Supported cities
72
City profiles indexed for France.
Western Europe
France Country Intelligence Hub
France's city profile benefits from European air-quality reporting, transit-rich urban regions, and strong policy pressure toward lower-emission mobility. France is indexed at the country level in Western Europe, with 72 city profiles linked below.
- Last updated
- 2026-05-16
- Data year
- 2025
- Country code
- FR
Image credit: Image: Pierre Blaché from Paris, France / Wikimedia Commons, CC0
Visual context
Additional verified imagery for France. Each photo is sourced from Wikimedia Commons with full attribution and a permissive license.
Mont-Saint-Michel
Image credit: Image: Diliff / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
France country overview
Snapshot of structured France city intelligence and which verified utility layers are available on this hub.
France country overview
Emergency profile
Verified
Country emergency contacts attributed to official publishers.
Healthcare profile
Verified
Healthcare layer attributed to official health authorities.
Transport profile
Verified
Transport authority and operator references attributed to official sources.
Related comparisons
6
Curated city-vs-city comparison pages that reference this country.
Related collections
2
Best Cities collections that include at least one city from this country.
Data year
2025
Reference year for the country intelligence dataset.
Last updated
2026-05-16
Most recent platform-side review of the country hub.
Urban policy context
Strong
Mobility, climate, and public-space reform provide useful city-level comparison signals.
Air-quality context
High transparency
European monitoring supports pollutant comparison and health framing.
Energy priority
Retrofit and heat
Older buildings and heat stress shape city transition strategy.
France data table
Country pages group cities into crawlable clusters and give national context without replacing city-level comparisons.
| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Region | Western Europe | Used for geographic clustering and regional comparisons. |
| Indexed cities | 72 | Ajaccio, Biarritz, Carcassonne, Bastia, Saint-Malo, Tarbes, Vannes, Albi, Cherbourg, Beziers, Arras, Narbonne, Cannes, Béthune, Poitiers, Antibes, Bourges, Colmar, Quimper, Angoulême, Niort, Calais, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Beauvais, Saint-Quentin, Montbéliard, Toulon, Lens, Valenciennes, Mulhouse, Dunkirk, Saint-Nazaire, Lorient, Valence, Troyes, Saint-Étienne, Le Havre, Angers, Metz, Orléans, Le Mans, Limoges, Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Nice, Bordeaux, Strasbourg, Montpellier, Rennes, Grenoble, Dijon, Aix-en-Provence, Nantes, Lille, Rouen, Reims, Tours, Annecy, Avignon, Nancy, La Rochelle, Nîmes, Clermont-Ferrand, Chambéry, Pau, Besançon, Bayonne, Brest, Perpignan, Caen |
| Urban policy context | Strong | Mobility, climate, and public-space reform provide useful city-level comparison signals. |
| Air-quality context | High transparency | European monitoring supports pollutant comparison and health framing. |
| Energy priority | Retrofit and heat | Older buildings and heat stress shape city transition strategy. |
Indexed cities in France
Each linked city page includes its own metadata, data table, source block, module links, and any verified utility layers.
Indexed cities in France
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Ajaccio
France / Western Europe
Use the Ajaccio profile to compare affordability, air quality, energy, and resilience alongside Marseille, Nice, and Cannes.
Overall64/100
Image credit: Image: Florian Pépellin / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Biarritz
France / Western Europe
Use the Biarritz profile to compare affordability, air quality, energy, and resilience alongside Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Montpellier.
Overall60/100
Image credit: Image: Chensiyuan / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Carcassonne
France / Western Europe
Use the Carcassonne profile to compare affordability, air quality, energy, and resilience alongside Montpellier, Toulouse, and Marseille.
Overall58/100
Image credit: Image: dronepicr / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
Bastia
France / Western Europe
Use the Bastia profile to compare affordability, air quality, energy, and resilience alongside Nice, Marseille, and Cannes.
Overall60/100
Image credit: Image: Pierre André Leclercq / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Saint-Malo
France / Western Europe
Use the Saint-Malo profile to compare affordability, air quality, energy, and resilience alongside Rennes, Nantes, and Brest.
Overall59/100
Image credit: Image: Florent Pécassou / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Tarbes
France / Western Europe
Use the Tarbes profile to compare affordability, air quality, energy, and resilience alongside Toulouse, Bordeaux, and Pau.
