Living in Souleuvre en Bocage

In Souleuvre en Bocage, advertised rents for new lettings average €7.75 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 7.3% (2022).

Annual PM10 was 13.2 µg/m³ in 2024. Souleuvre en Bocage had a population of 8,629 at the start of 2023. The foreign population count was 125 in 2021. The city had 6 schools in 2026. There were 69.5 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024. Annual NO₂ was 7.21 µg/m³ in 2024. The unemployment rate was 7.3% at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-09-2417 sources

Population8,629people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune

Median gross salary (region)2,606EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr

Average net rent7.75EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 33% belowOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr

Unemployment rate7.3%country median 11.0% — 34% belowOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune

Recorded crime2,834incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 40% belowOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

Cheaper rent than 93% of French cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 88% of French cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 90% of French cities that publish it.

Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Souleuvre en Bocage?

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Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Souleuvre en Bocage?

Average net cold rent is 7.75 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): 7.75 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr¹⁶

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43

Mobile plan, 10 GB€20

Net rent across major citiesSouleuvre en Bocage highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30

Nice€20.43

Lyon€16.57

Marseille€16.30

Toulouse€13.98

Souleuvre en Bocage€7.75

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Bordeaux€15.99

Lille€15.76

Strasbourg€15.57

Montpellier€15.49

Rennes€14.87

Nantes€14.50

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	42.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Orange Livebox Fibre¹³Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	19.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Orange 100GB mobile plan¹²Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)	435.3 %	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁴Official
Dwellings	4,463 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁵Official
Main residence dwellings	3,783 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁵Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	7.75 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60	31 Dec 2025	static.data.gouv.fr¹⁶Official

Is Souleuvre en Bocage a good place to live?

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Remote worker54%strong on work, weak on safety · range 46–62%

Skilled employee62%strong on work, weak on safety · range 54–70%

Student67%strong on education, weak on work · range 60–74%

Family65%strong on family, weak on cost · range 58–72%

Retirement61%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 52–70%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 465 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 7.75 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 Souleuvre en Bocage?

The unemployment rate is about 7.3 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune⁸

Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Souleuvre en Bocage is 7.3%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

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Souleuvre en Bocage 7.3%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Gigabit broadband availability	88.39 %	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.³Official
Median gross salary (regional)	2,606 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	www.insee.fr¹⁷Official
Unemployment rate	7.3 %country median 11.0%	31 Dec 2022	INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune⁸Official

What does a salary buy in Souleuvre en Bocage?

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

Left over each month€1,459of €1,987 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.	€1,987
Rent, 60 m²€7.75/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31	− €465
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	€1,459

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Public employment service

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

Country-level information

France Travail — Public employment service

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	6 schools	27 May 2026	RNEE exact Code_commune; etat=OUVERT; code_nature 100-199 or 300-399; unique UAI count.¹⁴Official · commune
Primary schools	5 schools	31 Dec 2025	INSEE⁴Official

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; Souleuvre en Bocage'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	69.53 per 100,000 people	31 Dec 2024	INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence⁶Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Souleuvre en Bocage 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 Souleuvre en Bocage?

Police recorded about 2,834 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 citiesSouleuvre en Bocage 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

Souleuvre en Bocage2,834

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	2,834 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)²Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Souleuvre en Bocage. 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 Souleuvre en Bocage.

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Climate and air quality

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

PM1013.2WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂7.2WHO 10 · EU 40

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM10 across cities in FranceWhere Souleuvre en Bocage lands among 1893 measured cities

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Souleuvre en Bocage 13.2

annual PM10, µg/m³ · cities per band

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	7.21 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.¹Official
NO₂ — latest reading	6.9 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.¹⁰Official
PM10 — annual mean	13.15 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.¹Official

Population and city profile

The city covered 187.3 km² in 2026. Population density was 46.1 people per km² in 2023.

How many people live in Souleuvre en Bocage?

The published population was 8,629 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune⁷

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.6%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	187.3 km²	31 Dec 2026	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte¹⁵Official
Foreign residents	125 people	2021	Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1¹¹Official
Population density	46.08 people/km²	31 Dec 2023	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte¹⁵Official
Population	8,629 people	1 Jan 2023	INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune⁷Official

International community in Souleuvre en Bocage

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	8,629	100.0%
Français	8,504.969	98.6%
Etranger	124.031	1.4%

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

Alternatives for people set on Souleuvre en Bocage

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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 Souleuvre en Bocage?

The published population was 8,629 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Souleuvre en Bocage?

Average net cold rent is 7.75 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 543 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

How safe is Souleuvre en Bocage?

What is the unemployment rate in Souleuvre en Bocage?

The unemployment rate is about 7.3 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Souleuvre en Bocage?

The median gross salary is 2,606 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

How many foreign residents live in Souleuvre en Bocage?

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

Is Souleuvre en Bocage a good place to live?

Souleuvre en Bocage 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.

How many people are in the Français citizenship group in Souleuvre en Bocage?

The official citizenship distribution records 8,504.969 people (98.6%) 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). Souleuvre en Bocage, France: population, rent, salary, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 3bd04df24fb3b3af6f531a6f0792b13e]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/souleuvre-en-bocage/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Souleuvre en Bocage, France: population, rent, salary, jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {3bd04df24fb3b3af6f531a6f0792b13e},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/souleuvre-en-bocage/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation. air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-15
Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026) static.data.gouv.fr · checked 2026-09-23
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. data.arcep.fr · checked 2026-03-31
INSEE insee.fr · checked 2026-08-07
INSEE insee.fr · checked 2026-08-07
INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence insee.fr · checked 2026-07-16
INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune insee.fr · checked 2026-07-26
INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune INSEE RP2022 ACT1 · insee.fr · checked 2026-07-26
Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE), France api.insee.fr · checked 2026-08-30
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. files.data.gouv.fr · checked 2026-07-15

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Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1 Nationalité en 2021 · insee.fr · checked 2026-07-15
Orange 100GB mobile plan boutique.orange.fr · checked 2026-09-15
Orange Livebox Fibre boutique.orange.fr · checked 2026-09-15
RNEE exact Code_commune; etat=OUVERT; code_nature 100-199 or 300-399; unique UAI count. data.gouv.fr · checked 2026-07-16
Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte Séries historiques en 2023 · insee.fr · checked 2026-09-24
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