Living in France

Icioola answers where to live in France by starting from the question that actually decides it: how long you will spend commuting, every day. Real door-to-door times on public transport — walking to the stop included — computed across 22 metro areas. Quality of life is scored for all 34,917 French communes.

Town profiles in English

• Living in Paris
• Living in Lyon
• Living in Toulouse
• Living in Bordeaux
• Living in Nantes
• Living in Nice
• Living in Marseille
• Living in Montpellier
• Living in Grenoble
• Living in Versailles

4,000+ English town profiles are online, covering 9 areas — the places where people relocating to France usually land:

• the Paris region (Île-de-France)
• Lyon and the Rhône département
• Toulouse and the Haute-Garonne département
• Bordeaux and the Gironde département
• Nantes and the Loire-Atlantique département
• Nice and the Alpes-Maritimes département
• Marseille, Aix-en-Provence and the Bouches-du-Rhône département
• Montpellier and the Hérault département
• Grenoble and the Isère département

Paris, Lyon and Marseille are split into their arrondissements, each with its own profile.

French concepts, explained

Every profile explains what a French buyer takes for granted: the school catchment (carte scolaire) that ties a school to your street, the taxe foncière you pay as an owner, DVF prices from actual recorded sales, and the brevet and bac exam results used to compare schools.

What to expect

• No account, no ads, no property listings. Public open data only, with the source and vintage next to every figure.
• A missing figure stays missing. We never replace it with a zero or an average.
• The interactive tool is in English too. Open the app in English, or use the language switch (FR | EN) at the bottom of the Menu on any page: your choice is remembered, and the ranking and every town profile follow it. Towns outside the areas above have no static English page, but their profile opens in English in the app.