Overall56/100
Image credit: Image: Myrabella / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Vannes
France / Western Europe
Use the Vannes profile to compare affordability, air quality, energy, and resilience alongside Rennes, Nantes, and Lorient.
Overall58/100
Image credit: Image: Didier Descouens / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Albi
France / Western Europe
Use the Albi profile to compare affordability, air quality, energy, and resilience alongside Toulouse, Montpellier, and Bordeaux.
Overall56/100
Image credit: Image: Raimond Spekking / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Cherbourg
France / Western Europe
Use the Cherbourg profile to compare affordability, air quality, energy, and resilience alongside Caen, Rouen, and Le Havre.
Overall55/100
Image credit: Image: Sanchezn / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Beziers
France / Western Europe
Use the Beziers profile to compare affordability, air quality, energy, and resilience alongside Montpellier, Marseille, and Toulouse.
Overall56/100
Image credit: Image: JackyM59 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Arras
France / Western Europe
Use the Arras profile to compare affordability, air quality, energy, and resilience alongside Lille, Lens, and Reims.
Overall55/100
Image credit: Image: Benh LIEU SONG / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Narbonne
France / Western Europe
Use the Narbonne profile to compare affordability, air quality, energy, and resilience alongside Montpellier, Marseille, and Toulouse.
Overall55/100
Image credit: Image: Jenny Andersson / News Oresund / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
Cannes
France / Western Europe
Use the Cannes profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and coastal climate-adaptation context alongside Nice, Toulon, and Marseille.
Overall65/100
Image credit: Image: JackyM59 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Béthune
France / Western Europe
Use the Béthune profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and post-industrial resilience context alongside Lens, Lille, and other northern French cities.
Overall63/100
Image credit: Image: Neovapo official / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Poitiers
France / Western Europe
Use the Poitiers profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and country-level context alongside Tours, Limoges, and Bordeaux.
Overall67/100
Image credit: Image: Abxbay / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Antibes
France / Western Europe
Use the Antibes profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and coastal climate-adaptation context alongside Nice, Cannes, and Toulon.
Overall66/100
Image credit: Image: Bruno Barral / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Bourges
France / Western Europe
Use the Bourges profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and country-level context alongside Orléans, Tours, and Clermont-Ferrand.
Overall66/100
Image credit: Image: --sinava-- from Berlin / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
Colmar
France / Western Europe
Use the Colmar profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and cross-border employment context alongside Strasbourg, Mulhouse, and Besançon.
Overall68/100
Image credit: Image: Mi.redolfi / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
Quimper
France / Western Europe
Use the Quimper profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and coastal-resilience context alongside Brest, Lorient, and Rennes.
Overall67/100
Image credit: Image: Yuri Granata Delalibera / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Angoulême
France / Western Europe
Use the Angoulême profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and country-level context alongside Bordeaux, Limoges, and Poitiers.
Overall66/100
Image credit: Image: dynamosquito from France / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
Niort
France / Western Europe
Use the Niort profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and country-level context alongside La Rochelle, Poitiers, and Bordeaux.
Overall67/100
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Calais
France / Western Europe
Use the Calais profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and coastal-resilience context alongside Dunkirk, Lille, and Le Havre.
Overall62/100
Image credit: Image: Matthieu Debailleul / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 1.0
Boulogne-sur-Mer
France / Western Europe
Use the Boulogne-sur-Mer profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and coastal-resilience context alongside Calais, Dunkirk, and Le Havre.
Overall63/100
Image credit: Image: Diliff / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Beauvais
France / Western Europe
Use the Beauvais profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and Paris-basin commuter context alongside Paris, Rouen, and Reims.
Overall65/100
Image credit: Image: Velvet / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Saint-Quentin
France / Western Europe
Use the Saint-Quentin profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and post-industrial resilience context alongside Lille, Reims, and Valenciennes.
Overall62/100
Image credit: Image: Thomas Bresson / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0
Montbéliard
France / Western Europe
Use the Montbéliard profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and industrial-resilience context alongside Besançon, Mulhouse, and Dijon.
Overall64/100
Image credit: Image: Rafi88 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Toulon
France / Western Europe
Use the Toulon profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and coastal climate-adaptation context alongside Marseille, Nice, and Aix-en-Provence.
