Briançon, Hautes-Alpes
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Briançon

A French city of 11,411, in the mountains

€3,040/m²to buy
2,197 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
11,411residents

Briançon is a French city of 11,411 in Hautes-Alpes. Homes go for about €3,040 a square metre. 2,197 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€3,040/m²to buy, $328 per sq ft
€12.1/m²to rent, a month
€2,060property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€24,890median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
2,197 hof sunshine a year
87rainy days a year
32°Fwinter average, 0°C
62°Fsummer average, 16.5°C
8days above 30°C a year

Getting there

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

Healthcare

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

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
1.5break-ins per 1,000 residents
6.7assault and robbery per 1,000
8other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
11,411residents
28 km²11 square miles
36%of homes are second homes
7%of homes stand empty
94%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Hautes-Alpes

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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.