--- entity_id: city:fr:insee5:38185 entity_type: city name: Grenoble country_code: FR country: France slug: grenoble canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/grenoble/ json_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/fr/grenoble.json markdown_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/fr/grenoble.md mcp_uri: immigrationdb://city/fr/grenoble snapshot_id: approved-static-bb6d69cd3c074ae2 generated_at: 2026-08-04 last_verified: 2026-07-27 fact_count: 17 metric_dictionary_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json license_url: https://immigrationdb.com/about/copyright/ --- # Grenoble Grenoble is a city in France, with a population of 157,477 at the start of 2024. The unemployment rate was 13.4% at the end of 2022. Annual NO₂ was 26.5 µg/m³ in 2024. For Grenoble, the foreign population count was 22,898 in 2021. A monthly estimate placed internet service at €32 in December 2022. Annual PM2.5 was 9.54 µg/m³ in 2024. Annual PM10 was 16.5 µg/m³ in 2024. ## Population The city covered 18.4 km² in 2024. Population density was 8,626 people per km² in 2022. ## Facts | Metric | metric_id | Value | Scope | Observed | Verified | Freshness | Lane | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Foreign residents | `foreign_population_total` | 22,898 people | city | 2021 | 2026-07-15 | stale | verified | [1] | | Population | `population_total` | 156,140 people | municipality | 2025-01-01 | 2026-07-14 | aging | verified | [2] | | NO₂ — latest reading | `air_quality_no2_current_ug_m3` | 20.9 µg/m³ | city | 2026-07-15 | 2026-07-15 | fresh | verified | [3] | | Gigabit broadband availability | `broadband_gigabit_availability_percent` | 98.36 % | city | 2026-03-31 | 2026-07-15 | fresh | verified | [4] | | Unemployment rate | `unemployment_total_percent` | 13.3961 % | city | 2022-12-31 | 2026-07-26 | stale | verified | [5] | | NO₂ — annual mean | `air_quality_no2_annual_ug_m3` | 26.4759 µg/m³ | city | 2024 | 2026-07-15 | stale | verified | [6] | | PM10 — annual mean | `air_quality_pm10_annual_ug_m3` | 16.4733 µg/m³ | city | 2024 | 2026-07-15 | stale | verified | [6] | | PM2.5 — annual mean | `air_quality_pm25_annual_ug_m3` | 9.5414 µg/m³ | city | 2024 | 2026-07-15 | stale | verified | [6] | | City area | `city_area_km2` | 18.4 km2 | place | 2024-01-01 | 2026-06-30 | stale | verified | [7] | | Fitness club membership, monthly | `col_fitness_club_eur_month` | 37.1902 EUR/month | city | 2022-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | stale | supplemental | [8] | | Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | `col_internet_60mbps_eur_month` | 32.0622 EUR/month | city | 2022-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | stale | supplemental | [8] | | Private kindergarten, monthly | `col_kindergarten_private_eur_month` | 945.3943 EUR/month | city | 2022-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | stale | supplemental | [8] | | Meal at an inexpensive restaurant | `col_meal_inexpensive_restaurant_eur` | 13.4387 EUR | city | 2022-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | stale | supplemental | [8] | | Mobile plan, 10 GB | `col_mobile_plan_10gb_eur_month` | 13 EUR/month | city | 2026-07-31 | 2026-07-27 | fresh | supplemental | [9] | | Monthly transport pass | `col_transport_monthly_pass_eur` | 59.7045 EUR/month | city | 2022-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | stale | supplemental | [8] | | Basic utilities, 85 m² home | `col_utilities_basic_85m2_eur_month` | 158.8186 EUR/month | city | 2022-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | stale | supplemental | [8] | | Population density | `population_density_per_km2` | 8,625.979 people/km² | place | 2022-01-01 | 2026-07-14 | stale | verified | [10] | 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. ## Sources 1. Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1 — Official source — https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8202752/TD_NAT1_2021_csv.zip 2. France official denominator source — Official source — https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8680726/ensemble.zip 3. 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. — Official source — https://files.data.gouv.fr/ineris/lcsqa/concentrations-de-polluants-atmospheriques-reglementes/temps-reel/2026/FR_E2_2026-07-15.csv 4. 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. — Official source — https://data.arcep.fr/fixe/maconnexioninternet/statistiques/2026_T1/commune/commune_debit.csv 5. INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune — Official source — https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8581605/TD_ACT1_2022_csv.zip 6. 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation. — Official source — https://air.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/AirQuality/AirQualityDownloadServiceEUMonitoringStations/MapServer 7. France city identity collection — Official source — https://immigrationdb.com/methodology/ 8. Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2 — Independent source — https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/mvieira101/global-cost-of-living 9. Cost of Living in Grenoble. Jul 2026. Prices in Grenoble — Commercial source — https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/in/Grenoble 10. A-ccepted source for city area and derived population density — Official source — https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2521169/base_cc_comparateur_csv.zip ## Cite ImmigrationDB. "Grenoble, France." Snapshot approved-static-bb6d69cd3c074ae2, last verified 2026-07-27. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/grenoble/ Reuse requires the direct source URL, the observation date and a link back to the ImmigrationDB page: https://immigrationdb.com/about/copyright/ ## Data - HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/grenoble/ - JSON: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/fr/grenoble.json - Markdown: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/fr/grenoble.md - MCP resource: immigrationdb://city/fr/grenoble - Metric dictionary: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json - All published city facts, one row each: https://immigrationdb.com/data/facts.ndjson.gz - Release catalog: https://immigrationdb.com/data/catalog.json