Bourges, Cher
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France / Cher

Bourges

A French city of 64,186

€1,650/m²to buy
1,881 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
64,186residents

Bourges is a French city of 64,186 in Cher. Homes go for about €1,650 a square metre. 1,881 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€1,650/m²to buy, $178 per sq ft
€10.8/m²to rent, a month
€1,410property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€24,230median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
1,881 hof sunshine a year
121rainy days a year
41°Fwinter average, 4.8°C
67°Fsummer average, 19.6°C
18days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
9 minto the nearest station
3.7 hto the sea

Healthcare

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

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
4.7break-ins per 1,000 residents
6.7assault and robbery per 1,000
11other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
64,186residents
68 km²26 square miles
3%of homes are second homes
12%of homes stand empty
98%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Cher

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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.