Caen, Calvados
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Caen

A French city of 109,400

€2,900/m²to buy
1,762 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
109,400residents

Caen is a French city of 109,400 in Calvados. Homes go for about €2,900 a square metre. 1,762 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€2,900/m²to buy, $313 per sq ft
€13.3/m²to rent, a month
€1,570property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€23,650median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
1,762 hof sunshine a year
128rainy days a year
43°Fwinter average, 6°C
63°Fsummer average, 17.3°C
4days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
8 minto the nearest station
23 minto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
5 minto the nearest hospital
10pharmacies within 15 minutes
5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
2.5break-ins per 1,000 residents
9.9assault and robbery per 1,000
17other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
109,400residents
26 km²10 square miles
4%of homes are second homes
9%of homes stand empty
97%of homes can get fibre

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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.