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Living in Villers-le-Lac

In Villers-le-Lac, advertised rents for new lettings average €14.17 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 8.5% (2022).

Gigabit broadband availability was 97% in March 2026. At the start of 2023, Villers-le-Lac had a population of 5,292. The city covered 30.2 km² in 2026. Population density was 175.4 people per km² in 2023. The city had 3 schools in 2026. There were 75.6 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024. The unemployment rate was 8.46% at the end of 2022. The foreign population count was 622 in 2021.

Last checked 2026-09-2430 sources

Population5,292people1 Jan 2023Official source · INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune
Median gross salary (region)2,580EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · www.insee.fr
Average net rent14.17EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 — 22% aboveOfficial source · static.data.gouv.fr
Unemployment rate8.46%country median 11.0% — 23% belowOfficial source · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune
Recorded crime1,999incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 58% belowOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

Pricier rent than 73% of French cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 75% of French cities that publish it and less recorded crime than any other French city that publishes it.

Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Villers-le-Lac?

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 Villers-le-Lac.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Villers-le-Lac?

Average net cold rent is 14.17 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): 14.17 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr20
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Villers-le-Lac recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43
Mobile plan, 10 GB€20
Net rent across major citiesVillers-le-Lac highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Villers-le-Lac highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Marseille€16.30
Villers-le-Lac€14.17
Toulouse€13.98
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 Fibre17Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange 100GB mobile plan16Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)290.5 %31 Dec 2023INSEE4Official
Dwellings2,883 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE5Official
Main residence dwellings2,415 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE5Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)14.17 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.6031 Dec 2025static.data.gouv.fr20Official

Is Villers-le-Lac a good place to live?

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Remote worker48%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 39–57%
Skilled employee55%strong on work, weak on education · range 47–63%
Student35%strong on legal route, weak on work · range 26–44%
Family53%strong on safety, weak on cost · range 45–61%
Retirement53%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 43–63%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 850 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 14.17 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 Villers-le-Lac?

The unemployment rate is about 8.5 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 8.46 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune8
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Villers-le-Lac is 8.5%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Gigabit broadband availability97.04 %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.3Official
Median gross salary (regional)2,580 EUR/month31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr21Official
Unemployment rate8.46 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune8Official

What does a salary buy in Villers-le-Lac?

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

regional median gross pay: €2,580 (insee.fr, 2022-12-31).
Left over each month€1,054of €1,967 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.€1,967
Rent, 60 m²€14.17/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31− €850
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€1,054
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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Villers-le-Lac. 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 Villers-le-Lac. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Schools3 schools27 May 2026RNEE exact Code_commune; etat=OUVERT; code_nature 100-199 or 300-399; unique UAI count.18Official · 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; Villers-le-Lac's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary care doctors per 100,000 residents75.59 per 100,000 people31 Dec 2024INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence6Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Villers-le-Lac 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 Villers-le-Lac?

Police recorded about 1,999 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 citiesVillers-le-Lac highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Villers-le-Lac 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
Villers-le-Lac1,999
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents1,999 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)2Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Villers-le-Lac. 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 Villers-le-Lac.

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Climate and air quality

Annual PM10 was 8.2 µg/m³ in 2024.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours
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.

PM10 across cities in FranceWhere Villers-le-Lac lands among 1893 measured cities

annual PM10, µg/m³ · cities per band

MetricValuePeriodSource
PM10 — annual mean8.2 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
Average daytime high by monthJan 3 · Feb 3.6 · Mar 7.1 · Apr 11 · May 15 · Jun 18.9 · Jul 20.8 · Aug 20.7 · Sep 16.6 · Oct 12.8 · Nov 7.2 · Dec 3.8 °C31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO11Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan -5.4 · Feb -5.4 · Mar -2.1 · Apr 1.1 · May 4.9 · Jun 8.5 · Jul 10.2 · Aug 9.9 · Sep 6.7 · Oct 3.4 · Nov -1.1 · Dec -4.1 °C31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO12Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan -1 · Feb -0.7 · Mar 2.6 · Apr 6.1 · May 10.2 · Jun 13.8 · Jul 15.6 · Aug 15.4 · Sep 11.5 · Oct 8 · Nov 3.1 · Dec -0.1 °C31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO13Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 106.6 · Feb 93 · Mar 98.9 · Apr 96.1 · May 130.9 · Jun 119.3 · Jul 131.1 · Aug 131.2 · Sep 114.2 · Oct 117.2 · Nov 117.7 · Dec 132.5 mm31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO14Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 95.2 · Feb 106.2 · Mar 144 · Apr 159.7 · May 170.6 · Jun 192.2 · Jul 214.8 · Aug 205.3 · Sep 160.1 · Oct 133.6 · Nov 92.5 · Dec 79.7 hours31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO15Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In France: Reims ±4.0 °C. Elsewhere: Jönköping (Sweden) ±1.1 °C, Eutin (Germany) ±2.3 °C, Bad Arolsen (Germany) ±2.4 °C, Marsberg (Germany) ±2.4 °C, Warburg (Germany) ±2.4 °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

How many people live in Villers-le-Lac?

The published population was 5,292 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune7

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area30.17 km²31 Dec 2026Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte19Official
Foreign residents622 people2021Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT110Official
Population density175.4 people/km²31 Dec 2023Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte19Official
Population5,292 people1 Jan 2023INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune7Official

International community in Villers-le-Lac

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
Total5,292100.0%
Français4,663.91388.1%
Etranger628.08711.9%

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

Alternatives for people set on Villers-le-Lac

Nothing here reaches an argued comparison yet: no other published city shares enough metrics with Villers-le-Lac from the same source, period and grain. What is collected is below.

Cities near Villers-le-Lac

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

Morteau 4.9 km away
Rent
14.7 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in France

Other cities in France to compare with Villers-le-Lac, nearest in population first.

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Tresses5,290 residentsValence5,289 residentsBrebières5,283 residentsBlotzheim5,282 residentsMormant5,282 residentsChampniers5,281 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 Villers-le-Lac?

The published population was 5,292 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.

How much does it cost to rent in Villers-le-Lac?

Average net cold rent is 14.17 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 992 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.

How safe is Villers-le-Lac?

Police recorded about 1,999 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 Villers-le-Lac?

The unemployment rate is about 8.5 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.

What is the typical salary around Villers-le-Lac?

The median gross salary is 2,580 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.

How many foreign residents live in Villers-le-Lac?

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

Is Villers-le-Lac a good place to live?

Villers-le-Lac 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 Villers-le-Lac?

Morteau, Le Locle, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Boudry, Milvignes are near Villers-le-Lac. 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 Villers-le-Lac?

The official citizenship distribution records 4,663.913 people (88.1%) 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 = {Villers-le-Lac, France: population, rent, salary, jobs},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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