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Living in Sélestat

In Sélestat, advertised rents for new lettings average €10.98 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 11.3% (2022).

The unemployment rate was 11.3% at the end of 2022. Annual NO₂ was 16.5 µg/m³ in 2024. In 2021, the foreign population was 1,516. The population of Sélestat, in France, was 19,589 at the start of 2023. The city had 15 schools in 2026. There were 127.6 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024. Annual PM10 was 12.8 µg/m³ in 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2435 sources

Population19,589people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune
Median gross salary (region)2,641EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr
Average net rent10.98EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 5% belowOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr
Unemployment rate11.34%country median 11.0% — 3% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune
Recorded crime6,724incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 42% aboveOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)
PM2.5, annual mean4µg/m³country median 8.5 — 53% belowOfficial source · European Environment Agency

More recorded crime than 84% of French cities that publish it and cleaner air than any other French city that publishes it.

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

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 Sélestat.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Sélestat?

Average net cold rent is 10.98 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): 10.98 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr25
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Sélestat recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43
Mobile plan, 10 GB€20
Net rent across major citiesSélestat highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Sélestat highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Marseille€16.30
Toulouse€13.98
Sélestat€10.98
Show the other 6 cities
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 Fibre21Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange 100GB mobile plan20Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)879.3 %31 Dec 2023INSEE8Official
Dwellings10,511 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE9Official
Main residence dwellings9,455 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE9Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)10.98 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.6031 Dec 2025static.data.gouv.fr25Official

Is Sélestat 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 worker49%strong on work, weak on safety · range 41–57%
Skilled employee58%strong on work, weak on safety · range 50–66%
Student55%strong on education, weak on work · range 48–62%
Family49%strong on family, weak on cost · range 42–56%
Retirement50%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 41–59%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 659 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 10.98 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 Sélestat?

The unemployment rate is about 11.3 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 11.34 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune13
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Sélestat is 11.3%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability96.01 %3 Aug 2026Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)2Official
Gigabit broadband availability96.01 %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.7Official
Median gross salary (regional)2,641 EUR/month31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr26Official
Unemployment rate11.34 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune13Official

What does a salary buy in Sélestat?

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

regional median gross pay: €2,641 (insee.fr, 2022-12-31).
Left over each month€1,286of €2,008 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.€2,008
Rent, 60 m²€10.98/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31− €659
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€1,286
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Sélestat Salary needed to live in Sélestat

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Sélestat. 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 Sélestat. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Schools15 schools27 May 2026RNEE exact Code_commune; etat=OUVERT; code_nature 100-199 or 300-399; unique UAI count.23Official · commune
Primary schools8 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)16Official
Schools18 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)16Official

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; Sélestat's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary care doctors per 100,000 residents127.6 per 100,000 people31 Dec 2024INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence11Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents1,151 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2011DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 20115Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Sélestat 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 residents1,151 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Sélestat?

Police recorded about 6,724 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 citiesSélestat highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Sélestat 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
Sélestat6,724
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents6,724 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)3Official

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Nearest airportCMR3 Aug 2026OurAirports22Official
Distance to nearest airport18 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports22Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Sélestat?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 4 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: European Environment Agency6

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

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 Sélestat is 4.0 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 mean16.49 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 reading17.6 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.15Official
PM10 — annual mean12.8 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 mean4 µg/m³country median 8.531 Dec 2024European Environment Agency6Official
Monthly extreme high temperatureJan 13.19 · Feb 17.89 · Mar 21.94 · Apr 27.29 · May 30.89 · Jun 36.12 · Jul 37.33 · Aug 38.84 · Sep 32.62 · Oct 27.59 · Nov 21.38 · Dec 15.56 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center18Official
Monthly extreme low temperatureJan -13 · Feb -17.46 · Mar -15.16 · Apr -5.59 · May 0.96 · Jun 3.81 · Jul 7.42 · Aug 6.1 · Sep 0.73 · Oct -5.46 · Nov -9.01 · Dec -14.97 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center18Official
Average temperature by monthJan 0.65 · Feb 1.62 · Mar 5.42 · Apr 10.04 · May 14.19 · Jun 18.35 · Jul 20.23 · Aug 19.65 · Sep 15.31 · Oct 10.62 · Nov 5.22 · Dec 1.46 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center18Official
Annual PM2.5 over time7 published observations, 2018–2024

Annual PM2.5 fell 33.3% between 2018 and 2024, from 6.0 to 4.0.

Population and city profile

The city covered 44.4 km² in 2026. Population density was 441.2 people per km² in 2023.

How many people live in Sélestat?

The published population was 19,589 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune12

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area44.4 km²31 Dec 2026Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte24Official
Foreign residents1,516 people2021Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT119Official
Population density441.2 people/km²31 Dec 2023Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte24Official
Population19,589 people1 Jan 2023INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune12Official

International community in Sélestat

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
Total19,589100.0%
Français17,807.22290.9%
Etranger1,781.7789.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source14

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Universities0 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)17Official

Alternatives for people set on Sélestat

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.

Benfeld as a Sélestat alternative in the same region

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

  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,018 Benfeld vs 6,724 Sélestat−40%
  • Unemployment: 8.2% Benfeld vs 11.3% Sélestat−28%
  • Residents: 5,973 Benfeld vs 19,589 Sélestat−70%
  • Rent: €11.57/m² Benfeld vs €10.98/m² Sélestat+5%
  • Nearest airport: 19.0 km Benfeld vs 18.0 km Sélestat+6%
  • Median gross pay, region: €2,641 Benfeld vs €2,641 Sélestatsame level
Full comparisonMore about Benfeld

Sartrouville as a Sélestat alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 396 km, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

  • Residents: 52,763 Sartrouville vs 19,589 Sélestat+169%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,581 Sartrouville vs 6,724 Sélestat−32%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Sartrouville vs €2,641 Sélestat+26%
  • Rent: €20.51/m² Sartrouville vs €10.98/m² Sélestatno percentage
  • Unemployment: 10.5% Sartrouville vs 11.3% Sélestat−8%
  • Nearest airport: 18.0 km Sartrouville vs 18.0 km Sélestatsame level
Full comparisonMore about Sartrouville

Cities near Sélestat

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

Benfeld 16.0 km away
Rent
11.57 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Barr 16.5 km away
Rent
12.47 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Colmar 21.1 km away
Rent
11.36 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Obernai 22.6 km away
Rent
12.7 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Erstein 23.7 km away
Rent
11.89 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in France

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

All France cities
La Crau19,556 residentsPertuis19,548 residentsLisieux19,645 residentsLe Mée-sur-Seine19,527 residentsBruz19,683 residentsSaint-Lô19,471 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 Sélestat?

The published population was 19,589 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Sélestat?

Average net cold rent is 10.98 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 769 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

Is the air quality good in Sélestat?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 4 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: European Environment Agency.

How safe is Sélestat?

Police recorded about 6,724 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 Sélestat?

The unemployment rate is about 11.3 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Sélestat?

The median gross salary is 2,641 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

Is Sélestat a good place to live?

Sélestat 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 Sélestat?

Benfeld, Barr, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Colmar, Obernai are near Sélestat. 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 Sélestat?

The official citizenship distribution records 17,807.222 people (90.9%) 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). Sélestat, France: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version ca7b83907e21719f5a971ca04901c6b0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/selestat/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Sélestat, France: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {ca7b83907e21719f5a971ca04901c6b0},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/selestat/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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