Living in Vias

In Vias, advertised rents for new lettings average €11.67 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 17.2% (2022).

The unemployment rate was 17.2% at the end of 2022. Vias is in France; its population was 5,952 at the start of 2023. For Vias, annual NO₂ was 4.93 µg/m³ in 2024. The city had 2 schools in 2026. There were 67.2 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024. The foreign population count was 297 in 2021.

Last checked 2026-09-2428 sources

Population5,952people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune

Median gross salary (region)2,575EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr

Average net rent11.67EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — about the sameOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr

Unemployment rate17.2%country median 11.0% — 57% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune

Recorded crime9,977incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 110% aboveOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

Higher unemployment than 88% of French cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 98% of French cities that publish it.

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

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Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Vias?

Average net cold rent is 11.67 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): 11.67 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 citiesVias highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30

Nice€20.43

Lyon€16.57

Marseille€16.30

Toulouse€13.98

Vias€11.67

Show the other 6 cities

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)	301.4 %	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁴Official
Dwellings	5,926 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁵Official
Main residence dwellings	2,876 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁵Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	11.67 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — about the same	31 Dec 2025	static.data.gouv.fr¹⁶Official

Is Vias 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 worker48%strong on work, weak on safety · range 40–56%

Skilled employee51%strong on work, weak on safety · range 43–59%

Student50%strong on cost, weak on work · range 41–59%

Family36%strong on housing, weak on education · range 28–44%

Retirement54%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 45–63%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 700 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 11.67 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 Vias?

The unemployment rate is about 17.2 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune⁸

Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Vias is 17.2%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

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Vias 17.2%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Gigabit broadband availability	82.85 %	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)	2,575 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	www.insee.fr¹⁸Official
Unemployment rate	17.2 %country median 11.0%	31 Dec 2022	INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune⁸Official

What does a salary buy in Vias?

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

Left over each month€1,197of €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€11.67/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31	− €700
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	€1,197

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

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Vias. 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 Vias. 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.¹⁴Official · commune

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; Vias'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	67.2 per 100,000 people	31 Dec 2024	INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence⁶Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Vias 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 Vias?

Police recorded about 9,977 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 citiesVias highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Lille13,488

Lyon13,026

Bordeaux12,429

Marseille11,857

Paris10,987

Vias9,977

Montpellier9,636

Toulouse8,875

Rennes8,241

Strasbourg7,791

Nantes7,704

Nice7,577

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	9,977 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 Vias. 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 Vias.

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Climate and air quality

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

12°4°

13°3°

16°6°

19°9°

22°12°

27°16°

30°18°

29°18°

25°15°

21°12°

16°7°

13°4°

JFMAMJJASOND

Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

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

NO₂4.9WHO 10 · EU 40

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

NO₂ across cities in FranceWhere Vias lands among 1911 measured cities

1–22–33–44–55–66–77–88–99–1010–1111–1212–1313–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–2222–2323–2424–2525–2626–2727–2828–2929–3030–3131–3232–3339–40

Vias 4.9

annual NO₂, µg/m³ · cities per band

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	4.93 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	2.7 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
Average daytime high by month	Jan 12.1 · Feb 13.1 · Mar 16.3 · Apr 18.6 · May 22.3 · Jun 27 · Jul 29.7 · Aug 29.3 · Sep 25.3 · Oct 21 · Nov 15.9 · Dec 12.6 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station BEZIERS-VIAS¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 3.6 · Feb 3.5 · Mar 6 · Apr 8.7 · May 12.2 · Jun 15.9 · Jul 18.3 · Aug 18 · Sep 14.6 · Oct 12 · Nov 7.3 · Dec 4 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station BEZIERS-VIAS¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 7.8 · Feb 8.3 · Mar 11.1 · Apr 13.6 · May 17.2 · Jun 21.4 · Jul 24 · Aug 23.7 · Sep 19.9 · Oct 16.5 · Nov 11.6 · Dec 8.3 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station BEZIERS-VIAS¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 47.5 · Feb 52 · Mar 41.4 · Apr 51.2 · May 42.4 · Jun 26.3 · Jul 13.7 · Aug 25.5 · Sep 61.6 · Oct 83.9 · Nov 68.6 · Dec 41.2 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station BEZIERS-VIAS¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In France: Aix-en-Provence ±0.7 °C. Elsewhere: Bari (Italy) ±1.0 °C, Alcorcón (Spain) ±1.2 °C, Móstoles (Spain) ±1.2 °C, Foggia (Italy) ±1.2 °C, Murfreesboro (United States) ±2.5 °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

The city covered 32.5 km² in 2026. Population density was 183.2 people per km² in 2023.

How many people live in Vias?

The published population was 5,952 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune⁷

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport95%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	32.49 km²	31 Dec 2026	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte¹⁵Official
Foreign residents	297 people	2021	Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1¹¹Official
Population density	183.2 people/km²	31 Dec 2023	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte¹⁵Official
Population	5,952 people	1 Jan 2023	INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune⁷Official

International community in Vias

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	5,952	100.0%
Français	5,653.819	95.0%
Etranger	298.181	5.0%

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

Alternatives for people set on Vias

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.

Servian as a Vias alternative in the same region

16 km away, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,292 Servian vs 9,977 Vias−57%
Rent: €9.84/m² Servian vs €11.67/m² Vias−16%
Unemployment: 12.5% Servian vs 17.2% Vias−27%
Residents: 5,517 Servian vs 5,952 Vias−7%
Median gross pay, region: €2,575 Servian vs €2,575 Viassame level

Full comparison More about Servian

Sartrouville as a Vias alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 634 km, better on 3 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 52,763 Sartrouville vs 5,952 Vias+786%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,581 Sartrouville vs 9,977 Vias−54%
Unemployment: 10.5% Sartrouville vs 17.2% Vias−39%
Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Sartrouville vs €2,575 Vias+29%
Rent: €20.51/m² Sartrouville vs €11.67/m² Viasno percentage

Full comparison More about Sartrouville

Cities near Vias

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

Agde 4.6 km away

Rent: 11.82 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Bessan 5.4 km away

Rent: 10.43 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Florensac 8.6 km away

Rent: 10.16 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Marseillan 10.1 km away

Rent: 10.8 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Sérignan 12.0 km away

Rent: 11.91 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Sauvian 13.0 km away

Rent: 11.49 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Servian 16.0 km away

Rent: 9.84 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Pézenas 16.3 km away

Rent: 9.55 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in France

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

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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 Vias?

The published population was 5,952 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Vias?

Average net cold rent is 11.67 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 817 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

How safe is Vias?

What is the unemployment rate in Vias?

The unemployment rate is about 17.2 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Vias?

The median gross salary is 2,575 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

How many foreign residents live in Vias?

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

Is Vias a good place to live?

Vias 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 Vias?

Agde, Bessan, Florensac, Marseillan, Sérignan are near Vias. 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 Vias?

The official citizenship distribution records 5,653.819 people (95.0%) 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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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Vias, France: population, rent, salary, cost of living, jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {a4a8e847f88310ac86024e69222a224f},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/vias/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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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
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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
static.data.gouv.fr static.data.gouv.fr · checked 2026-08-27
WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station BEZIERS-VIAS WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 · ncei.noaa.gov · checked 2026-07-31
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