Carcans, Gironde
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France / Gironde

Carcans

A French city of 2,415

€4,120/m²to buy
2,076 hof sun a year
33 minto a hospital
2,415residents

Carcans is a French city of 2,415 in Gironde. Homes go for about €4,120 a square metre. 2,076 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€4,120/m²to buy, $444 per sq ft
€12.4/m²to rent, a month
€1,020property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€27,080median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
2,076 hof sunshine a year
131rainy days a year
45°Fwinter average, 7.4°C
68°Fsummer average, 19.9°C
24days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
33 minto the nearest station
21 minto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
33 minto the nearest hospital
nonepharmacies within 15 minutes
22 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
3.0break-ins per 1,000 residents
5.3assault and robbery per 1,000
7other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
2,415residents
201 km²77 square miles
72%of homes are second homes
2%of homes stand empty
82%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Gironde

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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.