Boves, Somme
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France / Somme

Boves

A French city of 3,234

€2,180/m²to buy
1,734 hof sun a year
16 minto a hospital
3,234residents

Boves is a French city of 3,234 in Somme. Homes go for about €2,180 a square metre. 1,734 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€2,180/m²to buy, $235 per sq ft
€11.4/m²to rent, a month
€1,570property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€27,890median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
1,734 hof sunshine a year
119rainy days a year
40°Fwinter average, 4.4°C
64°Fsummer average, 17.7°C
8days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
7 minto the nearest station
1.1 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
16 minto the nearest hospital
2pharmacies within 15 minutes
11 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
0.9break-ins per 1,000 residents
0.2assault and robbery per 1,000
1other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
3,234residents
25 km²10 square miles
2%of homes are second homes
6%of homes stand empty
98%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Somme

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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.