 4.8 · Mar 7.5 · Apr 10 · May 13.1 · Jun 16.1 · Jul 18.2 · Aug 18.2 · Sep 15.3 · Oct 11.7 · Nov 7.5 · Dec 4.7 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station ROUEN-BOOS21Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 75.6 · Feb 65 · Mar 61.6 · Apr 55.9 · May 67.2 · Jun 64.3 · Jul 64.4 · Aug 69.8 · Sep 62.1 · Oct 79.4 · Nov 80.4 · Dec 101.8 mm | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station ROUEN-BOOS21Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average sunshine by month | Jan 52 · Feb 76 · Mar 119 · Apr 164 · May 182 · Jun 196 · Jul 199 · Aug 190 · Sep 159 · Oct 107 · Nov 57 · Dec 48 hours | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station ROUEN-BOOS21Official · nearest-station reading |
Annual PM2.5 fell 46.4% between 2013 and 2024, from 16.0 to 8.6.
Similar climate. In France: Reims ±0.8 °C. Elsewhere: Saanich (Canada) ±0.7 °C, Werl (Germany) ±0.8 °C, Ghent (Belgium) ±0.3 °C, Crawley (United Kingdom) ±0.7 °C, Croydon (United Kingdom) ±0.7 °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 Petit-Couronne?
The published population was 8,683 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune8
By nationality
National passport92.2%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| City area | 12.8 km² | 31 Dec 2026 | Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte19Official |
| Foreign residents | 674 people | 2021 | Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT114Official |
| Population density | 678.4 people/km² | 31 Dec 2023 | Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte19Official |
| Population | 8,683 people | 1 Jan 2023 | INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune8Official |
International community in Petit-Couronne
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 | 8,683 | 100.0% |
| Français | 8,017.27 | 92.3% |
| Etranger | 665.73 | 7.7% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source10
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 Petit-Couronne
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.
Grand-Couronne as a Petit-Couronne alternative in the same region
3 km away, better on 2 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.
- Unemployment: 12.6% Grand-Couronne vs 16.9% Petit-Couronne−25%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,433 Grand-Couronne vs 6,532 Petit-Couronne−17%
- Residents: 9,768 Grand-Couronne vs 8,683 Petit-Couronne+12%
- Nearest airport: 13.0 km Grand-Couronne vs 12.0 km Petit-Couronne+8%
- Rent: €10.55/m² Grand-Couronne vs €10.48/m² Petit-Couronnesame level
- Median gross pay, region: €2,606 Grand-Couronne vs €2,606 Petit-Couronnesame level
- Annual PM2.5: 8.6 µg/m³ Grand-Couronne vs 8.6 µg/m³ Petit-Couronnesame level
Massy as a Petit-Couronne alternative in the same country
A move, not a commute, at 117 km, better on 3 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2. Rent cannot be compared like for like.
- Residents: 51,729 Massy vs 8,683 Petit-Couronne+496%
- Unemployment: 9.7% Massy vs 16.9% Petit-Couronne−43%
- Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Massy vs €2,606 Petit-Couronne+27%
- Rent: €20.08/m² Massy vs €10.48/m² Petit-Couronneno percentage
- Nearest airport: 6.0 km Massy vs 12.0 km Petit-Couronne−50%
- Annual PM2.5: 9.8 µg/m³ Massy vs 8.6 µg/m³ Petit-Couronne+14%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 6,806 Massy vs 6,532 Petit-Couronne+4%
Cities near Petit-Couronne
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Petit-Couronne 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 guideIs Petit-Couronne part of Rouen?
Petit-Couronne is in the published commuting zone of Rouen; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Rouen city profile
Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source4
Common questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
How many people live in Petit-Couronne?
The published population was 8,683 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.
How much does it cost to rent in Petit-Couronne?
Average net cold rent is 10.48 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 734 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.
Is the air quality good in Petit-Couronne?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.6 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 Petit-Couronne?
Police recorded about 6,532 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 Petit-Couronne?
The unemployment rate is about 16.9 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.
What is the typical salary around Petit-Couronne?
The median gross salary is 2,606 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.
Is Petit-Couronne a good place to live?
Petit-Couronne 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 Petit-Couronne part of Rouen?
Petit-Couronne is in the published commuting zone of Rouen; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.
Which cities are near Petit-Couronne?
Rouen, Le Grand-Quevilly, Grand-Couronne, Sotteville-lès-Rouen, Le Petit-Quevilly are near Petit-Couronne. 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 Petit-Couronne?
The official citizenship distribution records 8,017.27 people (92.3%) 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). Petit-Couronne, France: population, rent, salary, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version b526f1d9c8970753956c8141784e3f86]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/petit-couronne/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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