Ambierle

A French city of 1,865, in the mountains

€1,260/m²to buy

1,827 hof sun a year

5 minto a hospital

1,865residents

Ambierle is a French city of 1,865 in Loire. Homes go for about €1,260 a square metre. 1,827 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€1,260/m²to buy, $136 per sq ft

€7.8/m²to rent, a month

€1,140property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€25,050median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

1,827 hof sunshine a year

125rainy days a year

39°Fwinter average, 3.7°C

66°Fsummer average, 19.1°C

18days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

25 minto the nearest station

3.7 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

5 minto the nearest hospital

nonepharmacies within 15 minutes

15 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

0.3break-ins per 1,000 residents

0.3assault and robbery per 1,000

1other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

1,865residents

31 km²12 square miles

7%of homes are second homes

9%of homes stand empty

99%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Loire

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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.