Abscon, Nord
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France / Nord

Abscon

A French city of 4,108

€1,180/m²to buy
1,844 hof sun a year
11 minto a hospital
4,108residents

Abscon is a French city of 4,108 in Nord. Homes go for about €1,180 a square metre. 1,844 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€1,180/m²to buy, $127 per sq ft
€9.8/m²to rent, a month
€1,430property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€21,730median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
1,844 hof sunshine a year
125rainy days a year
40°Fwinter average, 4.3°C
64°Fsummer average, 18°C
8days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
11 minto the nearest station
1.5 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
11 minto the nearest hospital
3pharmacies within 15 minutes
10 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
1.6break-ins per 1,000 residents
0.9assault and robbery per 1,000
3other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
4,108residents
7 km²3 square miles
0%of homes are second homes
6%of homes stand empty
100%of homes can get fibre

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Figures from the DVF land registry, INSEE, Météo-France, Arcep, the SSMSI, FINESS and the DREES, rebuilt four times a year. Travel times are road approximations, and prices in the smallest communes are estimated from neighbouring ones. Photograph from Wikimedia Commons.