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Living in Saint-Marcel

In Saint-Marcel, rents across existing tenancies average €8.90 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 10% (2022).

The city had 4 schools in 2026. Annual PM2.5 was 7.88 µg/m³ in 2024. Annual NO₂ was 13.9 µg/m³ in 2024. The foreign population count was 205 in 2021. The unemployment rate was 9.96% at the end of 2022. Saint-Marcel had a population of 6,211 at the start of 2023. For Saint-Marcel, gigabit broadband availability was 92.2% in March 2026. The city covered 10.2 km² in 2026. Population density was 610.7 people per km² in 2023.

Last checked 2026-09-2431 sources

Population6,211people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune
Median gross salary (region)2,580EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr
Average net rent8.9EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 23% belowOfficial source · www.observatoires-des-loyers.org
Unemployment rate9.96%country median 11.0% — 9% belowOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune
Recorded crime4,096incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 14% belowOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)
PM2.5, annual mean7.88µg/m³country median 8.5 — 7% 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 85% of French cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 65% of French cities that publish it and cleaner air than 69% of French cities that publish it.

Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Saint-Marcel?

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-Marcel.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Saint-Marcel?

Average net cold rent is 8.9 EUR/m² per month (2025), 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): 8.9 EUR/m²/month · www.observatoires-des-loyers.org26
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Saint-Marcel recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43
Mobile plan, 10 GB€20
Net rent across major citiesSaint-Marcel highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Saint-Marcel highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Marseille€16.30
Toulouse€13.98
Saint-Marcel€8.90
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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 Fibre15Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange 100GB mobile plan14Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)172.2 %31 Dec 2023INSEE4Official
Dwellings3,059 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE5Official
Main residence dwellings2,853 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE5Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)8.9 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.6031 Dec 2025www.observatoires-des-loyers.org26Official

Is Saint-Marcel 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 worker45%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 37–53%
Skilled employee53%strong on work, weak on safety · range 45–61%
Student54%strong on education, weak on work · range 47–61%
Family51%strong on family, weak on cost · range 44–58%
Retirement47%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 38–56%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 534 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 8.9 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

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Saint-Marcel?

The unemployment rate is about 10 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 9.96 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune8
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Saint-Marcel is 10.0%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Gigabit broadband availability92.19 %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.3Official
Median gross salary (regional)2,580 EUR/month31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr25Official
Unemployment rate9.96 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune8Official

What does a salary buy in Saint-Marcel?

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

regional median gross pay: €2,580 (insee.fr, 2022-12-31).
Left over each month€1,370of €1,967 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.€1,967
Rent, 60 m²€8.90/m² · official · observatoires-des-loyers.org · 2025-12-31− €534
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€1,370
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Saint-Marcel Salary needed to live in Saint-Marcel

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Saint-Marcel. 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 Saint-Marcel. 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.17Official · commune
Primary schools8 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)11Official
Schools11 count3 Aug 2026Ministère 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-Marcel's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary care doctors per 100,000 residents32.2 per 100,000 people31 Dec 2024INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence6Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Saint-Marcel 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 Saint-Marcel?

Police recorded about 4,096 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 citiesSaint-Marcel highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Saint-Marcel 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
Saint-Marcel4,096
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents4,096 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

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Nearest airportEVX3 Aug 2026OurAirports16Official
Distance to nearest airport19 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports16Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Saint-Marcel?

