Living in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie

In Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, advertised rents for new lettings average €13.26 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 13.9% (2022).

Gigabit broadband availability was 97.5% in March 2026. The unemployment rate was 13.9% at the end of 2022. Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie had a population of 8,333 at the start of 2023. For Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, the foreign population count was 98 in 2021.

Last checked 2026-09-2419 sources

Population8,333people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune

Median gross salary (region)2,620EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr

Average net rent13.26EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 14% aboveOfficial source · "Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 2025

Unemployment rate13.93%country median 11.0% — 27% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune

Recorded crime6,588incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 39% aboveOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

Pricier rent than 69% of French cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 73% 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 Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie?

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 Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie?

Average net cold rent is about 13.26 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): 13.26 EUR/m²/month · "Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 2025¹

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43

Mobile plan, 10 GB€20

Net rent across major citiesSaint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30

Nice€20.43

Lyon€16.57

Marseille€16.30

Toulouse€13.98

Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie€13.26

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Bordeaux€15.99

Lille€15.76

Strasbourg€15.57

Montpellier€15.49

Rennes€14.87

Nantes€14.50

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)	554.9 %	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁶Official
Dwellings	10,171 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁷Official
Main residence dwellings	4,645 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁷Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	13.26 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60	30 Sept 2025	"Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 2025¹Official

Is Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie 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 worker46%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 37–55%

Skilled employee52%strong on work, weak on safety · range 44–60%

Student49%strong on education, weak on housing · range 42–56%

Family41%strong on family, weak on housing · range 34–48%

Retirement42%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 32–52%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 795 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 13.26 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 Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie?

The unemployment rate is about 13.9 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 13.93 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune⁹

Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie is 13.9%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

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Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie 13.9%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Fibre-to-the-building availability	97.45 %	3 Aug 2026	Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)²Official
Gigabit broadband availability	97.45 %	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)	2,620 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	www.insee.fr¹⁹Official
Unemployment rate	13.93 %country median 11.0%	31 Dec 2022	INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie?

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

Left over each month€1,136of €1,994 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.	€1,994
Rent, 60 m²€13.26/m² · official · "Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 2025 · 2025-09-30	− €795
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	€1,136

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

France Travail — Public employment service

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	6 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)¹¹Official
Schools	12 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)¹¹Official

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; Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	137.4 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2011	DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 2011⁴Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie 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 residents137.4 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie?

Police recorded about 6,588 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 citiesSaint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie highlighted among comparable cities

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

Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie6,588

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	6,588 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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Nearest airport	LSO	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁷Official
Distance to nearest airport	30 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁷Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie. 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

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie.

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Climate and air quality

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 14.81 · Feb 15.24 · Mar 17.84 · Apr 21.2 · May 25.14 · Jun 28.81 · Jul 31.58 · Aug 31.06 · Sep 28.5 · Oct 23.84 · Nov 18.83 · Dec 16 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹³Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -3.3 · Feb -4.81 · Mar -2.11 · Apr 2.09 · May 5.85 · Jun 8.64 · Jul 12.34 · Aug 12.67 · Sep 9.15 · Oct 4.19 · Nov 0.6 · Dec -2.3 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹³Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 8 · Feb 7.57 · Mar 9.2 · Apr 11.52 · May 14.32 · Jun 17.48 · Jul 19.18 · Aug 19.24 · Sep 17.47 · Oct 14.94 · Nov 11.55 · Dec 8.76 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹³Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie?

The published population was 8,333 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune⁸

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.8%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	10.25 km²	31 Dec 2026	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte¹⁸Official
Foreign residents	98 people	2021	Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1¹⁴Official
Population density	813 people/km²	31 Dec 2023	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte¹⁸Official
Population	8,333 people	1 Jan 2023	INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune⁸Official

International community in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie

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	8,333	100.0%
Français	8,169.309	98.0%
Etranger	163.691	2.0%

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)¹²Official

Alternatives for people set on Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie

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.

Saint-Herblain as a Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie alternative in the same country

Better on 3 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,017.1 Saint-Herblain vs 137.4 Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie+640%
Residents: 50,973 Saint-Herblain vs 8,333 Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie+512%
Rent: €11.60/m² Saint-Herblain vs €13.26/m² Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vieno percentage
Nearest airport: 7.0 km Saint-Herblain vs 30.0 km Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie−77%
Unemployment: 11.3% Saint-Herblain vs 13.9% Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie−19%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,194 Saint-Herblain vs 6,588 Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie+9%
Median gross pay, region: €2,620 Saint-Herblain vs €2,620 Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Viesame level

Full comparison More about Saint-Herblain

Alternative cities in France

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All France cities

Carbon-Blanc8,331 residents Bouaye8,343 residents Coutances8,321 residents Marguerittes8,346 residents Bihorel8,316 residents Noyal-Châtillon-sur-Seiche8,359 residents

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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 Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie?

The published population was 8,333 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie?

Average net cold rent is about 13.26 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 928 EUR a month before utilities. Source: "Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 2025.

How safe is Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie?

What is the unemployment rate in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie?

The unemployment rate is about 13.9 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie?

The median gross salary is 2,620 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

How many foreign residents live in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie?

98 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1.

Is Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie a good place to live?

Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie 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 Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie?

The official citizenship distribution records 8,169.309 people (98.0%) 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). Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, France: population, rent, salary [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 2e69b8f4700fe6e3c4549f1865c51a13]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/saint-gilles-croix-de-vie/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_saint-gilles-croix-de-vie-france-population-rent-salary_a289a4db8e2f,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, France: population, rent, salary},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {2e69b8f4700fe6e3c4549f1865c51a13},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/saint-gilles-croix-de-vie/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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