Overall67/100
Image credit: Image: Roland45 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Lens
France / Western Europe
Use the Lens profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and post-industrial resilience context alongside Lille and other northern French cities.
Overall63/100
Image credit: Image: Velvet / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Valenciennes
France / Western Europe
Use the Valenciennes profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and cross-border employment context alongside Lille and other northern French cities.
Overall64/100
Image credit: Image: Jorge Franganillo from Barcelona, Spain / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
Mulhouse
France / Western Europe
Use the Mulhouse profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and cross-border employment context alongside Strasbourg, Besançon, and other Grand Est cities.
Overall66/100
Image credit: Image: Pichasso / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Dunkirk
France / Western Europe
Use the Dunkirk profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and coastal-resilience context alongside Lille, Le Havre, and other northern French ports.
Overall63/100
Image credit: Image: Pouick44 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Saint-Nazaire
France / Western Europe
Use the Saint-Nazaire profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and coastal-resilience context alongside Nantes, Brest, and other western French ports.
Overall65/100
Image credit: Image: The original uploader was Jackmame at French Wikipedia. / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.5
Lorient
France / Western Europe
Use the Lorient profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and coastal-resilience context alongside Brest, Rennes, and other Breton cities.
Overall66/100
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Valence
France / Western Europe
Use the Valence profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and country-level context alongside Lyon, Grenoble, and other Rhône-corridor cities.
Overall67/100
Image credit: Image: Ulrich Giraud / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Troyes
France / Western Europe
Use the Troyes profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and country-level context alongside Reims, Dijon, and other Grand Est cities.
Overall66/100
Image credit: Image: The original uploader was Graooor at French Wikipedia. / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 1.0
Saint-Étienne
France / Western Europe
Use the Saint-Étienne profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and post-industrial resilience context alongside Lyon, Clermont-Ferrand, and Grenoble.
Overall64/100
Image credit: Image: DXR / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Le Havre
France / Western Europe
Use the Le Havre profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and coastal-resilience context alongside Rouen, Caen, and other northern French cities.
Overall64/100
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Angers
France / Western Europe
Use the Angers profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and healthcare context alongside Nantes, Tours, and Rennes.
Overall70/100
Image credit: Image: Philippe Gisselbrecht/ Ville de Metz / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Metz
France / Western Europe
Use the Metz profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and cross-border employment context alongside Nancy, Strasbourg, and Reims.
Overall68/100
Image credit: Image: Anthony Bourgouin / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Orléans
France / Western Europe
Use the Orléans profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and flood-resilience context alongside Tours, Paris, and other central French cities.
Overall70/100
Image credit: Image: Le Mans / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0
Le Mans
France / Western Europe
Use the Le Mans profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and country-level intelligence alongside Tours, Nantes, and Rennes.
Overall66/100
Image credit: Image: Babsy / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Limoges
France / Western Europe
Use the Limoges profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and healthcare context alongside Clermont-Ferrand, Bordeaux, and Tours.
Overall66/100
Image credit: Image: Yann Caradec from Paris, France / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
Paris
France / Western Europe
Paris is most interesting as a case study in converting legacy urban form into healthier, lower-emission daily life.
Overall86/100
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Lyon
France / Western Europe
Use the Lyon profile to compare cost framing, transport access, healthcare context, and country-level signals against other large European metros.
Overall78/100
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Marseille
France / Western Europe
Use the Marseille profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and heat-and-coastal resilience context alongside other Mediterranean cities.
Overall72/100
Image credit: Image: Tonio94 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.5
Toulouse
France / Western Europe
Use the Toulouse profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and country-level intelligence alongside Bordeaux, Lyon, and Spanish peers.
Overall76/100
Image credit: Image: Moody Dreiza (Moody751 at English Wikipedia) / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.5
Nice
France / Western Europe
Use the Nice profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and coastal-resilience signals alongside other Mediterranean cities.
Overall74/100
Image credit: Image: Patrick Despoix / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Bordeaux
France / Western Europe
Use the Bordeaux profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and country-level intelligence alongside other mid-size French and Iberian cities.
Overall78/100
Image credit: Image: Radek Kucharski / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
Strasbourg
France / Western Europe
Use the Strasbourg profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and country-level intelligence alongside Lyon, Frankfurt, and other Rhine metros.
