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Living in Riantec

In Riantec, rents across existing tenancies average €5.70 per m² a month (2021) and unemployment is 11.4% (2022).

Annual PM2.5 was 7.93 µg/m³ in 2024. Riantec had a population of 5,865 at the start of 2023. For Riantec, the foreign population was 48 at the start of 2023. The city had 4 schools in 2026. There were 136.4 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024. Annual NO₂ was 9.13 µg/m³ in 2024. The unemployment rate was 11.4% at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-09-2429 sources

Population5,865people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune
Median gross salary (region)2,570EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr
Average net rent5.7EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 51% belowOfficial source · Répertoire des logements locatifs des bailleurs sociaux (RPLS) 2021 — données communales
Unemployment rate11.45%country median 11.0% — 4% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune
Recorded crime2,698incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 43% belowOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)
PM2.5, annual mean7.93µg/m³country median 8.5 — 6% belowOfficial source · 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.

Cheaper rent than 98% of French cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 92% of French cities that publish it and cleaner air than 67% of French cities that publish it.

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

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 Riantec.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Riantec?

Average net cold rent is about 5.7 EUR/m² per month (January 2021), 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): 5.7 EUR/m²/month · Répertoire des logements locatifs des bailleurs sociaux (RPLS) 2021 — données communales15
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Riantec recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Marseille€16.30
Toulouse€13.98
Riantec€5.70
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 Fibre14Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange 100GB mobile plan13Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)149.6 %31 Dec 2023INSEE5Official
Dwellings3,388 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE6Official
Main residence dwellings2,842 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE6Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)5.7 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.601 Jan 2021Répertoire des logements locatifs des bailleurs sociaux (RPLS) 2021 — données communales15Official

Is Riantec 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 air quality · range 46–62%
Skilled employee61%strong on work, weak on safety · range 53–69%
Student65%strong on education, weak on work · range 58–72%
Family63%strong on family, weak on cost · range 56–70%
Retirement62%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 53–71%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 342 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 5.7 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: January 2021

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Riantec?

The unemployment rate is about 11.4 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 11.45 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune9
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Riantec is 11.5%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Gigabit broadband availability93.67 %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.4Official
Median gross salary (regional)2,570 EUR/month31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr20Official
Unemployment rate11.45 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune9Official

What does a salary buy in Riantec?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

regional median gross pay: €2,570 (insee.fr, 2022-12-31).
Left over each month€1,556of €1,961 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.€1,961
Rent, 60 m²€5.70/m² · official · Répertoire des logements locatifs des bailleurs sociaux (RPLS) 2021 · 2021-01-01− €342
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€1,556
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Riantec Salary needed to live in Riantec

Public employment service

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

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Schools4 schools27 May 2026RNEE exact Code_commune; etat=OUVERT; code_nature 100-199 or 300-399; unique UAI count.16Official · commune
Primary schools3 schools31 Dec 2025INSEE5Official

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; Riantec's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary care doctors per 100,000 residents136.4 per 100,000 people31 Dec 2024INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence7Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Riantec 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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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Riantec?

Police recorded about 2,698 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 citiesRiantec highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Riantec 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
Riantec2,698
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents2,698 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

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Riantec. 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
Open official information

DIAN language-training offer finder — Other

Réseau des Carif-Oref and DIAN

For people seeking French-language training.

