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2026 ranking · unemployment rate (census)

The towns in France with the highest unemployment rate (401st to 500th)

Apatou (French Guiana) has the highest unemployment rate in France, as reported in the census: 76.5%.

5,602 towns ranked out of 34,875

Continued: the towns in France ranked 401st to 500th, out of 5,602.

The ranking, continued: highest unemployment rates in France

Rank Town Department Unemployment rate (ages 15–64) Proportional bar Population
401 Le Lorrain Martinique (972) 17.4 6,635
402 tied Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache Aisne (02) 17.4 2,495
402 tied Braine Aisne (02) 17.4 2,279
404 Remire-Montjoly French Guiana (973) 17.4 28,068
405 tied Aubervilliers Seine-Saint-Denis (93) 17.4 88,529
405 tied Roanne Loire (42) 17.4 36,067
405 tied Nouzonville Ardennes (08) 17.4 5,588
408 Montendre Charente-Maritime (17) 17.4 3,274
409 Gamaches Somme (80) 17.4 2,491
410 tied Lisieux Calvados (14) 17.4 20,196
410 tied Foix Ariège (09) 17.4 10,256
410 tied Vias Hérault (34) 17.4 6,024
410 tied Folschviller Moselle (57) 17.4 3,955
414 tied Verdun Meuse (55) 17.3 17,786
414 tied Creutzwald Moselle (57) 17.3 12,432
414 tied Arles-sur-Tech Pyrénées-Orientales (66) 17.3 2,849
417 Lesparre-Médoc Gironde (33) 17.3 5,972
418 Lizy-sur-Ourcq Seine-et-Marne (77) 17.3 3,646
419 Wassy Haute-Marne (52) 17.3 2,876
420 Fécamp Seine-Maritime (76) 17.3 17,635
421 Le Bourget Seine-Saint-Denis (93) 17.3 15,970
422 tied Provins Seine-et-Marne (77) 17.3 11,911
422 tied Limoux Aude (11) 17.3 10,876
424 Villeneuve-sur-Lot Lot-et-Garonne (47) 17.2 23,095
425 Chanteloup-les-Vignes Yvelines (78) 17.2 10,925
426 tied Auberchicourt Nord (59) 17.2 4,664
426 tied Fresnoy-le-Grand Aisne (02) 17.2 2,924
428 Saint-Jean-d'Angély Charente-Maritime (17) 17.2 7,218
429 Pithiviers Loiret (45) 17.2 8,989
430 tied Sommières Gard (30) 17.2 5,132
430 tied Monsempron-Libos Lot-et-Garonne (47) 17.2 2,157
432 Pont-Saint-Esprit Gard (30) 17.2 11,156
433 tied Le Blanc-Mesnil Seine-Saint-Denis (93) 17.1 62,547
433 tied Échirolles Isère (38) 17.1 37,710
433 tied Rouvroy Pas-de-Calais (62) 17.1 8,580
436 Lespignan Hérault (34) 17.1 3,461
437 tied Saint-Claude Guadeloupe (971) 17.1 10,358
437 tied Champagne-sur-Seine Seine-et-Marne (77) 17.1 6,642
439 tied Saint-Médard-de-Guizières Gironde (33) 17.1 2,473
439 tied Piennes Meurthe-et-Moselle (54) 17.1 2,461
441 Fère-en-Tardenois Aisne (02) 17.1 2,872
442 Sète Hérault (34) 17.1 45,901
443 tied Cahors Lot (46) 17.1 20,887
443 tied Ribérac Dordogne (24) 17.1 3,893
445 tied Baie-Mahault Guadeloupe (971) 17.1 31,335
445 tied Petit-Bourg Guadeloupe (971) 17.1 24,919
445 tied Saint-Dizier Haute-Marne (52) 17.1 23,281
445 tied Ruffec Charente (16) 17.1 3,602
