Barcelonnette, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
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Barcelonnette

A French city of 2,518, in the mountains

€2,540/m²to buy
2,454 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
2,518residents

Barcelonnette is a French city of 2,518 in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Homes go for about €2,540 a square metre. 2,454 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€2,540/m²to buy, $274 per sq ft
€10.2/m²to rent, a month
€1,620property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€23,600median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
2,454 hof sunshine a year
86rainy days a year
31°Fwinter average, -0.8°C
60°Fsummer average, 15.4°C
8days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
33 minto the nearest station
1.4 hto the sea

Healthcare

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

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
1.1break-ins per 1,000 residents
4.0assault and robbery per 1,000
4other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
2,518residents
17 km²6 square miles
52%of homes are second homes
10%of homes stand empty
97%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

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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.