Living in Ruelle-sur-Touvre
In Ruelle-sur-Touvre, advertised rents for new lettings average €9.03 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 12.1% (2022).
There were 81 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024. Annual NO₂ was 14.3 µg/m³ in 2024. Annual PM10 was 13.7 µg/m³ in 2024. The unemployment rate was 12.1% at the end of 2022. Annual PM2.5 was 7.06 µg/m³ in 2024. Ruelle-sur-Touvre is in France; its population was 7,408 at the start of 2023. In 2021, the foreign population was 207. The city had 6 schools in 2026.
Cheaper rent than 83% of French cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 69% of French cities that publish it and cleaner air than 85% of French cities that publish it.
Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Ruelle-sur-Touvre?
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 Ruelle-sur-Touvre?
Average net cold rent is 9.03 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): 9.03 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr23
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 42.99 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Orange Livebox Fibre18Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 19.99 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Orange 100GB mobile plan17Official · national market |
| Housing vacancy rate (legacy series) | 323.5 % | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE5Official |
| Dwellings | 4,056 dwellings | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE6Official |
| Main residence dwellings | 3,689 dwellings | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE6Official |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 9.03 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 | 31 Dec 2025 | static.data.gouv.fr23Official |
Is Ruelle-sur-Touvre 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 542 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 9.03 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 Ruelle-sur-Touvre?
The unemployment rate is about 12.1 % (2022).
- Unemployment rate: 12.06 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune9
Ruelle-sur-Touvre 12.1%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fibre-to-the-building availability | 94.69 % | 3 Aug 2026 | Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)2Official |
| Gigabit broadband availability | 95.63 % | 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.4Official |
| Median gross salary (regional) | 2,550 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2022 | www.insee.fr24Official |
| Unemployment rate | 12.06 %country median 11.0% | 31 Dec 2022 | INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune9Official |
What does a salary buy in Ruelle-sur-Touvre?
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. | €1,947 |
| Rent, 60 m²€9.03/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31 | − €542 |
| 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 | €1,342 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Ruelle-sur-Touvre. 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 Ruelle-sur-Touvre. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Family and education
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schools | 6 schools | 27 May 2026 | RNEE exact Code_commune; etat=OUVERT; code_nature 100-199 or 300-399; unique UAI count.21Official · commune |
| Primary schools | 4 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; Ruelle-sur-Touvre'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 | 80.99 per 100,000 people | 31 Dec 2024 | INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence7Official |
Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Ruelle-sur-Touvre 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 Ruelle-sur-Touvre?
Police recorded about 3,916 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 | 3,916 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 Ruelle-sur-Touvre. 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
Is the air quality good in Ruelle-sur-Touvre?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.1 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: 7.06 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
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.
Ruelle-sur-Touvre 7.1
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO₂ — annual mean | 14.32 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 | 29.85 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 | 13.66 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 | 7.06 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 |
| Monthly extreme high temperature | Jan 16 · Feb 20.65 · Mar 23.4 · Apr 27.92 · May 31.85 · Jun 39.68 · Jul 42.38 · Aug 42.33 · Sep 36.9 · Oct 30.6 · Nov 23.47 · Dec 17.65 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center14Official |
| Monthly extreme low temperature | Jan -10.01 · Feb -11.59 · Mar -8.97 · Apr -2.63 · May -0.2 · Jun 5.62 · Jul 8.71 · Aug 9.09 · Sep 2.57 · Oct -2.91 · Nov -5.06 · Dec -9.97 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center14Official |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 4.8 · Feb 5.12 · Mar 8.3 · Apr 11.38 · May 14.9 · Jun 19.09 · Jul 21.49 · Aug 21.5 · Sep 18.15 · Oct 13.84 · Nov 8.6 · Dec 5.28 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center14Official |
Annual PM2.5 fell 45.7% between 2013 and 2024, from 13.0 to 7.1.
Population and city profile
The city covered 10.7 km² in 2026. Population density was 694.9 people per km² in 2023.
How many people live in Ruelle-sur-Touvre?
The published population was 7,408 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune8
By nationality
National passport97.2%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| City area | 10.66 km² | 31 Dec 2026 | Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte22Official |
| Foreign residents | 207 people | 2021 | Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT115Official |
| Population density | 694.9 people/km² | 31 Dec 2023 | Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte22Official |
| Population | 7,408 people | 1 Jan 2023 | INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune8Official |
International community in Ruelle-sur-Touvre
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 | 7,408 | 100.0% |
| Français | 7,202.471 | 97.2% |
| Etranger | 205.529 | 2.8% |
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 Ruelle-sur-Touvre
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.
Champniers as a Ruelle-sur-Touvre alternative in the same region
4 km away, better on 1 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.
- Unemployment: 6.3% Champniers vs 12.1% Ruelle-sur-Touvre−48%
- Rent: €5.46/m² (2021) Champniers vs €9.03/m² (2025) Ruelle-sur-Touvreno percentage
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,974 Champniers vs 3,916 Ruelle-sur-Touvre+27%
- Residents: 5,281 Champniers vs 7,408 Ruelle-sur-Touvre−29%
- Median gross pay, region: €2,550 Champniers vs €2,550 Ruelle-sur-Touvresame level
- Annual PM2.5: 7.1 µg/m³ Champniers vs 7.1 µg/m³ Ruelle-sur-Touvresame level
Cities near Ruelle-sur-Touvre
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
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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 Ruelle-sur-Touvre?
The published population was 7,408 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.
How much does it cost to rent in Ruelle-sur-Touvre?
Average net cold rent is 9.03 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 632 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.
Is the air quality good in Ruelle-sur-Touvre?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.1 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 Ruelle-sur-Touvre?
Police recorded about 3,916 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 Ruelle-sur-Touvre?
The unemployment rate is about 12.1 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.
What is the typical salary around Ruelle-sur-Touvre?
The median gross salary is 2,550 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.
Is Ruelle-sur-Touvre a good place to live?
Ruelle-sur-Touvre 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 Ruelle-sur-Touvre?
L'Isle-d'Espagnac, Champniers, Gond-Pontouvre, Soyaux, Angoulême are near Ruelle-sur-Touvre. 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 Ruelle-sur-Touvre?
The official citizenship distribution records 7,202.471 people (97.2%) 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). Ruelle-sur-Touvre, France: population, rent, salary, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 50aa10a4e58d9a480f236ef842fea702]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/ruelle-sur-touvre/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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