Ambert, Puy-de-Dôme
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Ambert

A French city of 6,517, in the mountains

€1,100/m²to buy
1,905 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
6,517residents

Ambert is a French city of 6,517 in Puy-de-Dôme. Homes go for about €1,100 a square metre. 1,905 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€1,100/m²to buy, $119 per sq ft
€7.7/m²to rent, a month
€1,430property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€24,800median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
1,905 hof sunshine a year
126rainy days a year
35°Fwinter average, 1.9°C
62°Fsummer average, 16.7°C
14days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
35 minto the nearest station
3.0 hto the sea

Healthcare

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

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
0.1break-ins per 1,000 residents
6.2assault and robbery per 1,000
3other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
6,517residents
60 km²23 square miles
8%of homes are second homes
15%of homes stand empty
91%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Puy-de-Dôme

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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.