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Today, I show the best places to retire in southern France, including scenic and sunny cities like Annecy, Aix-en-Provence, Perpignan, Montpellier, and Toulouse. I also discuss the cost of retiring in southern France, from housing expenses to groceries and healthcare. Did you know that there are special tax rules that can exempt your U.S. pension from local income taxes in France?
We also share stories from locals and fellow expats. They describe daily life in these cities and give a hint of what it’s like living in Southern France as an American.
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In 2024 alone, more than 13,000 Americans got their first French residency cards,
a 5% increase from the previous year.
And the numbers keep rising: The number of Americans moving to France has tripled since pre-pandemic years.
Nowadays, more than 100.000 US citizens call France their new home
It is a massive wave that in many cities is even surpassing the Brits!
But why?
Why so many Americans are moving to France?
You’re about to discover the reasons why. A secret that will make you forget Florida or Arizona.
But here is a tip: Americans in Southern France save over 44% on monthly expenses compared to living in the U.S.
while enjoying free healthcare
and lower taxes
Sorry, Sorry, my mistake:
It is not that they have lower taxes
They actually have ZERO taxes over their retirement pensions.
while enjoying the most ideal weather for human life: The Mediterranean weather.
So today you will discover the Pros, the Cons, and the Best Places to retire in Southern France.
Ready?
First, let’s define what Southern France is – because not everywhere in France do you find amazing weather and low costs.
In Paris, for example, you have neither.
So, by Southern France I mean the provinces of Occitanie, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, and Corsica.
And in a few minutes, I will give you the absolutely best places to move to in these regions.
But now, let’s talk about the Pros of living in Southern France.
We start with the…
Lower Cost of Living When Compared to Major U.S. Cities and Paris
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There are many reasons to live elsewhere! I left in 2014
Very useful video. Great information 👍🏻 (loved the little joke about Marseille near the end 🙂
Always appreciate the thorough research you do and insider information you provide! I'm not sure about the politics in France, but the landscape and architecture are beautiful. You've made me want to take a closer look
Thanks. US retiree getting dual US German citizenship. But France is high on my list to move to. Any guidance on best way to estimate my taxes beyond paying US taxes and inheritance tax for my children in the US.
Nice video BUT – Portugal and Greece are cheaper and long term visa requirements are lower .
We do not need you here.
Excellent video! The south of France is highly underrated, especially when you get away from Nice and the Côte d'Azur.
Also, remember, the visa process for France is WAY for efficient than for Italy and some other southern European countries.
Keep these videos coming! 🥳
Ty . Someone should start you tube videos on the various countries tax implications on various incomes ect ..
try pronouncing aix en provence as X en provence, and bordeaux as bordO, good luck learning french
What website do you use to look for/apply to apartments?
They Will be taxes as soon as the US are declared as a hostile power by the European Union.
France is a wonderful place – if only it weren’t so full of, well (the french, many anyway).
Greece has become the place to be.
For many Americans it’s a choice between the suitcase or the coffin.
Non! Ne venez pas! Merci
Don’t make Europe alike the US… “ messy and problems” we don’t need guns and violence..
France is the most diverse european country. A village can ne enchanting and another one 2 miles away can be a nightmare. So think twice, rent first, and keep a foot on the orher side of rhe pond. Ah … Stay home if you voted for this bunch of * Or retire in Ukraine
LA FRANCE NE VEUT PLUS D' IMMIGRATION !!!
FRANCE NO LONGER WANTS IMMIGRATION !!!
Love this! I just returned from a two week scouting trip to southern France; I am retiring/emigrating from Texas in May! I will be in Castelnaudary to start, and am looking on the Pau – Toulouse – Carcassonne "line"; close to my beloved Pyrenees, easy to get to the Massif and both coasts, and the Canal du Midi for cycling! I can't wait!
anecdotes are not statistics.
If I was going to expatriate from the US to another country anywhere, the last place I would ever want to move to would be anywhere that any number of Americans have moved to. Getting away from other Americans is the #1 reason I wish I could leave this dumpster fire of humanity called the USA.
People who haven’t physically moved to these countries should not be commenting and misleading people just like alot of youtubers do!!
Portugal no longer has NHR – non habitual tax exemption
– 400,000 people waiting to renew their residency cards
– Public hospitals in dire situation
Yeah but unless you relinquish your US passport you will still owe the US income tax on SS payments. Very dishonest video.
MAGA's need not apply, including for vacations.
Bonjour à tous.
Vous êtes tous très sympa mais n'oubliez pas que la France est un petit pays….
Americans pensioners must do a French tax declaration in France but because of the agreement between the two countries they will pay their taxes in America. Moreover, in order to get a permis de séjour, you are required to sit for a test to see how good your French is. Why do you call yourselves expat. You are emigrants like Columbians arriving in the USA.
WARNING !!! PERPIGNAN TO HAVE BIG PROBLEME OF DROUGHT , THE WATER IS LIMITED !!!
I’m so glad to hear that, but don’t forget France is run by elites who hate the French and are ruining the country thanks to the EU…even the healthcare has been neglected by macron and some people have already died in the Emergency cares
Why Europa aloud to these racist stupid arrogant creatures to move to the European land, they destroy own dreams land and now colonising us. They making everything more expensive. We don’t want them here
About taxes : that's not that simple, there is a convention between France and United States (or other countries)…and if you are "tax resident" in France (you are "tax resident" under specific conditions, like your family home is in France or you work in France or you stay most of your time in France) then you will have to have pay some taxes. The only advantage is some revenues are exempted from taxes. Get the best information before moving, for example at France Embassy 😉 In south-west of France and north of Toulouse, there are places where UK retirees like to stay, Dominique from Toulouse….a very soon retiree, who is teasing all your viewers to visit my hometown and the Occitanie province 😉
You do not mention the most important thing, visa
we already see people from the north of France coming to our country from the south… if the Americans also come.
I'm kidding. 🤭
you are all welcome.
our regions are magnificent and people are much less stressed than in Paris.
(I live in the north for work, but I am originally from Castres in the Tarn, not far from Toulouse, a small pretty town, 50.000 inhabitants, in a pretty hilly area)
I know some Americans who moved to Montpellier a few years back. They still haven't picked up French… Please try to put in more effort to integrate.
We dont want trump voters