Amiens, Somme
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Amiens

A French city of 136,449

€2,360/m²to buy
1,730 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
136,449residents

Amiens is a French city of 136,449 in Somme. Homes go for about €2,360 a square metre. 1,730 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€2,360/m²to buy, $254 per sq ft
€12.8/m²to rent, a month
€1,640property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€21,400median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
1,730 hof sunshine a year
127rainy days a year
40°Fwinter average, 4.4°C
64°Fsummer average, 17.7°C
8days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
7 minto the nearest station
57 minto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
5 minto the nearest hospital
13pharmacies within 15 minutes
5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
1.6break-ins per 1,000 residents
10.3assault and robbery per 1,000
19other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
136,449residents
50 km²19 square miles
3%of homes are second homes
9%of homes stand empty
98%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Somme

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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.