Arbent, Ain
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France / Ain

Arbent

A French city of 3,555, in the mountains

€1,990/m²to buy
1,932 hof sun a year
11 minto a hospital
3,555residents

Arbent is a French city of 3,555 in Ain. Homes go for about €1,990 a square metre. 1,932 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€1,990/m²to buy, $214 per sq ft
€9.4/m²to rent, a month
€1,050property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€25,250median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
1,932 hof sunshine a year
139rainy days a year
35°Fwinter average, 1.9°C
64°Fsummer average, 17.9°C
17days above 30°C a year

Getting there

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

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
11 minto the nearest hospital
1pharmacies within 15 minutes
5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
1.2break-ins per 1,000 residents
2.4assault and robbery per 1,000
4other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
3,555residents
24 km²9 square miles
1%of homes are second homes
7%of homes stand empty
99%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Ain

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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.