Carentan-les-Marais, Manche
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Carentan-les-Marais

A French city of 10,218, on the coast

€1,700/m²to buy
1,784 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
10,218residents

Carentan-les-Marais is a French city of 10,218 in Manche. Homes go for about €1,700 a square metre. 1,784 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€1,700/m²to buy, $183 per sq ft
€9.6/m²to rent, a month
€1,070property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€23,980median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
1,784 hof sunshine a year
142rainy days a year
44°Fwinter average, 6.5°C
62°Fsummer average, 16.9°C
2days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
11 minto the nearest station
On the coastthe sea is here

Healthcare

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

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
2.7break-ins per 1,000 residents
4.5assault and robbery per 1,000
8other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
10,218residents
77 km²30 square miles
5%of homes are second homes
6%of homes stand empty
95%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Manche

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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.