Living in Ville-la-Grand
In Ville-la-Grand, advertised rents for new lettings average €16.15 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 13.8% (2022).
There were 52.6 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024. Annual NO₂ was 15.9 µg/m³ in 2024. Annual PM10 was 14 µg/m³ in 2024. The unemployment rate was 13.8% at the end of 2022. Annual PM2.5 was 8.24 µg/m³ in 2024. Ville-la-Grand is in France; its population was 9,514 at the start of 2023. In 2021, the foreign population was 1,434. The city had 9 schools in 2026.
Pricier rent than 82% of French cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 73% of French cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 95% of French cities that publish it.
Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Ville-la-Grand?
National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.
Housing and cost
How much does it cost to rent in Ville-la-Grand?
Average net cold rent is about 16.15 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): 16.15 EUR/m²/month · "Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 20251
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 42.99 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Orange Livebox Fibre21Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 19.99 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Orange 100GB mobile plan20Official · national market |
| Housing vacancy rate (legacy series) | 352.8 % | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE7Official |
| Dwellings | 4,913 dwellings | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE8Official |
| Main residence dwellings | 4,375 dwellings | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE8Official |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 16.15 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 | 30 Sept 2025 | "Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 20251Official |
Is Ville-la-Grand 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.
Worked out from these numbers
What does a 60 m² flat cost?
About 969 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 16.15 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.
Work and income
What is the unemployment rate in Ville-la-Grand?
The unemployment rate is about 13.8 % (2022).
- Unemployment rate: 13.81 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune11
Ville-la-Grand 13.8%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fibre-to-the-building availability | 94.87 % | 3 Aug 2026 | Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)3Official |
| Gigabit broadband availability | 94.87 % | 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.6Official |
| Median gross salary (regional) | 2,749 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2022 | www.insee.fr25Official |
| Unemployment rate | 13.81 %country median 11.0% | 31 Dec 2022 | INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune11Official |
What does a salary buy in Ville-la-Grand?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
RentInternetMobileLeft 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€16.15/m² · official · "Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 2025 · 2025-09-30 | − €969 |
| 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 | €1,050 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Ville-la-Grand. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
France Travail — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Ville-la-Grand. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Family and education
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schools | 9 schools | 27 May 2026 | RNEE exact Code_commune; etat=OUVERT; code_nature 100-199 or 300-399; unique UAI count.23Official · commune |
| Primary schools | 5 count | 3 Aug 2026 | Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)14Official |
| Schools | 9 count | 3 Aug 2026 | Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)14Official |
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; Ville-la-Grand'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 | 52.55 per 100,000 people | 31 Dec 2024 | INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence9Official |
Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Ville-la-Grand 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.
Open the official coverage guideSafety
How safe is Ville-la-Grand?
Police recorded about 8,442 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)4
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 8,442 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)4Official |
Mobility and administration
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Ville-la-Grand. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.
Contrat d’intégration républicaine (CIR) — Integration course
État français and OFII
For eligible non-EU foreign residents.
DIAN language-training offer finder — Other
Réseau des Carif-Oref and DIAN
For people seeking French-language training.
Climate and air quality
Is the air quality good in Ville-la-Grand?
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
mm
hours
Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³
City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.
Ville-la-Grand 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.13Official |
| 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 |
| Monthly extreme high temperature | Jan 12.25 · Feb 13.98 · Mar 18.3 · Apr 22.88 · May 28.68 · Jun 35.56 · Jul 34.08 · Aug 35.75 · Sep 29.44 · Oct 27.22 · Nov 19.73 · Dec 14.39 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center16Official |
| Monthly extreme low temperature | Jan -20.13 · Feb -21.55 · Mar -16.08 · Apr -5.72 · May -2.41 · Jun 0.64 · Jul 5.74 · Aug 5.92 · Sep 0.75 · Oct -5.86 · Nov -9.94 · Dec -17.38 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center16Official |
| Average temperature by month | Jan -0.84 · Feb -0.15 · Mar 3.93 · Apr 8.37 · May 12.12 · Jun 16.65 · Jul 18.83 · Aug 18.4 · Sep 14.33 · Oct 10.13 · Nov 4.29 · Dec 0.27 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center16Official |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 72.8 · Feb 55.9 · Mar 62.1 · Apr 67.1 · May 78.5 · Jun 83.2 · Jul 79.2 · Aug 81.2 · Sep 90.7 · Oct 96.5 · Nov 88.6 · Dec 89.9 mm | 31 Dec 1991 | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO18Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average sunshine by month | Jan 60.9 · Feb 95.9 · Mar 161.2 · Apr 186.6 · May 212 · Jun 245.8 · Jul 269.2 · Aug 241.6 · Sep 184 · Oct 116.3 · Nov 65.4 · Dec 48 hours | 31 Dec 1991 | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO19Official · nearest-station reading |
Annual PM2.5 fell 48.5% between 2013 and 2024, from 16.0 to 8.2.
