--- entity_id: city:fr:insee5:72181 entity_type: city name: Le Mans country_code: FR country: France slug: le-mans canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/le-mans/ json_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/fr/le-mans.json markdown_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/fr/le-mans.md mcp_uri: immigrationdb://city/fr/le-mans snapshot_id: approved-static-bb6d69cd3c074ae2 generated_at: 2026-08-04 last_verified: 2026-07-31 fact_count: 21 metric_dictionary_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json license_url: https://immigrationdb.com/about/copyright/ --- # Le Mans Le Mans had 145,004 residents at the start of 2024 and is a city in France. For Le Mans, the unemployment rate was 16.4% at the end of 2022. ## Population The city covered 52.6 km² in 2024. Population density was 2,749.1 people per km² in 2022. ## Climate Average high temperatures were 8.4°C in January and 26°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 65.9 mm in January and 49.4 mm in July. Annual PM2.5 was 7.27 µg/m³ in 2024. ## Immigration The foreign population count was 11,805 in 2021. ## Facts | Metric | metric_id | Value | Scope | Observed | Verified | Freshness | Lane | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Foreign residents | `foreign_population_total` | 11,805 people | city | 2021 | 2026-07-15 | stale | verified | [1] | | Population | `population_total` | 146,249 people | municipality | 2025-01-01 | 2026-07-14 | aging | verified | [2] | | NO₂ — latest reading | `air_quality_no2_current_ug_m3` | 8.7 µg/m³ | city | 2026-07-15 | 2026-07-15 | fresh | verified | [3] | | Gigabit broadband availability | `broadband_gigabit_availability_percent` | 98.32 % | city | 2026-03-31 | 2026-07-15 | fresh | verified | [4] | | Unemployment rate | `unemployment_total_percent` | 16.3901 % | city | 2022-12-31 | 2026-07-26 | stale | verified | [5] | | NO₂ — annual mean | `air_quality_no2_annual_ug_m3` | 7.7205 µg/m³ | city | 2024 | 2026-07-15 | stale | verified | [6] | | PM10 — annual mean | `air_quality_pm10_annual_ug_m3` | 10.7572 µg/m³ | city | 2024 | 2026-07-15 | stale | verified | [6] | | PM2.5 — annual mean | `air_quality_pm25_annual_ug_m3` | 7.27 µg/m³ | city | 2024 | 2026-07-15 | stale | verified | [6] | | Average daytime high by month | `climate_monthly_high_c` | Jan 8.4 · Feb 9.7 · Mar 13.3 · Apr 16.6 · May 20.1 · Jun 23.6 · Jul 26 · Aug 26 · Sep 22.2 · Oct 17.2 · Nov 11.9 · Dec 8.8 °C | city | 2020-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | stale | verified | [7] | | Average night-time low by month | `climate_monthly_low_c` | Jan 2.7 · Feb 2.2 · Mar 4 · Apr 6 · May 9.7 · Jun 12.9 · Jul 14.6 · Aug 14.3 · Sep 11.2 · Oct 8.8 · Nov 5.2 · Dec 2.9 °C | city | 2020-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | stale | verified | [7] | | Average temperature by month | `climate_monthly_mean_c` | Jan 5.5 · Feb 5.9 · Mar 8.7 · Apr 11.3 · May 14.9 · Jun 18.2 · Jul 20.3 · Aug 20.1 · Sep 16.7 · Oct 13 · Nov 8.6 · Dec 5.9 °C | nearest_station | 1991-12-31 | 2026-07-31 | stale | verified | [8] | | Average precipitation by month | `climate_monthly_precip_mm` | Jan 65.9 · Feb 49.1 · Mar 52.2 · Apr 51.1 · May 63.2 · Jun 55.1 · Jul 49.4 · Aug 49 · Sep 50.8 · Oct 65.5 · Nov 67.1 · Dec 75 mm | city | 2020-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | stale | verified | [7] | | Average sunshine by month | `climate_monthly_sunshine_h` | Jan 65.017 · Feb 93.633 · Mar 139.217 · Apr 179.983 · May 206.6 · Jun 220.683 · Jul 232.9 · Aug 226.05 · Sep 185.15 · Oct 117.75 · Nov 74.983 · Dec 66.533 hours | city | 2020-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | stale | verified | [7] | | City area | `city_area_km2` | 52.6 km2 | place | 2024-01-01 | 2026-06-30 | stale | verified | [9] | | Fitness club membership, monthly | `col_fitness_club_eur_month` | 31.5144 EUR/month | city | 2022-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | stale | supplemental | [10] | | Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | `col_internet_60mbps_eur_month` | 28.1996 EUR/month | city | 2022-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | stale | supplemental | [10] | | Private kindergarten, monthly | `col_kindergarten_private_eur_month` | 343.3247 EUR/month | city | 2022-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | stale | supplemental | [10] | | Meal at an inexpensive restaurant | `col_meal_inexpensive_restaurant_eur` | 14.9309 EUR | city | 2022-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | stale | supplemental | [10] | | Monthly transport pass | `col_transport_monthly_pass_eur` | 37.8135 EUR/month | city | 2022-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | stale | supplemental | [10] | | Basic utilities, 85 m² home | `col_utilities_basic_85m2_eur_month` | 145.956 EUR/month | city | 2022-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | stale | supplemental | [10] | | Population density | `population_density_per_km2` | 2,749.1384 people/km² | place | 2022-01-01 | 2026-07-14 | stale | verified | [11] | 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. Météo-France climate normal — mean monthly maximum air temperature, LE MANS, 1991-2020 — Official source — https://meteofrance.com/climat/normales/france/pays-de-la-loire/LE%20MANS 8. WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station LE_MANS — Official source — https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/France/CSV/LE_MANS_07235.csv 9. France city identity collection — Official source — https://immigrationdb.com/methodology/ 10. Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2 — Independent source — https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/mvieira101/global-cost-of-living 11. 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. "Le Mans, France." Snapshot approved-static-bb6d69cd3c074ae2, last verified 2026-07-31. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/le-mans/ 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/le-mans/ - JSON: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/fr/le-mans.json - Markdown: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/fr/le-mans.md - MCP resource: immigrationdb://city/fr/le-mans - 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