Living in Sciez

In Sciez, advertised rents for new lettings average €16.57 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 11.1% (2022).

Annual PM10 was 14 µg/m³ in 2024. The unemployment rate was 11.1% at the end of 2022. The foreign population count was 602 in 2021. In 2024, annual NO₂ was 15.9 µg/m³. The population of Sciez, in France, was 6,447 at the start of 2023. The city covered 20.5 km² in 2026. Population density was 314.9 people per km² in 2023. The city had 2 schools in 2026. There were 93.1 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024. Annual PM2.5 was 8.24 µg/m³ in 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2431 sources

Population6,447people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune

Median gross salary (region)2,749EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr

Average net rent16.57EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 43% aboveOfficial source · "Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 2025

Unemployment rate11.09%country median 11.0% — about the sameOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune

Recorded crime4,920incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 4% aboveOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

PM2.5, annual mean8.24µg/m³country median 8.5 — 3% belowOfficial source · 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.

Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Sciez?

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 Sciez.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Sciez?

Average net cold rent is about 16.57 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): 16.57 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 citiesSciez highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30

Nice€20.43

Lyon€16.57

Sciez€16.57

Nantes€14.50

Toulouse€13.98

Show the other 6 cities

Marseille€16.30

Bordeaux€15.99

Lille€15.76

Strasbourg€15.57

Montpellier€15.49

Rennes€14.87

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	42.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Orange Livebox Fibre¹⁹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	19.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Orange 100GB mobile plan¹⁸Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)	253.8 %	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁵Official
Dwellings	3,624 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁶Official
Main residence dwellings	2,911 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁶Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	16.57 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60	30 Sept 2025	"Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 2025¹Official

Is Sciez 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 worker43%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 35–51%

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

Student29%strong on education, weak on work · range 22–36%

Family44%strong on family, weak on cost · range 37–51%

Retirement46%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 37–55%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 994 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 16.57 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 Sciez?

The unemployment rate is about 11.1 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 11.09 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune⁹

Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Sciez is 11.1%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

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Sciez 11.1%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Gigabit broadband availability	94.46 %	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)	2,749 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	www.insee.fr²²Official
Unemployment rate	11.09 %country median 11.0% — about the same	31 Dec 2022	INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Sciez?

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

Left over each month€1,025of €2,082 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.	€2,082
Rent, 60 m²€16.57/m² · official · "Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 2025 · 2025-09-30	− €994
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	€1,025

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Sciez Salary needed to live in Sciez

Public employment service

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

Country-level information

France Travail — Public employment service

France Travail

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	2 schools	27 May 2026	RNEE exact Code_commune; etat=OUVERT; code_nature 100-199 or 300-399; unique UAI count.²⁰Official · commune
Primary schools	2 schools	31 Dec 2025	INSEE⁵Official

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; Sciez'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	93.07 per 100,000 people	31 Dec 2024	INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence⁷Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Sciez 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 Sciez?

Police recorded about 4,920 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 citiesSciez 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

Sciez4,920

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	4,920 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

Language courses and integration

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

Open official information

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Sciez.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Sciez?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.2 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: 8.24 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

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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15°5°

19°9°

23°13°

26°15°

25°14°

20°11°

15°8°

9°3°

5°0°

JFMAMJJASOND

Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

100

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

108

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193

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Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.58.2WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1014WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂15.9WHO 10 · EU 40

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 Sciez is 8.2 µg/m³. Of 1,975 cities with data, 626 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Sciez 8.2

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	15.88 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	21.1 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	14.03 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	8.24 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
Average daytime high by month	Jan 4.5 · Feb 6.1 · Mar 10.9 · Apr 15 · May 19.2 · Jun 23.2 · Jul 25.6 · Aug 25.1 · Sep 20.2 · Oct 14.7 · Nov 8.7 · Dec 5.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹³Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -0.7 · Feb -0.5 · Mar 2.3 · Apr 5.1 · May 9 · Jun 12.6 · Jul 14.6 · Aug 14.4 · Sep 11.1 · Oct 7.5 · Nov 3 · Dec 0.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 1.9 · Feb 2.7 · Mar 6.6 · Apr 10.2 · May 14.2 · Jun 18 · Jul 20.1 · Aug 19.6 · Sep 15.5 · Oct 11 · Nov 5.9 · Dec 2.7 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 81.9 · Feb 63.3 · Mar 64.5 · Apr 66.7 · May 86.2 · Jun 83.6 · Jul 84.1 · Aug 84 · Sep 85.6 · Oct 98.5 · Nov 95.7 · Dec 99.5 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 71.6 · Feb 108.1 · Mar 171.4 · Apr 193.1 · May 214 · Jun 242.6 · Jul 266.3 · Aug 243.8 · Sep 192.6 · Oct 127.4 · Nov 74.2 · Dec 55.8 hours	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In France: Reims ±1.0 °C. Elsewhere: Werl (Germany) ±0.8 °C, Cottbus (Germany) ±0.9 °C, Berlin (Germany) ±1.0 °C, Hoyerswerda (Germany) ±1.0 °C, Geneva (Switzerland) ±0.6 °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 Sciez?

The published population was 6,447 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune⁸

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport90.7%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	20.47 km²	31 Dec 2026	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte²¹Official
Foreign residents	602 people	2021	Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1¹²Official
Population density	314.9 people/km²	31 Dec 2023	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte²¹Official
Population	6,447 people	1 Jan 2023	INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune⁸Official

International community in Sciez

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	6,447	100.0%
Français	5,789.415	89.8%
Etranger	657.585	10.2%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁰

Alternatives for people set on Sciez

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.

Allinges as a Sciez alternative in the same region

7 km away, better on 3 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,765 Allinges vs 4,920 Sciez−64%
Unemployment: 7.7% Allinges vs 11.1% Sciez−31%
Rent: €14.60/m² Allinges vs €16.57/m² Sciez−12%
Residents: 5,019 Allinges vs 6,447 Sciez−22%
Median gross pay, region: €2,749 Allinges vs €2,749 Sciezsame level
Annual PM2.5: 8.2 µg/m³ Allinges vs 8.2 µg/m³ Sciezsame level

Full comparison More about Allinges

Cities near Sciez

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

Douvaine 6.2 km away

Rent: 18.25 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Allinges 6.9 km away

Rent: 14.6 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30

Thonon-les-Bains 9.2 km away

Rent: 16.87 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30

Publier 14.5 km away

Rent: 17.85 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30

Alternative cities in France

Other cities in France to compare with Sciez, nearest in population first.

All France cities

Louhans6,446 residents Frouard6,444 residents Péronnas6,444 residents Plonéour-Lanvern6,452 residents Bonsecours6,442 residents Brunstatt6,440 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 Sciez?

The published population was 6,447 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Sciez?

Average net cold rent is about 16.57 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 1,160 EUR a month before utilities. Source: "Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 2025.

Is the air quality good in Sciez?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.2 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 Sciez?

What is the unemployment rate in Sciez?

The unemployment rate is about 11.1 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Sciez?

The median gross salary is 2,749 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

Is Sciez a good place to live?

Sciez 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 Sciez?

Douvaine, Allinges, Thonon-les-Bains, Nyon, Gland are near Sciez. 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 Sciez?

The official citizenship distribution records 5,789.415 people (89.8%) 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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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Sciez, France: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {fc93c47c1ed86822d76b8027f4b142a8},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/sciez/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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