Population and city profile
The city covered 4.5 km² in 2026. Population density was 2,118.9 people per km² in 2023.
How many people live in Ville-la-Grand?
The published population was 9,514 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune10
By nationality
National passport84.9%Foreign residents15.1%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| City area | 4.49 km² | 31 Dec 2026 | Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte24Official |
| Foreign residents | 1,434 people | 2021 | Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT117Official |
| Population density | 2,119 people/km² | 31 Dec 2023 | Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte24Official |
| Population | 9,514 people | 1 Jan 2023 | INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune10Official |
International community in Ville-la-Grand
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 | 9,514 | 100.0% |
| Français | 7,677.047 | 80.7% |
| Etranger | 1,836.953 | 19.3% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source12
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)15Official |
Alternatives for people set on Ville-la-Grand
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.
Vétraz-Monthoux as a Ville-la-Grand alternative in the same region
3 km away, better on 3 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.
- Rent: €20.69/m² Vétraz-Monthoux vs €16.15/m² Ville-la-Grand+28%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,161 Vétraz-Monthoux vs 8,442 Ville-la-Grand−39%
- Unemployment: 10.2% Vétraz-Monthoux vs 13.8% Ville-la-Grand−26%
- Residents: 10,949 Vétraz-Monthoux vs 9,514 Ville-la-Grand+15%
- Nearest airport: 30.0 km Vétraz-Monthoux vs 33.0 km Ville-la-Grand−9%
- Median gross pay, region: €2,749 Vétraz-Monthoux vs €2,749 Ville-la-Grandsame level
- Annual PM2.5: 8.2 µg/m³ Vétraz-Monthoux vs 8.2 µg/m³ Ville-la-Grandsame level
Arles as a Ville-la-Grand alternative in the same country
A move, not a commute, at 308 km, better on 4 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.
- Residents: 51,811 Arles vs 9,514 Ville-la-Grand+445%
- Rent: €13.00/m² Arles vs €16.15/m² Ville-la-Grand−20%
- Nearest airport: 19.0 km Arles vs 33.0 km Ville-la-Grand−42%
- Unemployment: 12.4% Arles vs 13.8% Ville-la-Grand−11%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,818 Arles vs 8,442 Ville-la-Grand−7%
- Annual PM2.5: 9.0 µg/m³ Arles vs 8.2 µg/m³ Ville-la-Grand+10%
- Median gross pay, region: €2,630 Arles vs €2,749 Ville-la-Grand−4%
Cities near Ville-la-Grand
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
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- 21.19 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30
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- 24.96 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-05-31
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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 Ville-la-Grand?
The published population was 9,514 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.
How much does it cost to rent in Ville-la-Grand?
Average net cold rent is about 16.15 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 1,131 EUR a month before utilities. Source: "Carte des loyers" - Indicateurs de loyers d'annonce par commune en 2025.
Is the air quality good in Ville-la-Grand?
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 Ville-la-Grand?
Police recorded about 8,442 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 Ville-la-Grand?
The unemployment rate is about 13.8 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.
What is the typical salary around Ville-la-Grand?
The median gross salary is 2,749 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.
Is Ville-la-Grand a good place to live?
Ville-la-Grand 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 Ville-la-Grand?
Annemasse, Ambilly, Thônex, Vétraz-Monthoux, Gaillard are near Ville-la-Grand. 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 Ville-la-Grand?
The official citizenship distribution records 7,677.047 people (80.7%) 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). Ville-la-Grand, France: population, rent, salary, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version c83c1613078bb45618a8a9b6812e8408]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/ville-la-grand/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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