Buchelay

A French city of 3,360

€3,010/m²to buy

1,745 hof sun a year

5 minto a hospital

3,360residents

Buchelay is a French city of 3,360 in Yvelines. Homes go for about €3,010 a square metre. 1,745 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€3,010/m²to buy, $324 per sq ft

€13.6/m²to rent, a month

€1,030property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€26,890median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

1,745 hof sunshine a year

116rainy days a year

40°Fwinter average, 4.7°C

65°Fsummer average, 18.6°C

12days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

9 minto the nearest station

1.6 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

5 minto the nearest hospital

4pharmacies within 15 minutes

5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

0.9break-ins per 1,000 residents

4.1assault and robbery per 1,000

14other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

3,360residents

5 km²2 square miles

2%of homes are second homes

4%of homes stand empty

99%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Yvelines

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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.