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Living in Saint-Pol-de-Léon

In Saint-Pol-de-Léon, advertised rents for new lettings average €9.66 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 9.8% (2022).

The unemployment rate was 9.82% at the end of 2022. Saint-Pol-de-Léon, a city in France, had a population of 6,941 at the start of 2023. For Saint-Pol-de-Léon, gigabit broadband availability was 88% in March 2026. The foreign population count was 91 in 2021.

Last checked 2026-09-2425 sources

Population6,941people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune
Median gross salary (region)2,570EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr
Average net rent9.66EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 17% belowOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr
Unemployment rate9.82%country median 11.0% — 11% belowOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune
Recorded crime4,060incidents 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)

Cheaper rent than 76% of French cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 61% of French cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 66% of French cities that publish it.

Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Saint-Pol-de-Léon?

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-Pol-de-Léon.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Saint-Pol-de-Léon?

Average net cold rent is 9.66 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): 9.66 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr16
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Saint-Pol-de-Léon recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Marseille€16.30
Toulouse€13.98
Saint-Pol-de-Léon€9.66
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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 Fibre13Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange 100GB mobile plan12Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)446.2 %31 Dec 2023INSEE4Official
Dwellings4,600 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE5Official
Main residence dwellings3,510 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE5Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)9.66 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.6031 Dec 2025static.data.gouv.fr16Official

Is Saint-Pol-de-Léon 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%
Student50%strong on education, weak on work · range 43–57%
Family49%strong on family, weak on cost · range 41–57%
Retirement51%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 40–62%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 580 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 9.66 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-Pol-de-Léon?

The unemployment rate is about 9.8 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 9.82 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune7
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Saint-Pol-de-Léon is 9.8%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability87.98 %3 Aug 2026Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)1Official
Gigabit broadband availability87.98 %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)2,570 EUR/month31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr21Official
Unemployment rate9.82 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune7Official

What does a salary buy in Saint-Pol-de-Léon?

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€1,318of €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€9.66/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31− €580
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€1,318
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Saint-Pol-de-Léon Salary needed to live in Saint-Pol-de-Léon

Public employment service

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

Country-level information
Open the France service overview

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary schools4 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)9Official
Schools9 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)9Official

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-Pol-de-Léon's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Saint-Pol-de-Léon?

Police recorded about 4,060 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-Pol-de-Léon highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Saint-Pol-de-Léon 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-Pol-de-Léon4,060
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents4,060 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 airportMXN3 Aug 2026OurAirports14Official
Distance to nearest airport16 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports14Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Saint-Pol-de-Léon. 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-Pol-de-Léon.

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Climate and air quality

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
MetricValuePeriodSource
Average daytime high by monthJan 9.4 · Feb 9.8 · Mar 11.7 · Apr 13.7 · May 16.5 · Jun 18.9 · Jul 20.7 · Aug 20.9 · Sep 19.2 · Oct 15.9 · Nov 12.3 · Dec 10 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI17Official
Average night-time low by monthJan 4.4 · Feb 4.1 · Mar 5.1 · Apr 6.1 · May 8.7 · Jun 11.2 · Jul 13 · Aug 13.1 · Sep 11.5 · Oct 9.5 · Nov 6.9 · Dec 4.9 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI18Official
Average temperature by monthJan 6.9 · Feb 6.9 · Mar 8.4 · Apr 9.9 · May 12.6 · Jun 15.1 · Jul 16.9 · Aug 17 · Sep 15.3 · Oct 12.7 · Nov 9.6 · Dec 7.5 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI19Official
Average precipitation by monthJan 140.2 · Feb 115.8 · Mar 77.9 · Apr 84.6 · May 72.2 · Jun 63 · Jul 64.1 · Aug 65.7 · Sep 72.5 · Oct 118 · Nov 135.2 · Dec 151.2 mm31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI20Official

Similar climate. In France: Reims ±2.2 °C. Elsewhere: Saanich (Canada) ±1.4 °C, Cork (Ireland) ±1.6 °C, Plymouth (United Kingdom) ±0.4 °C, Bremerhaven (Germany) ±2.2 °C, Werl (Germany) ±2.3 °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-Pol-de-Léon?

The published population was 6,941 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune6

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area23.43 km²31 Dec 2026Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte15Official
Foreign residents91 people2021Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT111Official
Population density296.2 people/km²31 Dec 2023Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte15Official
Population6,941 people1 Jan 2023INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune6Official

International community in Saint-Pol-de-Léon

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
Total6,941100.0%
Français6,732.01397.0%
Etranger208.9873.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source8

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Universities0 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)10Official

Alternatives for people set on Saint-Pol-de-Léon

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.

Landivisiau as a Saint-Pol-de-Léon alternative in the same region

20 km away, better on 2 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

  • Unemployment: 11.9% Landivisiau vs 9.8% Saint-Pol-de-Léon+21%
  • Nearest airport: 7.0 km Landivisiau vs 16.0 km Saint-Pol-de-Léon−56%
  • Residents: 9,426 Landivisiau vs 6,941 Saint-Pol-de-Léon+36%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,707 Landivisiau vs 4,060 Saint-Pol-de-Léon−9%
  • Rent: €9.53/m² Landivisiau vs €9.66/m² Saint-Pol-de-Léonsame level
  • Median gross pay, region: €2,570 Landivisiau vs €2,570 Saint-Pol-de-Léonsame level
Full comparisonMore about Landivisiau

Sartrouville as a Saint-Pol-de-Léon alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 452 km, better on 1 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 3. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

  • Residents: 52,763 Sartrouville vs 6,941 Saint-Pol-de-Léon+660%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Sartrouville vs €2,570 Saint-Pol-de-Léon+29%
  • Rent: €20.51/m² Sartrouville vs €9.66/m² Saint-Pol-de-Léonno percentage
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,581 Sartrouville vs 4,060 Saint-Pol-de-Léon+13%
  • Unemployment: 10.5% Sartrouville vs 9.8% Saint-Pol-de-Léon+7%
  • Nearest airport: 18.0 km Sartrouville vs 16.0 km Saint-Pol-de-Léon+13%
Full comparisonMore about Sartrouville

Cities near Saint-Pol-de-Léon

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

Morlaix 16.7 km away
Rent
9.19 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Landivisiau 20.5 km away
Rent
9.53 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in France

Other cities in France to compare with Saint-Pol-de-Léon, nearest in population first.

All France cities
Houdain6,945 residentsLuisant6,945 residentsPlédran6,933 residentsBourbourg6,931 residentsMorteau6,953 residentsCognin6,954 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Saint-Pol-de-Léon 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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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Saint-Pol-de-Léon?

The published population was 6,941 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Saint-Pol-de-Léon?

Average net cold rent is 9.66 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 676 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

How safe is Saint-Pol-de-Léon?

Police recorded about 4,060 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-Pol-de-Léon?

The unemployment rate is about 9.8 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Saint-Pol-de-Léon?

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

How many foreign residents live in Saint-Pol-de-Léon?

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

Is Saint-Pol-de-Léon a good place to live?

Saint-Pol-de-Léon 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-Pol-de-Léon?

Saint-Martin-des-Champs, Morlaix, Landivisiau are near Saint-Pol-de-Léon. 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-Pol-de-Léon?

The official citizenship distribution records 6,732.013 people (97.0%) 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-Pol-de-Léon, France: population, rent, salary, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version dc39480bb0d81a834f8cc2cf182c21aa]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/saint-pol-de-leon/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Saint-Pol-de-Léon, France: population, rent, salary, jobs},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
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