Bessines, Deux-Sèvres
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Bessines

A French city of 1,903

€1,900/m²to buy
2,024 hof sun a year
14 minto a hospital
1,903residents

Bessines is a French city of 1,903 in Deux-Sèvres. Homes go for about €1,900 a square metre. 2,024 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€1,900/m²to buy, $205 per sq ft
€10.4/m²to rent, a month
€1,300property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€32,580median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
2,024 hof sunshine a year
121rainy days a year
43°Fwinter average, 6.3°C
68°Fsummer average, 19.8°C
22days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
14 minto the nearest station
51 minto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
14 minto the nearest hospital
3pharmacies within 15 minutes
12 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
3.6break-ins per 1,000 residents
0.6assault and robbery per 1,000
4other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
1,903residents
12 km²4 square miles
1%of homes are second homes
5%of homes stand empty
99%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Deux-Sèvres

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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.