Living in Vierzon

In Vierzon, advertised rents for new lettings average €7.69 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 21.6% (2022).

Vierzon had 25,068 residents at the start of 2023 and is a city in France. The unemployment rate was 21.6% at the end of 2022. For Vierzon, the foreign population count was 2,472 in 2021. Gigabit broadband availability was 97.5% in March 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-2424 sources

Population25,068people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune

Median gross salary (region)2,597EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr

Average net rent7.69EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 34% belowOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr

Unemployment rate21.57%country median 11.0% — 97% aboveOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune

Recorded crime6,392incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 35% aboveOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

PM2.5, annual mean7µg/m³country median 8.5 — 17% belowOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Cheaper rent than 94% of French cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 97% of French cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 80% of French cities that publish it.

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

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

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Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Vierzon?

Average net cold rent is 7.69 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): 7.69 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr²⁰

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43

Mobile plan, 10 GB€20

Net rent across major citiesVierzon highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30

Nice€20.43

Lyon€16.57

Marseille€16.30

Toulouse€13.98

Vierzon€7.69

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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 Fibre¹⁷Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	19.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Orange 100GB mobile plan¹⁶Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)	2,342 %	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁶Official
Dwellings	15,110 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁷Official
Main residence dwellings	12,469 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁷Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	7.69 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60	31 Dec 2025	static.data.gouv.fr²⁰Official

Is Vierzon a good place to live?

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Remote worker52%strong on work, weak on safety · range 44–60%

Skilled employee59%strong on work, weak on safety · range 51–67%

Student62%strong on education, weak on work · range 55–69%

Family53%strong on family, weak on cost · range 46–60%

Retirement51%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 42–60%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 461 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 7.69 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 Vierzon?

The unemployment rate is about 21.6 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 21.57 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune¹⁰

Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Vierzon is 21.6%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

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Vierzon 21.6%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Fibre-to-the-building availability	97.45 %	3 Aug 2026	Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)¹Official
Gigabit broadband availability	97.45 %	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.⁵Official
Median gross salary (regional)	2,597 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	www.insee.fr²¹Official
Unemployment rate	21.57 %country median 11.0%	31 Dec 2022	INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune¹⁰Official

What does a salary buy in Vierzon?

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

Left over each month€1,456of €1,981 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.	€1,981
Rent, 60 m²€7.69/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31	− €461
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	€1,456

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Public employment service

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	20 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)¹²Official
Schools	35 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)¹²Official

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; Vierzon's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	502.1 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2011	DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 2011³Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Vierzon 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 residents502.1 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Vierzon?

Police recorded about 6,392 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 citiesVierzon 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

Vierzon6,392

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	6,392 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

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Nearest airport	BOU	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁸Official
Distance to nearest airport	29 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁸Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Vierzon?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 µg/m³ (2021) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency⁴

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

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

PM2.57WHO 5 · EU 25

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 Vierzon is 7.0 µg/m³. Of 1,975 cities with data, 626 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Vierzon 7.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	7 µg/m³country median 8.5	31 Dec 2021	European Environment Agency⁴Official
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 14.86 · Feb 20.56 · Mar 22.25 · Apr 28.25 · May 29.59 · Jun 39.52 · Jul 42.92 · Aug 41.49 · Sep 36.47 · Oct 28.23 · Nov 22.27 · Dec 16.1 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁴Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -9.54 · Feb -12.83 · Mar -10.8 · Apr -4.05 · May -0.33 · Jun 4.03 · Jul 7.99 · Aug 7.97 · Sep 1.88 · Oct -2.83 · Nov -6.93 · Dec -9.63 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁴Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 3.37 · Feb 3.87 · Mar 7.05 · Apr 10.55 · May 14.11 · Jun 18.27 · Jul 20.61 · Aug 20.46 · Sep 16.75 · Oct 12.5 · Nov 7.28 · Dec 3.91 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁴Official

Annual PM2.5 over time7 published observations, 2015–2021

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7.2

8.8

10.3

7.02015201720192021

Annual PM2.5 fell 30.0% between 2015 and 2021, from 10.0 to 7.0.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Vierzon?

The published population was 25,068 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune⁹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport90.1%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	74.5 km²	31 Dec 2026	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte¹⁹Official
Foreign residents	2,472 people	2021	Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1¹⁵Official
Population density	336.5 people/km²	31 Dec 2023	Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte¹⁹Official
Population	25,068 people	1 Jan 2023	INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune⁹Official

International community in Vierzon

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	25,068	100.0%
Français	22,311.578	89.0%
Etranger	2,756.422	11.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹¹

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Universities	0 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)¹³Official

Alternatives for people set on Vierzon

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.

Mehun-sur-Yèvre as a Vierzon alternative in the same region

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

Unemployment: 9.3% Mehun-sur-Yèvre vs 21.6% Vierzon−57%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,269 Mehun-sur-Yèvre vs 6,392 Vierzon−33%
Residents: 6,380 Mehun-sur-Yèvre vs 25,068 Vierzon−75%
Nearest airport: 15.0 km Mehun-sur-Yèvre vs 29.0 km Vierzon−48%
Rent: €7.84/m² Mehun-sur-Yèvre vs €7.69/m² Vierzonsame level
Median gross pay, region: €2,597 Mehun-sur-Yèvre vs €2,597 Vierzonsame level

Full comparison More about Mehun-sur-Yèvre

Massy as a Vierzon alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 168 km, better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Unemployment: 9.7% Massy vs 21.6% Vierzon−55%
Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Massy vs €2,597 Vierzon+28%
Residents: 51,729 Massy vs 25,068 Vierzon+106%
Rent: €20.08/m² Massy vs €7.69/m² Vierzonno percentage
Hospital beds, per 100k: 776.4 Massy vs 502.1 Vierzon+55%
Nearest airport: 6.0 km Massy vs 29.0 km Vierzon−79%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 6,806 Massy vs 6,392 Vierzon+6%

Full comparison More about Massy

Cities near Vierzon

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

Mehun-sur-Yèvre 14.0 km away

Rent: 7.84 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in France

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

All France cities

Le Bouscat25,081 residents Libourne25,036 residents Vichy25,115 residents Béthune25,224 residents Vernon25,290 residents Eysines24,825 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 Vierzon?

The published population was 25,068 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Vierzon?

Average net cold rent is 7.69 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 538 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

Is the air quality good in Vierzon?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 µg/m³ (2021) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency.

How safe is Vierzon?

What is the unemployment rate in Vierzon?

The unemployment rate is about 21.6 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Vierzon?

The median gross salary is 2,597 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

Is Vierzon a good place to live?

Vierzon 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 Vierzon?

Mehun-sur-Yèvre, Salbris are near Vierzon. 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 Vierzon?

The official citizenship distribution records 22,311.578 people (89.0%) 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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  title = {Vierzon, France: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
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