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Living in Privas

In Privas, advertised rents for new lettings average €8.20 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 16.3% (2022).

There were 70.3 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024. The unemployment rate was 16.3% at the end of 2022. Annual NO₂ was 11.3 µg/m³ in 2024. Privas had a population of 8,538 at the start of 2023. For Privas, the foreign population count was 623 in 2021. The city had 12 schools in 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-2431 sources

Population8,538people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune
Median gross salary (region)2,749EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr
Average net rent8.2EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 29% belowOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr
Unemployment rate16.34%country median 11.0% — 49% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune
Recorded crime4,603incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 3% belowOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)
PM2.5, annual mean10µg/m³country median 8.5 — 18% aboveOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Cheaper rent than 90% of French cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 85% of French cities that publish it and dirtier air than 90% of French cities that publish it.

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

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 Privas?

Average net cold rent is 8.2 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): 8.2 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr22
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Privas recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Marseille€16.30
Toulouse€13.98
Privas€8.20
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)858.1 %31 Dec 2023INSEE7Official
Dwellings5,345 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE8Official
Main residence dwellings4,362 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE8Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)8.2 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.6031 Dec 2025static.data.gouv.fr22Official

Is Privas 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 worker54%strong on work, weak on safety · range 46–62%
Skilled employee60%strong on work, weak on safety · range 52–68%
Student63%strong on education, weak on work · range 56–70%
Family57%strong on family, weak on cost · range 50–64%
Retirement57%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 48–66%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 492 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 8.2 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 Privas?

The unemployment rate is about 16.3 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 16.34 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune11
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Privas is 16.3%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability93.82 %3 Aug 2026Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)2Official
Gigabit broadband availability93.82 %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.6Official
Median gross salary (regional)2,749 EUR/month31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr24Official
Unemployment rate16.34 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune11Official

What does a salary buy in Privas?

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€1,527of €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€8.20/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31− €492
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€1,527
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Privas Salary needed to live in Privas

Public employment service

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

Country-level information

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Schools12 schools27 May 2026RNEE exact Code_commune; etat=OUVERT; code_nature 100-199 or 300-399; unique UAI count.20Official · commune
Primary schools7 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)14Official
Schools18 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)14Official

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; Privas's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary care doctors per 100,000 residents70.27 per 100,000 people31 Dec 2024INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence9Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents1,362 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2011DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 20114Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Privas 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 residents1,362 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Privas?

Police recorded about 4,603 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

Recorded crime across major citiesPrivas highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Privas 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
Privas4,603
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents4,603 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)3Official

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Nearest airportOBS3 Aug 2026OurAirports19Official
Distance to nearest airport28 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports19Official

Language courses and integration

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

DIAN language-training offer finder — Other

Réseau des Carif-Oref and DIAN

For people seeking French-language training.

FrenchIn Person, Online
National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Privas.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Privas?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 10 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency5

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

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
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 Privas is 10.0 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 mean11.3 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 reading3.9 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.13Official
PM2.5 — annual mean10 µg/m³country median 8.531 Dec 2024European Environment Agency5Official
Average daytime high by monthJan 8.8 · Feb 10.5 · Mar 15.1 · Apr 18.3 · May 22.5 · Jun 26.9 · Jul 29.8 · Aug 29.6 · Sep 24.4 · Oct 18.9 · Nov 12.8 · Dec 9.1 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station MONTELIMAR23Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan 2.6 · Feb 2.7 · Mar 5.3 · Apr 7.8 · May 11.6 · Jun 15.4 · Jul 17.6 · Aug 17.4 · Sep 13.9 · Oct 10.7 · Nov 6.3 · Dec 3.4 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station MONTELIMAR23Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan 5.7 · Feb 6.6 · Mar 10.2 · Apr 13.1 · May 17.1 · Jun 21.1 · Jul 23.7 · Aug 23.5 · Sep 19.2 · Oct 14.8 · Nov 9.5 · Dec 6.2 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station MONTELIMAR23Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 68.7 · Feb 42.5 · Mar 49 · Apr 74.4 · May 77.7 · Jun 56.5 · Jul 55.1 · Aug 56.3 · Sep 115.9 · Oct 133 · Nov 128.7 · Dec 61.7 mm1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station MONTELIMAR23Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 106 · Feb 135 · Mar 199 · Apr 218 · May 260 · Jun 299 · Jul 330 · Aug 298 · Sep 231 · Oct 155 · Nov 109 · Dec 94 hours1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station MONTELIMAR23Official · nearest-station reading
Annual PM2.5 over time12 published observations, 2013–2024

Annual PM2.5 fell 41.2% between 2013 and 2024, from 17.0 to 10.0.

Similar climate. In France: Lyon ±1.2 °C. Elsewhere: Murfreesboro (United States) ±2.5 °C, Oklahoma City (United States) ±3.0 °C, Little Rock (United States) ±3.0 °C, Saanich (Canada) ±3.4 °C, Werl (Germany) ±3.7 °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

The city covered 12.1 km² in 2026. Population density was 703.3 people per km² in 2023.

How many people live in Privas?

The published population was 8,538 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune10

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area12.14 km²31 Dec 2026Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte21Official
Foreign residents623 people2021Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT116Official
Population density703.3 people/km²31 Dec 2023Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte21Official
Population8,538 people1 Jan 2023INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune10Official

International community in Privas

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
Total8,538100.0%
Français7,921.98492.8%
Etranger616.0167.2%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source12

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Universities0 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)15Official

Alternatives for people set on Privas

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.

Livron-sur-Drôme as a Privas alternative in the same region

20 km away, better on 2 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

  • Rent: €9.73/m² Livron-sur-Drôme vs €8.20/m² Privas+19%
  • Unemployment: 11.2% Livron-sur-Drôme vs 16.3% Privas−32%
  • Nearest airport: 19.0 km Livron-sur-Drôme vs 28.0 km Privas−32%
  • Residents: 9,329 Livron-sur-Drôme vs 8,538 Privas+9%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,531 Livron-sur-Drôme vs 4,603 Privassame level
  • Median gross pay, region: €2,749 Livron-sur-Drôme vs €2,749 Privassame level

Sartrouville as a Privas alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 503 km, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

  • Residents: 52,763 Sartrouville vs 8,538 Privas+518%
  • Unemployment: 10.5% Sartrouville vs 16.3% Privas−36%
  • Rent: €20.51/m² Sartrouville vs €8.20/m² Privasno percentage
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Sartrouville vs €2,749 Privas+21%
  • Nearest airport: 18.0 km Sartrouville vs 28.0 km Privas−36%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,581 Sartrouville vs 4,603 Privassame level

Cities near Privas

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

Loriol-sur-Drôme 17.7 km away
Rent
8.93 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Livron-sur-Drôme 19.7 km away
Rent
9.73 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Aubenas 20.9 km away
Rent
9.04 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Le Teil 22.1 km away
Rent
10.16 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30
Montélimar 23.0 km away
Rent
11.63 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30

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Common questions

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How many people live in Privas?

The published population was 8,538 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Privas?

Average net cold rent is 8.2 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 574 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

Is the air quality good in Privas?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 10 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency.

How safe is Privas?

Police recorded about 4,603 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 Privas?

The unemployment rate is about 16.3 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Privas?

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

Is Privas a good place to live?

Privas 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 Privas?

La Voulte-sur-Rhône, Loriol-sur-Drôme, Livron-sur-Drôme, Aubenas, Le Teil are near Privas. 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 Privas?

The official citizenship distribution records 7,921.984 people (92.8%) 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 = {Privas, France: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  date = {2026-10-16},
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