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Living in Pons

In Pons, unemployment is 12.3% (2022).

The population of Pons totalled 4,624 at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0718 sources

Population4,624people31 Dec 2024Official source · Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE)
Average gross salary2,877EUR/month31 Dec 2022District figureOfficial source · Les salaires bruts dans le secteur privé en 2022 – T401B: Salaire brut en équivalent temps plein, par catégorie socioprofessionnelle agrégée, région et département
Unemployment rate12.3%country median 11.0% — 12% aboveOfficial source · www.insee.fr
Recorded crime6,383incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 35% aboveOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

Higher unemployment than 61% of French cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 80% of French cities that publish it.

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

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 Pons.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

The number of dwellings in Pons reached 2,681 at the end of 2023.

No city-level rent figure is published for Pons. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Pons recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Marseille€16.30
Toulon€14.43
Toulouse€13.98
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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 Fibre11Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange 100GB mobile plan10Official · national market
Dwellings2,681 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE3Official
Main residence dwellings2,228 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE3Official

Is Pons 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 worker52%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 42–62%
Skilled employee53%strong on work, weak on housing · range 44–62%
Student49%strong on cost, weak on housing · range 41–57%
Family41%strong on family, weak on housing · range 32–50%
Retirement52%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 40–64%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Pons?

The unemployment rate is about 12.3 % (2022). Source: www.insee.fr18

Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Pons is 12.3%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Average gross earnings2,877 EUR/month31 Dec 2022Les salaires bruts dans le secteur privé en 2022 – T401B: Salaire brut en équivalent temps plein, par catégorie socioprofessionnelle agrégée, région et département6Official · county
Fibre-to-the-building availability95.7 %3 Aug 2026Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)1Official
Gigabit broadband availability95.7 %3 Aug 2026Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)1Official
Unemployment rate12.3 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr18Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Pons. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Pons. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary schools2 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)7Official
Schools6 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)7Official

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; Pons's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Pons?

Police recorded about 6,383 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 citiesPons highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Pons 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
Pons6,383
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents6,383 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

Pons's nearest airport was LRH, 83 km away and offered 8 direct destinations. Pons's fibre-to-home broadband coverage was 95.7%.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport8 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights9Official
Distance to the nearest major airport83 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports12Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)LRH3 Aug 2026OurAirports12Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperature moved from 6.5°C in January to 21.3°C in July. Pons's monthly precipitation totalled 71.9 mm in January and 45 mm in July. Pons's average monthly sunshine was 81 hours in January and 257 hours in July.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours
MetricValuePeriodSource
Average daytime high by monthJan 9.7 · Feb 11.3 · Mar 14.9 · Apr 17.7 · May 21.3 · Jun 24.8 · Jul 27 · Aug 27.3 · Sep 23.8 · Oct 19.1 · Nov 13.5 · Dec 10.4 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI13Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan 3.3 · Feb 3 · Mar 5.2 · Apr 7.3 · May 10.9 · Jun 14 · Jul 15.6 · Aug 15.4 · Sep 12.5 · Oct 10.1 · Nov 6.1 · Dec 3.7 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI14Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan 6.5 · Feb 7.1 · Mar 10.1 · Apr 12.5 · May 16.1 · Jun 19.4 · Jul 21.3 · Aug 21.3 · Sep 18.1 · Oct 14.6 · Nov 9.8 · Dec 7.1 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI15Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 71.9 · Feb 50.8 · Mar 52.9 · Apr 65 · May 61.6 · Jun 60.2 · Jul 45 · Aug 53.2 · Sep 62.8 · Oct 76.4 · Nov 87.9 · Dec 84.1 mm31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI16Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 81 · Feb 115 · Mar 165 · Apr 187 · May 221 · Jun 237 · Jul 257 · Aug 249 · Sep 204 · Oct 141 · Nov 96 · Dec 84 hours31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI17Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In France: Angers ±1.0 °C. Elsewhere: Saanich (Canada) ±2.7 °C, Bexley (United Kingdom) ±1.6 °C, Westminster (United Kingdom) ±1.6 °C, Islington (United Kingdom) ±1.6 °C, Murfreesboro (United States) ±3.2 °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 Pons?

The published population was 4,624 people in January 2024. Source: Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE)4

MetricValuePeriodSource
Population4,624 people31 Dec 2024Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE)4Official
Population over time10 published observations, 1968–2024

Population fell 4.1% between 1968 and 2024, from 4,824 to 4,624.

International community in Pons

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
Total4,343100.0%
Français4,07793.9%
Etranger2666.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source5

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Universities0 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)8Official

Alternatives for people set on Pons

Nothing here reaches an argued comparison yet: no other published city shares enough metrics with Pons from the same source, period and grain. What is collected is below.

Alternative cities in France

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

All France cities
Ars-sur-Moselle4,663 residentsCraon4,579 residentsTrouville-sur-Mer4,671 residentsBlénod-lès-Pont-à-Mousson4,685 residentsBizanos4,689 residentsSézanne4,694 residents

How does Pons compare?

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Pons 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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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Pons?

The published population was 4,624 people in January 2024. Source: Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE).

How safe is Pons?

Police recorded about 6,383 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 Pons?

The unemployment rate is about 12.3 % (2022). Source: www.insee.fr.

Is Pons a good place to live?

Pons 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 Pons?

The official citizenship distribution records 4,077 people (93.9%) 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Pons, France: population, salary, cost of living, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version bb056ad1e7f6500f8126565c7033671b]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/pons/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Pons, France: population, salary, cost of living, jobs},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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}
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Sources

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  1. Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse) data.arcep.fr · checked 2026-08-03
  2. Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026) static.data.gouv.fr · checked 2026-09-23
  3. INSEE insee.fr · checked 2026-08-07
  4. Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE) insee.fr · checked 2026-08-05
  5. Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE), France api.insee.fr · checked 2026-08-30
  6. Les salaires bruts dans le secteur privé en 2022 – T401B: Salaire brut en équivalent temps plein, par catégorie socioprofessionnelle agrégée, région et département insee.fr · checked 2026-10-07
  7. Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr) data.education.gouv.fr · checked 2026-08-03
  8. Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr) data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr · checked 2026-08-03
  9. OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
  10. Orange 100GB mobile plan boutique.orange.fr · checked 2026-09-15
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  1. Orange Livebox Fibre boutique.orange.fr · checked 2026-09-15
  2. OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
  3. World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
  4. World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
  5. World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
  6. World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
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  8. www.insee.fr insee.fr · checked 2026-08-26

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