Alençon, Orne
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Alençon

A French city of 25,490

€1,360/m²to buy
1,730 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
25,490residents

Alençon is a French city of 25,490 in Orne. Homes go for about €1,360 a square metre. 1,730 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€1,360/m²to buy, $147 per sq ft
€9.4/m²to rent, a month
€1,650property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€21,150median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
1,730 hof sunshine a year
122rainy days a year
41°Fwinter average, 4.9°C
64°Fsummer average, 17.9°C
8days above 30°C a year

Getting there

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

Healthcare

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

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
3.0break-ins per 1,000 residents
10.5assault and robbery per 1,000
15other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
25,490residents
11 km²4 square miles
1%of homes are second homes
10%of homes stand empty
97%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.