Overall76/100
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Montpellier
France / Southern Europe
Use the Montpellier profile to compare cost framing, transport access, healthcare context, and heat-adaptation considerations alongside Lyon and Marseille.
Overall72/100
Image credit: Image: Édouard Hue (User:EdouardHue) / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Rennes
France / Western Europe
Use the Rennes profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and country-level context alongside other French regional capitals.
Overall73/100
Image credit: Image: Brücke-Osteuropa / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Grenoble
France / Western Europe
Use the Grenoble profile to compare cost framing, transport access, air-quality context, and country-level intelligence alongside Lyon and other Alpine peers.
Overall72/100
Image credit: Image: Christophe.Finot / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.5
Dijon
France / Western Europe
Use the Dijon profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and country-level context alongside other French regional metros.
Overall71/100
Image credit: Image: Georges Seguin (Okki) / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Aix-en-Provence
France / Southern Europe
Use the Aix-en-Provence profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and country-level Mediterranean context alongside Marseille and Nice.
Overall72/100
Image credit: Image: Skimel / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Nantes
France / Western Europe
Use this record as a regional planning anchor while deeper source integration is pending. Verify access, transport, and seasonal context with official sources before relying on the page for travel decisions.
Overall50/100
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Lille
France / Western Europe
Use this record as a regional planning anchor while deeper source integration is pending. Verify access, transport, and seasonal context with official sources before relying on the page for travel decisions.
Overall50/100
Image credit: Image: Rémih / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Rouen
France / Western Europe
Use this record as a regional planning anchor while deeper source integration is pending. Verify access, transport, and seasonal context with official sources before relying on the page for travel decisions.
Overall50/100
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Reims
France / Western Europe
Use this record as a regional planning anchor while deeper source integration is pending. Verify access, transport, and seasonal context with official sources before relying on the page for travel decisions.
Overall50/100
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Tours
France / Western Europe
Use this record as a regional planning anchor while deeper source integration is pending. Verify access, transport, and seasonal context with official sources before relying on the page for travel decisions.
Overall50/100
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Annecy
France / Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Use this record as a planning anchor for local-first research and nearby weekend-rest discovery, verifying access, transport, and seasonal context with official sources.
Overall50/100
Image credit: Image: Jean-Marc Rosier (de/from http://www.cjrosier.com + http://www.gordes-immobilier.com) / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Avignon
France / Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Use this record as a planning anchor for local-first research and nearby weekend-rest discovery, verifying access, transport, and seasonal context with official sources.
Overall50/100
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Nancy
France / Grand Est
Use this record as a planning anchor for local-first research and nearby weekend-rest discovery, verifying access, transport, and seasonal context with official sources.
Overall50/100
Image credit: Image: Remi Jouan / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
La Rochelle
France / Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Use this record as a planning anchor for local-first research and nearby weekend-rest discovery, verifying access, transport, and seasonal context with official sources.
Overall50/100
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Nîmes
France / Occitanie
Use this record as a planning anchor for local-first research and nearby weekend-rest discovery, verifying access, transport, and seasonal context with official sources.
Overall50/100
Image credit: Image: bebatut / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
Clermont-Ferrand
France / Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Use this record as a planning anchor for local-first research and nearby weekend-rest discovery, verifying access, transport, and seasonal context with official sources.
Overall50/100
Image credit: Image: Florian Pépellin / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Chambéry
France / Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Treat this record as a planning anchor for local-first research and nearby weekend-rest discovery, verifying access, transport, and seasonal details with official sources.
Overall50/100
Image credit: Image: Trutat, Eugène (1840-1910). Photographe / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Pau
France / Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Treat this record as a planning anchor for local-first research and nearby weekend-rest discovery, verifying access, transport, and seasonal details with official sources.
Overall50/100
Image credit: Image: Wikipedro / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Besançon
France / Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Treat this record as a planning anchor for local-first research and nearby weekend-rest discovery, verifying access, transport, and seasonal details with official sources.
Overall50/100
Image credit: Image: Daniel VILLAFRUELA / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Bayonne
France / Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Treat this record as a planning anchor for local-first research and nearby weekend-rest discovery, verifying access, transport, and seasonal details with official sources.
Overall50/100
Image credit: Image: Thesupermat / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Brest
France / Finistère, Brittany
Treat this record as a planning anchor for local-first research and nearby weekend-rest discovery, verifying access, transport, and seasonal details with official sources.
