Bouchain, Nord
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France / Nord

Bouchain

A French city of 4,113

€1,490/m²to buy
1,851 hof sun a year
16 minto a hospital
4,113residents

Bouchain is a French city of 4,113 in Nord. Homes go for about €1,490 a square metre. 1,851 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€1,490/m²to buy, $161 per sq ft
€9.7/m²to rent, a month
€1,300property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€23,250median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
1,851 hof sunshine a year
124rainy days a year
40°Fwinter average, 4.2°C
64°Fsummer average, 18°C
8days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
8 minto the nearest station
1.6 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
16 minto the nearest hospital
1pharmacies within 15 minutes
5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
0.4break-ins per 1,000 residents
4.8assault and robbery per 1,000
6other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
4,113residents
12 km²5 square miles
1%of homes are second homes
6%of homes stand empty
99%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Nord

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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.