--- entity_id: city:be:geonames:2798145 entity_type: city name: Forchies-la-Marche country_code: BE country: Belgium slug: forchies-la-marche canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/forchies-la-marche/ json_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/be/forchies-la-marche.json markdown_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/be/forchies-la-marche.md mcp_uri: immigrationdb://city/be/forchies-la-marche snapshot_id: approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0 generated_at: 2026-09-12 last_verified: 2026-08-30 fact_count: 11 language_location_count: 0 employment_location_count: 0 city_intent_block_count: 1 usefulness_tier: answer_linked indexable: true metric_dictionary_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json license_url: https://immigrationdb.com/about/copyright/ citation_schema: immigrationdb-citation-v1 citation_canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/forchies-la-marche/ citation_title: "Forchies-la-Marche, Belgium: jobs, climate" citation_author: ImmigrationDB citation_publisher: ImmigrationDB citation_snapshot_id: approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0 citation_version: approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0 citation_retrieval_date: 2026-09-12 citation_build_date: 2026-09-12 citation_license_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- # Forchies-la-Marche Forchies-la-Marche is a city in Belgium. Forchies-la-Marche had a population of 18,122 at the end of 2024. Forchies-la-Marche recorded annual PM2.5 of 7 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. ## Answers Deterministic answers rendered from this page's published values. The JSON twin carries the machine-readable answer objects. ### How many people live in Forchies-la-Marche? The published population was 18,122 people in January 2024. - City-scope resident count. Density, foreign-resident counts and the country-wide figure are separate rows in the table below. - Value: 18,122 people · Period: January 2024 - Claims: claim-70bb60a9309d ### Is the air quality good in Forchies-la-Marche? The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 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. - Value: 7 µg/m³ · Period: 2024 - Claims: claim-3b9b601504d1 ### What is the unemployment rate in Forchies-la-Marche? The unemployment rate is about 16.3 % (2011). - Value: 16.3 % · Period: 2011 - Claims: claim-403431a52d73 ## Mobility Forchies-la-Marche's nearest airport was CRL, 10 km away and offered 83 direct destinations. ## Housing Main dwellings in Forchies-la-Marche totalled 7,819 at the end of 2021. ## Climate Monthly mean temperatures were 2°C in January and 18.1°C in July. Forchies-la-Marche's monthly precipitation totalled 78.7 mm in January and 76.1 mm in July. ## Facts | Metric | metric_id | Value | Scope | Observed | Verified | Freshness | Lane | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Population | `population_total` | 18,122 people | city | 2024-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [1] | | G05 Main Residential Dwellings | `g05_main_residential_dwellings` | 7,819 dwellings | city | 2021-12-31 | 2026-08-07 | stale | verified | [2] | | Unemployment rate | `unemployment_total_percent` | 16.28 % | city | 2011-12-31 | 2026-08-26 | stale | verified | [3] | | PM2.5 — annual mean | `air_quality_pm25_annual_ug_m3` | 7 µg/m³ | nearest_station | 2024-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [4] | | Climate Monthly Extreme High C | `climate_monthly_extreme_high_c` | Jan 12.95 · Feb 17.9 · Mar 20.53 · Apr 25.79 · May 28.34 · Jun 31.57 · Jul 37.61 · Aug 34.11 · Sep 32.37 · Oct 24.64 · Nov 18.95 · Dec 14.59 °C | coordinate_grid | 2001-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [5] | | Climate Monthly Extreme Low C | `climate_monthly_extreme_low_c` | Jan -12.49 · Feb -14.11 · Mar -9.9 · Apr -4.71 · May 0.31 · Jun 3.73 · Jul 6.94 · Aug 5.47 · Sep 2.71 · Oct -4.44 · Nov -4.85 · Dec -11.77 °C | coordinate_grid | 2001-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [5] | | Average temperature by month | `climate_monthly_mean_c` | Jan 2.03 · Feb 2.63 · Mar 5.53 · Apr 9.3 · May 12.94 · Jun 16.23 · Jul 18.05 · Aug 17.59 · Sep 14.4 · Oct 10.62 · Nov 6.22 · Dec 2.84 °C | coordinate_grid | 2001-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [5] | | Average precipitation by month | `climate_monthly_precip_mm` | Jan 78.7 · Feb 68.7 · Mar 64 · Apr 48.2 · May 65.7 · Jun 75.6 · Jul 76.1 · Aug 84.1 · Sep 63.5 · Oct 67.2 · Nov 74.9 · Dec 97.5 mm | nearest_station | 1991-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [6] | | Airport Direct Destinations Count | `airport_direct_destinations_count` | 83 count | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [7] | | Nearest Major Airport Distance Km | `nearest_major_airport_distance_km` | 10 km | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [8] | | Nearest Major Airport Iata | `nearest_major_airport_iata` | CRL | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [8] | Every row keeps the value, unit, geographic scope, observation date, verification date and the numbered source below. A missing metric means the city does not publish it; nothing is imputed. ## Public employment service - [Actiris](https://www.actiris.brussels/en/citizens/) — Job Search - [Le Forem](https://www.leforem.be/citoyens/inscription-accompagnement-chercheur-emploi.html) — Job Search, Registration - [VDAB](https://www.vdab.be/registratie/?registratieType=ACCOUNT) — Job Search, Registration, Training This is a country-level service, not proof of a physical office in this city. ## Healthcare access Migrants can receive medical care in Forchies-la-Marche when the country-wide insurance or residence conditions are met. City capacity facts do not determine personal eligibility. - Public healthcare access for foreign residents: Conditional — [official source](https://www.belgium.be/en/health/healthcare_costs) ## Country-wide rules Visa, benefit, tax and healthcare eligibility rules are published on the [Belgium country page](https://immigrationdb.com/countries/belgium/). ## International community Citizenship, country of birth, language and ancestry are kept as separate source-native dimensions. ### Country of birth - Born in another EU member state: 1,629 (9.1%) - Born in Belgium: 15,525 (86.4%) - Born in a non-EU country: 804 (4.5%) - Total population: 17,959 (100.0%) - Not indicated: 1 (0.0%) - Population universe: All persons in Statbel Census 2021 municipality rows; the published male and female category rows are summed to total sex - Period: 2021-01-01 - Source: https://www.statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/opendata/TF_CENSUS_2021/TF_CENSUS_2021_HC08_2.xlsx ### Citizenship - Foreign nationality: other EU member state: 1,975 (11.0%) - Belgian nationality: 15,656 (87.2%) - Foreign nationality: non-EU country: 319 (1.8%) - Stateless: 0 (0.0%) - Total population: 17,959 (100.0%) - Not indicated: 9 (0.1%) - Population universe: All persons in Statbel Census 2021 municipality rows; the published male and female category rows are summed to total sex - Period: 2021-01-01 - Source: https://www.statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/opendata/TF_CENSUS_2021/TF_CENSUS_2021_HC08_1.xlsx ### Ancestry or ethnicity - Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium: 9,411 (52.4%) - Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium: 151 (0.8%) - Belgian of Belgian origin — total: 9,562 (53.2%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium: 2,451 (13.6%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium: 37 (0.2%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total: 2,488 (13.9%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium: 1,060 (5.9%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium: 13 (0.1%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total: 1,073 (6.0%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium: 1,771 (9.9%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium: 762 (4.2%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total: 2,533 (14.1%) - Non-Belgian — born in Belgium: 832 (4.6%) - Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium: 1,471 (8.2%) - Non-Belgian — total: 2,303 (12.8%) - Total Belgian with foreign origin: 6,094 (33.9%) - Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium: 5,282 (29.4%) - Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium: 812 (4.5%) - Total population: 17,959 (100.0%) - Total population — born in Belgium: 15,525 (86.4%) - Total population — born outside Belgium: 2,434 (13.6%) - Population universe: All persons in the Statbel 2021-01-01 municipal origin publication - Period: 2021-01-01 - Source: https://www.statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/documents/bevolking/5.13%20Herkomst/Origine%20par%20commune.xlsx ### Ancestry or ethnicity - Belgique — Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium: 9,411 (52.4%) - Belgique — Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium: 151 (0.8%) - Belgique — Belgian of Belgian origin — total: 9,562 (53.2%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Non-Belgian — born in Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Non-Belgian — total: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Total Belgian with foreign origin: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Total population: 9,562 (53.2%) - Belgique — Total population — born in Belgium: 9,411 (52.4%) - Belgique — Total population — born outside Belgium: 151 (0.8%) - Hors UE27 — Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Hors UE27 — Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Hors UE27 — Belgian of Belgian origin — total: 0 (0.0%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium: 342 (1.9%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium: 12 (0.1%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total: 354 (2.0%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium: 413 (2.3%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium: 2 (0.0%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total: 415 (2.3%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium: 361 (2.0%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium: 412 (2.3%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total: 773 (4.3%) - Hors UE27 — Non-Belgian — born in Belgium: 64 (0.4%) - Hors UE27 — Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium: 303 (1.7%) - Hors UE27 — Non-Belgian — total: 367 (2.0%) - Hors UE27 — Total Belgian with foreign origin: 1,542 (8.6%) - Hors UE27 — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium: 1,116 (6.2%) - Hors UE27 — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium: 426 (2.4%) - Hors UE27 — Total population: 1,909 (10.6%) - Hors UE27 — Total population — born in Belgium: 1,180 (6.6%) - Hors UE27 — Total population — born outside Belgium: 729 (4.1%) - Pays voisin* — Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Pays voisin* — Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Pays voisin* — Belgian of Belgian origin — total: 0 (0.0%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium: 439 (2.4%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium: 11 (0.1%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total: 450 (2.5%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium: 38 (0.2%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium: 1 (0.0%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total: 39 (0.2%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium: 114 (0.6%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium: 66 (0.4%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total: 180 (1.0%) - Pays voisin* — Non-Belgian — born in Belgium: 44 (0.2%) - Pays voisin* — Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium: 175 (1.0%) - Pays voisin* — Non-Belgian — total: 219 (1.2%) - Pays voisin* — Total Belgian with foreign origin: 669 (3.7%) - Pays voisin* — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium: 591 (3.3%) - Pays voisin* — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium: 78 (0.4%) - Pays voisin* — Total population: 888 (4.9%) - Pays voisin* — Total population — born in Belgium: 635 (3.5%) - Pays voisin* — Total population — born outside Belgium: 253 (1.4%) - Total — Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium: 9,411 (52.4%) - Total — Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium: 151 (0.8%) - Total — Belgian of Belgian origin — total: 9,562 (53.2%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium: 2,451 (13.6%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium: 37 (0.2%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total: 2,488 (13.9%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium: 1,060 (5.9%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium: 13 (0.1%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total: 1,073 (6.0%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium: 1,771 (9.9%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium: 762 (4.2%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total: 2,533 (14.1%) - Total — Non-Belgian — born in Belgium: 832 (4.6%) - Total — Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium: 1,471 (8.2%) - Total — Non-Belgian — total: 2,303 (12.8%) - Total — Total Belgian with foreign origin: 6,094 (33.9%) - Total — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium: 5,282 (29.4%) - Total — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium: 812 (4.5%) - Total — Total population: 17,959 (100.0%) - Total — Total population — born in Belgium: 15,525 (86.4%) - Total — Total population — born outside Belgium: 2,434 (13.6%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Belgian of Belgian origin — total: 0 (0.0%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium: 1,670 (9.3%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium: 14 (0.1%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total: 1,684 (9.4%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium: 609 (3.4%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium: 10 (0.1%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total: 619 (3.4%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium: 1,296 (7.2%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium: 284 (1.6%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total: 1,580 (8.8%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Non-Belgian — born in Belgium: 724 (4.0%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium: 993 (5.5%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Non-Belgian — total: 1,717 (9.6%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total Belgian with foreign origin: 3,883 (21.6%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium: 3,575 (19.9%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium: 308 (1.7%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total population: 5,600 (31.2%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total population — born in Belgium: 4,299 (23.9%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total population — born outside Belgium: 1,301 (7.2%) - Population universe: All persons in the Statbel 2021-01-01 municipal origin publication - Period: 2021-01-01 - Source: https://www.statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/documents/bevolking/5.13%20Herkomst/Origine%20par%20groupe%20de%20nationalite%20d%20origine%20par%20commune.xlsx ## Sources 1. Statbel (Belgian statistical office) — Official source — https://statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/opendata/bevolking%20naar%20woonplaats%2C%20nationaliteit%20burgelijke%20staat%20%2C%20leeftijd%20en%20geslacht/TF_SOC_POP_STRUCT_2024.zip 2. Statbel (Directorate-general Statistics — Statistics Belgium) — Official source — https://statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/opendata/TF_CENSUS_2021/TF_CENSUS_2021_HC41_1.zip?download=1 3. bestat.statbel.fgov.be — Official source — https://bestat.statbel.fgov.be/bestat/api/views/51bc2007-36b3-4f96-a540-823018b2dd67/result/JSON 4. European Environment Agency — Official source — https://air.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/AirQuality/AQ_Statistics_WM/MapServer/0/query 5. NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center — Official source — https://power.larc.nasa.gov/api/temporal/climatology/point?parameters=T2M%2CT2M_MAX%2CT2M_MIN&community=SB&longitude=4.321150&latitude=50.436900&format=JSON 6. World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI — Official source — https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/data-composite-primary-parameters/wmo_normals_9120_PRCP.csv 7. OpenFlights — Official source — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jpatokal/openflights/master/data/routes.dat 8. OurAirports — Official source — https://davidmegginson.github.io/ourairports-data/airports.csv ## Cite This citation identifies the ImmigrationDB compilation/page. Underlying source publishers and datasets retain their own terms; inspect the Sources section and cite those records separately. ### APA ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 12). Forchies-la-Marche, Belgium: jobs, climate [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/forchies-la-marche/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ### BibTeX ```bibtex @misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_forchies-la-marche-belgium-jobs-climate_ad4ea7490034, author = {ImmigrationDB}, title = {Forchies-la-Marche, Belgium: jobs, climate}, publisher = {ImmigrationDB}, year = {2026}, date = {2026-09-12}, version = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0}, snapshot = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0}, url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/forchies-la-marche/}, note = {Retrieved 2026-09-12. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/}, } ``` ### Markdown [Forchies-la-Marche, Belgium: jobs, climate](https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/forchies-la-marche/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; retrieved 2026-09-12; built 2026-09-12. - Citation schema: `immigrationdb-citation-v1` - Canonical URL: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/forchies-la-marche/ - Title: Forchies-la-Marche, Belgium: jobs, climate - Author: ImmigrationDB - Publisher: ImmigrationDB - Snapshot: `approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0` - Version: `approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0` - Retrieved: 2026-09-12 - Built: 2026-09-12 - Compilation license: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ## Data - HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/forchies-la-marche/ - JSON: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/be/forchies-la-marche.json - Markdown: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/be/forchies-la-marche.md - MCP resource: immigrationdb://city/be/forchies-la-marche - Metric dictionary: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json - City shard index: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/index.json - Release catalog: https://immigrationdb.com/data/catalog.json