Overall50/100
Image credit: Image: Jean Tosti / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Perpignan
France / Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitania
Treat this record as a planning anchor for local-first research and nearby weekend-rest discovery, verifying access, transport, and seasonal details with official sources.
Overall50/100
Image credit: Image: Roi.dagobert / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Caen
France / Calvados, Normandy
Treat this record as a planning anchor for local-first research and nearby weekend-rest discovery, verifying access, transport, and seasonal details with official sources.
Overall50/100
Country indicators
Source-attributed country-level indicators for France, drawn from the World Bank Development Indicators. Use the cards and table together to compare scale, unit, and data year for each metric.
Country indicators for France
VerifiedOfficial dataLast updated 2026-04-08 · data year 2024
How to read these country indicators
Reading guideCountry-level, not city-level
Indicators describe national context. Pair them with city profiles, comparisons, and verified utility layers (emergency, healthcare, transport) for local detail.
Source-attributed where available
Values come from the World Bank Development Indicators. Where no verified record exists, the platform shows a transparent fallback rather than a guessed number.
Different indicators, different years
Each record carries its own data year because publishers refresh indicators on their own cadence. The card and table both display the year alongside the value.
Context, not a ranking
Treat indicators as orientation, not as a leaderboard. The platform never claims any country is best, safest, cleanest, richest, healthiest, or most connected.
Read alongside city intelligence
Country indicators are most useful when combined with the city profiles in the country, the public-safety, healthcare, and transport sections, and the methodology and data-sources pages.
For full construction details, read the methodology page and the data sources registry.
Economic context
National-level economic signals to read alongside city-level cost and services pages.
GDP per capita
Verified46,103.08current US$Economic context only — not a cost-of-living score or a household-income measure.
Data year 2024 updated 2026-04-08
Unemployment rate
Verified7.54percentModeled ILO labor-market context — not a guarantee of job availability for any specific worker.
Data year 2025 updated 2026-04-08
Population and urban context
National scale and urbanisation context; pair with city profiles for local detail.
Population
Verified68,551,653peopleNational scale only — not a city population value or a measure of urban density.
Data year 2024 updated 2026-04-08
Urban population share
Verified78.8percentShare of population living in urban areas — not a quality-of-life or urban-form measure.
Data year 2024 updated 2026-04-08
Digital access context
Connectivity context drawn from World Bank usage and subscription indicators.
Internet usage
Verified88.65percentShare of population that uses the internet — not a measure of connection speed or quality.
Data year 2024 updated 2026-04-08
Fixed broadband subscriptions
Verified48.93per 100 peopleFixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people — not a measure of overall internet quality or speed.
Data year 2024 updated 2026-04-08
Health context
National health-system context; not a substitute for verified city-level healthcare layers.
Life expectancy
Verified82.98yearsNational health-context indicator — not individual health guidance.
Data year 2024 updated 2026-04-08
Health expenditure per capita
Verified5,327.43current US$Per-capita spending context — not a measure of healthcare quality or access for any individual.
Data year 2024 updated 2026-04-08
Environment context
National emissions context; read separately from city-level air-quality data.
CO₂ emissions per capita
Verified4.0metric tons per capitaNational emissions context — not a city-level air-quality measurement.
Data year 2024 updated 2026-04-08
| Indicator | Value | Unit | Data year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 68,551,653 | people | 2024 | Verified |
| Internet usage | 88.65 | percent | 2024 | Verified |
| Urban population share | 78.8 | percent | 2024 | Verified |
| GDP per capita | 46,103.08 | current US$ | 2024 | Verified |
| Life expectancy | 82.98 | years | 2024 | Verified |
| Health expenditure per capita | 5,327.43 | current US$ | 2024 | Verified |
| Unemployment rate | 7.54 | percent | 2025 | Verified |
| CO₂ emissions per capita | 4.0 | metric tons per capita | 2024 | Verified |
| Fixed broadband subscriptions | 48.93 | per 100 people | 2024 | Verified |
Data provenance
Source attributionGlobal City Intelligence — country indicators dataset
Verified- Publisher
- World Bank — World Development Indicators
- Last verified
- 2026-04-08
Methodology and context
Country indicator values appear in this section only after they are sourced from accepted publishers and validated at build time. Malformed records cannot ship to production.
