Brains, Loire-Atlantique
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Brains

A French city of 2,709

€2,870/m²to buy
1,918 hof sun a year
17 minto a hospital
2,709residents

Brains is a French city of 2,709 in Loire-Atlantique. Homes go for about €2,870 a square metre. 1,918 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€2,870/m²to buy, $309 per sq ft
€11.9/m²to rent, a month
€1,250property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€29,020median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
1,918 hof sunshine a year
124rainy days a year
46°Fwinter average, 7.6°C
66°Fsummer average, 19.1°C
13days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
13 minto the nearest station
33 minto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
17 minto the nearest hospital
3pharmacies within 15 minutes
10 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
0.8break-ins per 1,000 residents
0.4assault and robbery per 1,000
2other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
2,709residents
15 km²6 square miles
1%of homes are second homes
3%of homes stand empty
99%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Loire-Atlantique

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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.