Brest, Finistère
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France / Finistère

Brest

A French city of 142,346, on the coast

€2,160/m²to buy
1,587 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
142,346residents

Brest is a French city of 142,346 in Finistère. Homes go for about €2,160 a square metre. 1,587 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€2,160/m²to buy, $233 per sq ft
€11.8/m²to rent, a month
€1,230property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€24,030median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
1,587 hof sunshine a year
151rainy days a year
46°Fwinter average, 7.6°C
62°Fsummer average, 16.5°C
1days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
9 minto the nearest station
On the coastthe sea is here

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
5 minto the nearest hospital
8pharmacies within 15 minutes
5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
2.6break-ins per 1,000 residents
8.4assault and robbery per 1,000
14other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
142,346residents
49 km²19 square miles
4%of homes are second homes
7%of homes stand empty
98%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Finistère

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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.