Living in Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence
In Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence, advertised rents for new lettings average €12.13 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 8.9% (2022).
The city had 4 schools in 2026. Annual PM2.5 was 10.4 µg/m³ in 2024. Annual NO₂ was 15.1 µg/m³ in 2024. The foreign population count was 245 in 2021. The unemployment rate was 8.85% at the end of 2022. Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence had a population of 6,176 at the start of 2023. Gigabit broadband availability was 95.2% in March 2026. The city covered 15.1 km² in 2026. Population density was 410.4 people per km² in 2023.
Lower unemployment than 71% of French cities that publish it and dirtier air than 95% of French cities that publish it.
Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence?
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 Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence?
Average net cold rent is about 12.13 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): 12.13 EUR/m²/month · "Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 20251
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 42.99 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Orange Livebox Fibre15Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 19.99 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Orange 100GB mobile plan14Official · national market |
| Housing vacancy rate (legacy series) | 101 % | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE6Official |
| Dwellings | 2,676 dwellings | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE7Official |
| Main residence dwellings | 2,551 dwellings | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE7Official |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 12.13 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 | 30 Sept 2025 | "Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 20251Official |
Is Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence 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 728 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 12.13 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 Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence?
The unemployment rate is about 8.9 % (2022).
- Unemployment rate: 8.85 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune10
Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence 8.9%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gigabit broadband availability | 95.18 % | 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) | 2,749 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2022 | www.insee.fr18Official |
| Unemployment rate | 8.85 %country median 11.0% | 31 Dec 2022 | INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune10Official |
What does a salary buy in Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence?
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. | €2,082 |
| Rent, 60 m²€12.13/m² · official · "Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 2025 · 2025-09-30 | − €728 |
| 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 | €1,291 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence. 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 Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Family and education
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schools | 4 schools | 27 May 2026 | RNEE exact Code_commune; etat=OUVERT; code_nature 100-199 or 300-399; unique UAI count.16Official · commune |
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-Marcel-lès-Valence'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 | 97.15 per 100,000 people | 31 Dec 2024 | INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence8Official |
Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence 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 Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence?
Police recorded about 4,800 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 | 4,800 incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — about the same | 31 Dec 2025 | Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)3Official |
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence. 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 Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 10.4 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: 10.41 µg/m³ · 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.2
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.
Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence 10.4
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO₂ — annual mean | 15.14 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.2Official |
| NO₂ — latest reading | 17.03 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.12Official |
| PM10 — annual mean | 16.66 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.2Official |
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 10.41 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.2Official |
Population and city profile
How many people live in Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence?
The published population was 6,176 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune9
By nationality
National passport96%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| City area | 15.05 km² | 31 Dec 2026 | Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte17Official |
| Foreign residents | 245 people | 2021 | Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT113Official |
| Population density | 410.4 people/km² | 31 Dec 2023 | Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte17Official |
| Population | 6,176 people | 1 Jan 2023 | INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune9Official |
International community in Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence
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 | 6,176 | 100.0% |
| Français | 5,943 | 96.2% |
| Etranger | 233 | 3.8% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source11
Alternatives for people set on Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence
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.
Chatuzange-le-Goubet as a Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence alternative in the same region
11 km away, better on 2 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,759 Chatuzange-le-Goubet vs 4,800 Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence−43%
- Unemployment: 6.8% Chatuzange-le-Goubet vs 8.9% Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence−24%
- Residents: 6,523 Chatuzange-le-Goubet vs 6,176 Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence+6%
- Rent: €12.15/m² Chatuzange-le-Goubet vs €12.13/m² Saint-Marcel-lès-Valencesame level
- Median gross pay, region: €2,749 Chatuzange-le-Goubet vs €2,749 Saint-Marcel-lès-Valencesame level
- Annual PM2.5: 10.4 µg/m³ Chatuzange-le-Goubet vs 10.4 µg/m³ Saint-Marcel-lès-Valencesame level
Cities near Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
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- 12.15 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30
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Is Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence part of Valence?
Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence is in the published commuting zone of Valence; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Valence city profile
Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source4
Common questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
How many people live in Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence?
The published population was 6,176 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.
How much does it cost to rent in Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence?
Average net cold rent is about 12.13 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 849 EUR a month before utilities. Source: "Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 2025.
Is the air quality good in Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 10.4 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 Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence?
Police recorded about 4,800 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 Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence?
The unemployment rate is about 8.9 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.
What is the typical salary around Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence?
The median gross salary is 2,749 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.
Is Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence a good place to live?
Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence 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 Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence part of Valence?
Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence is in the published commuting zone of Valence; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.
Which cities are near Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence?
Valence, Bourg-lès-Valence, Guilherand-Granges, Saint-Péray, Chabeuil are near Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence. 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 Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence?
The official citizenship distribution records 5,943 people (96.2%) 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). Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence, France: population, rent, salary [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 269492ec1b4d7399ad95a7ef1ec002e9]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/saint-marcel-les-valence/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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