Besançon, Doubs
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Besançon

A French city of 118,489

€2,180/m²to buy
1,875 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
118,489residents

Besançon is a French city of 118,489 in Doubs. Homes go for about €2,180 a square metre. 1,875 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€2,180/m²to buy, $235 per sq ft
€12.3/m²to rent, a month
€1,140property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€23,240median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
1,875 hof sunshine a year
139rainy days a year
38°Fwinter average, 3.3°C
67°Fsummer average, 19.4°C
18days above 30°C a year

Getting there

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

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
5 minto the nearest hospital
7pharmacies within 15 minutes
5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
1.9break-ins per 1,000 residents
9.0assault and robbery per 1,000
12other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
118,489residents
65 km²25 square miles
3%of homes are second homes
10%of homes stand empty
96%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Doubs

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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.