Brives-Charensac

A French city of 4,244, in the mountains

€1,590/m²to buy

1,990 hof sun a year

5 minto a hospital

4,244residents

Brives-Charensac is a French city of 4,244 in Haute-Loire. Homes go for about €1,590 a square metre. 1,990 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€1,590/m²to buy, $171 per sq ft

€9/m²to rent, a month

€1,440property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€23,780median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

1,990 hof sunshine a year

96rainy days a year

37°Fwinter average, 2.8°C

65°Fsummer average, 18.4°C

18days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

9 minto the nearest station

2.3 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

1.2break-ins per 1,000 residents

2.7assault and robbery per 1,000

4other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

4,244residents

5 km²2 square miles

2%of homes are second homes

9%of homes stand empty

99%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Haute-Loire

Le Puy-en-Velay Monistrol-sur-Loire Yssingeaux Brioude Aurec-sur-Loire Sainte-Sigolène Bas-en-Basset 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.