Brioude

A French city of 6,527

€1,360/m²to buy

1,980 hof sun a year

5 minto a hospital

6,527residents

Brioude is a French city of 6,527 in Haute-Loire. Homes go for about €1,360 a square metre. 1,980 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€1,360/m²to buy, $147 per sq ft

€7.8/m²to rent, a month

€1,490property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€23,000median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

1,980 hof sunshine a year

94rainy days a year

39°Fwinter average, 3.9°C

66°Fsummer average, 19°C

29days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

6 minto the nearest station

2.7 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

5 minto the nearest hospital

nonepharmacies within 15 minutes

5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

3.2break-ins per 1,000 residents

7.5assault and robbery per 1,000

7other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

6,527residents

13 km²5 square miles

5%of homes are second homes

18%of homes stand empty

97%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Haute-Loire

Le Puy-en-Velay Monistrol-sur-Loire Yssingeaux Aurec-sur-Loire Sainte-Sigolène Bas-en-Basset Brives-Charensac Saint-Just-Malmont Espaly-Saint-Marcel Saint-Didier-en-Velay Langeac Saint-Germain-Laprade

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.