Beynes

A French city of 7,704

€3,370/m²to buy

1,750 hof sun a year

16 minto a hospital

7,704residents

Beynes is a French city of 7,704 in Yvelines. Homes go for about €3,370 a square metre. 1,750 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€3,370/m²to buy, $363 per sq ft

€15.9/m²to rent, a month

€1,190property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€33,450median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

1,750 hof sunshine a year

116rainy days a year

41°Fwinter average, 5°C

66°Fsummer average, 18.8°C

15days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

29 minto the nearest station

1.9 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

16 minto the nearest hospital

2pharmacies within 15 minutes

15 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

2.7break-ins per 1,000 residents

2.4assault and robbery per 1,000

4other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

7,704residents

19 km²7 square miles

1%of homes are second homes

5%of homes stand empty

96%of homes can get fibre

Does Beynes fit you?

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Elsewhere in Yvelines

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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.