Balbigny, Loire
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France / Loire

Balbigny

A French city of 2,911

€1,670/m²to buy
1,898 hof sun a year
17 minto a hospital
2,911residents

Balbigny is a French city of 2,911 in Loire. Homes go for about €1,670 a square metre. 1,898 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€1,670/m²to buy, $180 per sq ft
€9.5/m²to rent, a month
€810property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€23,250median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
1,898 hof sunshine a year
109rainy days a year
41°Fwinter average, 5°C
69°Fsummer average, 20.7°C
39days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
7 minto the nearest station
3.4 hto the sea

Healthcare

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

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
1.9break-ins per 1,000 residents
0.2assault and robbery per 1,000
4other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
2,911residents
17 km²7 square miles
3%of homes are second homes
12%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.