Bonson

A French city of 4,557

€2,450/m²to buy

1,997 hof sun a year

12 minto a hospital

4,557residents

Bonson is a French city of 4,557 in Loire. Homes go for about €2,450 a square metre. 1,997 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€2,450/m²to buy, $264 per sq ft

€11.1/m²to rent, a month

€1,230property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€25,840median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

1,997 hof sunshine a year

97rainy days a year

39°Fwinter average, 4.1°C

67°Fsummer average, 19.6°C

23days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

6 minto the nearest station

3.0 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

12 minto the nearest hospital

2pharmacies within 15 minutes

12 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

2.5break-ins per 1,000 residents

0.7assault and robbery per 1,000

4other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

4,557residents

5 km²2 square miles

1%of homes are second homes

4%of homes stand empty

100%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Loire

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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.