- Scoring methodology — how indicators across the platform are constructed.
- Data sources registry — the official sources cited by verified datasets.
- Cited references: World Bank
Emergency and public safety in France
Verified emergency contacts for France, drawn from official emergency services and government publishers. Use these as a starting point and confirm current details with local authorities before traveling or relocating.
| Service | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| European emergency | 11224/7 | 112 reaches police, fire, and ambulance dispatch across the European Union from any phone, free of charge. |
| Police | 1724/7 | — |
| Medical (SAMU) | 1524/7 | — |
| Fire (Sapeurs-pompiers) | 1824/7 | — |
Public safety sources
Each emergency contact above is attributed to an official emergency service or government publisher. Confirm current numbers directly with these sources.
- European Commission: 112 — The European emergency number
Used as the primary attribution for the EU-wide 112 universal emergency number on European country profiles.
Last verified: 2026-05-16
Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.
Healthcare and hospitals in France
Verified national healthcare information for France, drawn from official government and public health publishers. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.
Healthcare system
Statutory health insurance system (Assurance Maladie) covering residents, with public and private healthcare providers.
Official health portal
Emergency medical information
Call 15 for SAMU (medical) or 112 for the European emergency number. Hospital emergency services (urgences) are available in public hospitals.
Insurance and access
Most residents are covered by statutory health insurance. Visitor coverage depends on EHIC, GHIC, or private travel insurance.
Healthcare sources
Each entry above is attributed to an official government, public health, or recognised health-system publisher. Confirm current information directly with these sources.
- Government of France: Ministère de la Santé et de la Prévention
Used as the primary attribution for French public-health context.
Last verified: 2026-05-16
Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.
Transport and mobility in France
Verified national transport context for France, attributed to official transport ministries, national operators, and aviation authorities. This is informational only; routes, fares, and schedules change frequently — check the linked authorities for current details.
Public transport overview
Transport policy sits with the Ministry of Ecological Transition. National passenger rail is operated by SNCF; the Île-de-France region is served by Île-de-France Mobilités and RATP.
National transport authority
Rail authority or operator
Transport sources
Each entry above is attributed to an official transport authority, national operator, airport publisher, or government source. Confirm current information directly with these publishers.
- Government of France: Ministère de la Transition écologique
Used as the primary federal attribution for French national transport context.
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français: SNCF
Used as the primary attribution for French national rail operator information.
Last verified: 2026-05-16
Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.
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Best Cities collections featuring France
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Rankings featuring France cities
Explore rankings where supported France city profiles appear. Use rankings as directional city intelligence, not an official government ranking.
Rankings featuring France cities
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A balanced ranking of cities across affordability, air quality, clean-energy readiness, and resilience.
72 cities from France appears in this ranking
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Best Cities for Quality of Life
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Best Connected Cities
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Energy Ready City Ranking
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Affordability Balance Ranking
A practical affordability ranking that weighs housing pressure against transport access, services, and opportunity density.
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Interpretation and methodology note
Across 72 indexed cities, Paris leads at 86/100 and Caen sits at 50/100. Use the country page as a parent context layer; module-level detail lives on each city profile. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.
Structured indicators on this hub are directional and intended for orientation. Verified utility layers — emergency, healthcare, transport — are attributed to official publishers where available and use transparent fallback states where verified country-level data is not yet integrated.
- Cities directory — browse every indexed city profile.
- All countries — navigate to other country hubs.
- City comparisons — curated city-vs-city pages with structured indicators.
- Best Cities collections — comparison-oriented shortlists by intent.
- All rankings — structured rankings across city intelligence categories.
- Read the scoring methodology for the scoring model used across modules.
- Browse all data sources for the source registry behind verified layers.
- Travel budget calculator — plan a trip budget for cities in France. Use your own trip inputs and then review city, public safety, healthcare, and transport context. Planning estimator only, not an official travel cost estimate.
Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.
Sources
4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.
- UN-Habitat: World Cities Report 2024
Used as a policy and methodology reference for urban exposure and resilience signals.
- NASA: NASA POWER
Used as an energy-resource and weather-normalization reference.
- European Environment Agency: Air Quality Status Report
Used where European city comparisons need monitored air-quality context.
- IPCC: AR6 WGII Chapter 6: Cities, settlements and key infrastructure
Used to explain urban climate vulnerability and adaptation scoring logic.