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

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Riantec?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.9 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: 7.93 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
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 Riantec is 7.9 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 mean9.13 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 reading14.8 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.12Official
PM10 — annual mean13.21 µg/m³country median 14.220242024 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 mean7.93 µg/m³country median 8.520242024 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 monthJan 9.7 · Feb 10.4 · Mar 12.6 · Apr 15 · May 18.1 · Jun 20.8 · Jul 22.5 · Aug 22.6 · Sep 20.7 · Oct 16.8 · Nov 13 · Dec 10.4 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station LORIENT-LANN_BIHOUE19Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan 4 · Feb 3.8 · Mar 5 · Apr 6.4 · May 9.3 · Jun 11.9 · Jul 13.6 · Aug 13.5 · Sep 11.5 · Oct 9.7 · Nov 6.6 · Dec 4.6 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station LORIENT-LANN_BIHOUE19Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan 6.9 · Feb 7.1 · Mar 8.8 · Apr 10.7 · May 13.7 · Jun 16.4 · Jul 18 · Aug 18.1 · Sep 16.1 · Oct 13.3 · Nov 9.8 · Dec 7.5 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station LORIENT-LANN_BIHOUE19Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 109 · Feb 82.5 · Mar 66.2 · Apr 67.5 · May 66 · Jun 52 · Jul 55.2 · Aug 53.3 · Sep 65.7 · Oct 103.8 · Nov 107.6 · Dec 114.5 mm1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station LORIENT-LANN_BIHOUE19Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 70 · Feb 98 · Mar 143 · Apr 190 · May 214 · Jun 224 · Jul 231 · Aug 219 · Sep 192 · Oct 119 · Nov 87 · Dec 72 hours1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station LORIENT-LANN_BIHOUE19Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In France: Reims ±2.0 °C. Elsewhere: Saanich (Canada) ±1.4 °C, Plymouth (United Kingdom) ±1.0 °C, Werl (Germany) ±2.1 °C, Cork (Ireland) ±2.2 °C, Bournemouth (United Kingdom) ±1.5 °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 14.1 km² in 2026. Population density was 417.1 people per km² in 2023.

How many people live in Riantec?

The published population was 5,865 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune8

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area14.06 km²31 Dec 2026Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte17Official
Foreign residents48.12 people1 Jan 2023INSEE RP2023 — population par âge, sexe et nationalité, commune10Official
Population density417.1 people/km²31 Dec 2023Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte17Official
Population5,865 people1 Jan 2023INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune8Official

International community in Riantec

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
Total5,865100.0%
Français5,816.87799.2%
Etranger48.1230.8%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source11

Alternatives for people set on Riantec

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.

Kervignac as a Riantec alternative in the same region

8 km away, better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

  • Unemployment: 5.8% Kervignac vs 11.4% Riantec−49%
  • Rent: €12.83/m² (2025) Kervignac vs €5.70/m² (2021) Riantecno percentage
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,929 Kervignac vs 2,698 Riantec−28%
  • Residents: 7,204 Kervignac vs 5,865 Riantec+23%
  • Median gross pay, region: €2,570 Kervignac vs €2,570 Riantecsame level
  • Annual PM2.5: 7.9 µg/m³ Kervignac vs 7.9 µg/m³ Riantecsame level
Full comparisonMore about Kervignac

Cities near Riantec

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

Lorient Commuting Zone · 5.7 km away
Rent
13.37 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30
Plouhinec 4.7 km away
Rent
13.51 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30
Larmor-Plage 5.5 km away
Rent
14.99 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30
Lanester 6.2 km away
Rent
13.22 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30
Kervignac 7.9 km away
Rent
12.83 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30
Ploemeur 9.4 km away
Rent
14.09 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30
Hennebont 10.6 km away
Rent
12.82 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30
Caudan 11.2 km away
Rent
12.69 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30

Alternative cities in France

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

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Montpon-Ménestérol5,866 residentsLa Wantzenau5,864 residentsDouvrin5,867 residentsRabastens5,867 residentsGond-Pontouvre5,862 residentsLesparre-Médoc5,872 residents

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Is Riantec part of Lorient?

Riantec is in the published commuting zone of Lorient; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Lorient city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source3

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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 Riantec?

The published population was 5,865 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Riantec?

Average net cold rent is about 5.7 EUR/m² per month (January 2021), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 399 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Répertoire des logements locatifs des bailleurs sociaux (RPLS) 2021 — données communales.

Is the air quality good in Riantec?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.9 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 Riantec?

Police recorded about 2,698 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 Riantec?

The unemployment rate is about 11.4 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Riantec?

The median gross salary is 2,570 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

Is Riantec a good place to live?

Riantec 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 Riantec part of Lorient?

Riantec is in the published commuting zone of Lorient; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Riantec?

Lorient, Plouhinec, Larmor-Plage, Lanester, Kervignac are near Riantec. 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 Riantec?

The official citizenship distribution records 5,816.877 people (99.2%) 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). Riantec, France: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 2604973bd1bb8fdaa3aefd5ce0082dc3]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/riantec/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Riantec, France: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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}
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