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 34,875 French communes.
Town profiles in English
- 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
More than 2,900 English pages are online, covering the Paris region, Lyon, Toulouse, Bordeaux and Nantes — the areas where people relocating to France usually land.
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 fonciere 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 French. English pages are static profiles; the ranking tool itself has not been translated yet.