Blaye, Gironde
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France / Gironde

Blaye

A French city of 5,066

€1,690/m²to buy
2,117 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
5,066residents

Blaye is a French city of 5,066 in Gironde. Homes go for about €1,690 a square metre. 2,117 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€1,690/m²to buy, $182 per sq ft
€10.7/m²to rent, a month
€1,500property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€21,820median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
2,117 hof sunshine a year
123rainy days a year
45°Fwinter average, 7.1°C
69°Fsummer average, 20.6°C
24days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
16 minto the nearest station
47 minto 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
3.2break-ins per 1,000 residents
9.4assault and robbery per 1,000
12other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
5,066residents
16 km²6 square miles
4%of homes are second homes
17%of homes stand empty
92%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Gironde

BordeauxMérignacPessacTalenceVillenave-d'OrnonSaint-Médard-en-JallesBèglesLa Teste-de-BuchGradignanCenonLormontLe Bouscat

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.