Arpajon

A French city of 11,698

€3,120/m²to buy

1,719 hof sun a year

5 minto a hospital

11,698residents

Arpajon is a French city of 11,698 in Essonne. Homes go for about €3,120 a square metre. 1,719 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€3,120/m²to buy, $336 per sq ft

€16/m²to rent, a month

€1,220property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€24,340median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

1,719 hof sunshine a year

115rainy days a year

40°Fwinter average, 4.7°C

66°Fsummer average, 19°C

14days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

21 minto the nearest station

2.3 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

5 minto the nearest hospital

5pharmacies within 15 minutes

5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

3.5break-ins per 1,000 residents

6.7assault and robbery per 1,000

14other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

11,698residents

2 km²1 square miles

3%of homes are second homes

8%of homes stand empty

93%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Essonne

Évry-Courcouronnes Corbeil-Essonnes Massy Savigny-sur-Orge Palaiseau Athis-Mons Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Vigneux-sur-Seine Ris-Orangis Viry-Châtillon Draveil Yerres

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.