449 Rivesaltes Pyrénées-Orientales (66) 17.0 9,418
450 tied Garges-lès-Gonesse Val-d'Oise (95) 17.0 41,893
450 tied Royan Charente-Maritime (17) 17.0 19,985
452 tied Villeneuve-lès-Béziers Hérault (34) 17.0 4,565
452 tied Villeneuve-Saint-Germain Aisne (02) 17.0 2,655
454 Cusset Allier (03) 17.0 13,822
455 tied Épinal Vosges (88) 16.9 33,395
455 tied Pont-Audemer Eure (27) 16.9 10,303
455 tied Carmaux Tarn (81) 16.9 10,034
458 tied Brioude Haute-Loire (43) 16.9 6,839
458 tied Millas Pyrénées-Orientales (66) 16.9 4,489
460 tied Saint-Gilles Gard (30) 16.9 14,859
460 tied Jarville-la-Malgrange Meurthe-et-Moselle (54) 16.9 9,567
462 Formerie Oise (60) 16.9 2,119
463 Mantes-la-Ville Yvelines (78) 16.9 22,504
464 tied Armentières Nord (59) 16.9 27,382
464 tied Vesoul Haute-Saône (70) 16.9 15,833
464 tied Petit-Couronne Seine-Maritime (76) 16.9 8,857
467 tied Le Mée-sur-Seine Seine-et-Marne (77) 16.9 19,658
467 tied Avesnelles Nord (59) 16.9 2,275
469 tied Bagnolet Seine-Saint-Denis (93) 16.8 43,234
469 tied Le Pontet Vaucluse (84) 16.8 18,566
469 tied Théding Moselle (57) 16.8 2,462
472 tied Le Chambon-Feugerolles Loire (42) 16.8 12,399
472 tied Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton Eure (27) 16.8 7,534
474 tied Brionne Eure (27) 16.8 4,346
474 tied Blaye-les-Mines Tarn (81) 16.8 3,086
476 tied Cazères Haute-Garonne (31) 16.8 4,916
476 tied Neuville-sur-Escaut Nord (59) 16.8 2,919
478 Annemasse Haute-Savoie (74) 16.8 37,978
479 Recquignies Nord (59) 16.8 2,352
480 Rousies Nord (59) 16.8 4,034
481 tied Marseillan Hérault (34) 16.8 8,495
481 tied Arzon Morbihan (56) 16.8 2,309
483 tied Morlaix Finistère (29) 16.7 15,647
483 tied Blaye Gironde (33) 16.7 5,186
485 Carpentras Vaucluse (84) 16.7 32,388
486 Hénin-Beaumont Pas-de-Calais (62) 16.7 26,029
487 tied Clermont-l'Hérault Hérault (34) 16.7 9,607
487 tied Mont-Saint-Martin Meurthe-et-Moselle (54) 16.7 9,456
489 tied Vals-les-Bains Ardèche (07) 16.7 3,521
489 tied Château-Chinon (Ville) Nièvre (58) 16.7 2,120
491 tied Bergerac Dordogne (24) 16.7 27,863
491 tied Saint-Mihiel Meuse (55) 16.7 3,806
493 Blangy-sur-Bresle Seine-Maritime (76) 16.7 2,847
494 tied Sotteville-lès-Rouen Seine-Maritime (76) 16.7 29,464
494 tied Nogent-sur-Seine Aube (10) 16.7 5,631
496 tied Gisors Eure (27) 16.6 12,622
496 tied Privas Ardèche (07) 16.6 8,786
498 Autun Saône-et-Loire (71) 16.6 14,175
499 Rosières-en-Santerre Somme (80) 16.6 2,912
500 tied Saint-Gaudens Haute-Garonne (31) 16.6 12,609

Source: INSEE, population census; unemployed people aged 15 to 64 as a share of the labor force aged 15 to 64, as reported in the census, towns with 2,000 or more inhabitants. Not ranked: towns with fewer than 2,000 inhabitants. Tied values share the same rank. Data sources.

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