Bassens

A French city of 5,175

€3,600/m²to buy

1,869 hof sun a year

5 minto a hospital

5,175residents

Bassens is a French city of 5,175 in Savoie. Homes go for about €3,600 a square metre. 1,869 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€3,600/m²to buy, $388 per sq ft

€14.2/m²to rent, a month

€1,310property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€28,390median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

1,869 hof sunshine a year

120rainy days a year

36°Fwinter average, 2.1°C

66°Fsummer average, 18.8°C

20days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

8 minto the nearest station

3.1 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

5 minto the nearest hospital

9pharmacies within 15 minutes

9 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

3.6break-ins per 1,000 residents

4.2assault and robbery per 1,000

11other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

5,175residents

3 km²1 square miles

2%of homes are second homes

6%of homes stand empty

98%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Savoie

Chambéry Aix-les-Bains Albertville La Motte-Servolex La Ravoire Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne Bourg-Saint-Maurice Ugine Cognin Saint-Alban-Leysse Entrelacs Challes-les-Eaux

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.