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: 7.88 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 Saint-Marcel 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 mean13.87 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 reading15.1 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.10Official
PM10 — annual mean12.65 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 mean7.88 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 7 · Feb 8.1 · Mar 11.7 · Apr 15 · May 18.3 · Jun 21.6 · Jul 24.2 · Aug 24.2 · Sep 20.7 · Oct 15.7 · Nov 10.6 · Dec 7.4 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI20Official
Average night-time low by monthJan 1.6 · Feb 1.5 · Mar 3.4 · Apr 5.1 · May 8.4 · Jun 11.4 · Jul 13.3 · Aug 13.3 · Sep 10.6 · Oct 8 · Nov 4.5 · Dec 2 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI21Official
Average temperature by monthJan 4.3 · Feb 4.8 · Mar 7.5 · Apr 10 · May 13.3 · Jun 16.5 · Jul 18.8 · Aug 18.8 · Sep 15.6 · Oct 11.9 · Nov 7.6 · Dec 4.7 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI22Official
Average precipitation by monthJan 49 · Feb 43.6 · Mar 44.3 · Apr 43.8 · May 53.5 · Jun 50.7 · Jul 49.4 · Aug 45 · Sep 44.6 · Oct 58.1 · Nov 53.8 · Dec 64.8 mm31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI23Official
Average sunshine by monthJan 63 · Feb 79 · Mar 128 · Apr 173 · May 193 · Jun 207 · Jul 213 · Aug 205 · Sep 170 · Oct 120 · Nov 71 · Dec 61 hours31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI24Official

Similar climate. In France: Cergy-Pontoise ±0.3 °C. Elsewhere: Werl (Germany) ±0.8 °C, Saanich (Canada) ±0.9 °C, Harrow (United Kingdom) ±0.4 °C, Watford (United Kingdom) ±0.4 °C, Slough (United Kingdom) ±0.7 °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

How many people live in Saint-Marcel?

The published population was 6,211 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune7

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area10.17 km²31 Dec 2026Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte18Official
Foreign residents205 people2021Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT113Official
Population density610.7 people/km²31 Dec 2023Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte18Official
Population6,211 people1 Jan 2023INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune7Official

International community in Saint-Marcel

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
Total6,211100.0%
Français6,013.20596.8%
Etranger197.7953.2%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source9

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Universities0 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)12Official

Alternatives for people set on Saint-Marcel

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.

Sartrouville as a Saint-Marcel alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 315 km, better on 2 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 3. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

  • Residents: 52,763 Sartrouville vs 6,211 Saint-Marcel+750%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Sartrouville vs €2,580 Saint-Marcel+29%
  • Rent: €20.51/m² Sartrouville vs €8.90/m² Saint-Marcelno percentage
  • Annual PM2.5: 9.7 µg/m³ Sartrouville vs 7.9 µg/m³ Saint-Marcel+23%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,581 Sartrouville vs 4,096 Saint-Marcel+12%
  • Unemployment: 10.5% Sartrouville vs 10.0% Saint-Marcel+5%
  • Nearest airport: 18.0 km Sartrouville vs 19.0 km Saint-Marcel−5%
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Cities near Saint-Marcel

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

Chalon-sur-Saône 2.8 km away
Rent
8.9 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Saint-Rémy 4.2 km away
Rent
8.9 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Chagny 18.2 km away
Rent
9.75 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in France

Other cities in France to compare with Saint-Marcel, nearest in population first.

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Aire-sur-l'Adour6,211 residentsPont-Évêque6,213 residentsGuer6,208 residentsLivarot-Pays-d'Auge6,207 residentsTerrasson-Lavilledieu6,218 residentsBruguières6,202 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-Marcel?

The published population was 6,211 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Saint-Marcel?

Average net cold rent is 8.9 EUR/m² per month (2025), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 623 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.observatoires-des-loyers.org.

Is the air quality good in Saint-Marcel?

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 Saint-Marcel?

Police recorded about 4,096 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?

The unemployment rate is about 10 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Saint-Marcel?

The median gross salary is 2,580 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

Is Saint-Marcel a good place to live?

Saint-Marcel 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 Saint-Marcel?

Chalon-sur-Saône, Saint-Rémy, Châtenoy-le-Royal, Chagny are near Saint-Marcel. 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?

The official citizenship distribution records 6,013.205 people (96.8%) 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Saint-Marcel, France: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 23d59f9738e5f873e65d6bb0658b332c]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/saint-marcel/ 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-marcel-france-population-rent-salary-jobs-safety_308e25a2a4c1,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Saint-Marcel, France: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {23d59f9738e5f873e65d6bb0658b332c},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/saint-marcel/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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