Carpiquet, Calvados
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France / Calvados

Carpiquet

A French city of 3,428

€3,000/m²to buy
1,750 hof sun a year
14 minto a hospital
3,428residents

Carpiquet is a French city of 3,428 in Calvados. Homes go for about €3,000 a square metre. 1,750 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€3,000/m²to buy, $323 per sq ft
€12.7/m²to rent, a month
€1,520property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€24,760median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
1,750 hof sunshine a year
127rainy days a year
43°Fwinter average, 5.9°C
63°Fsummer average, 17.3°C
4days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
13 minto the nearest station
26 minto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
14 minto the nearest hospital
3pharmacies within 15 minutes
5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
1.9break-ins per 1,000 residents
0.2assault and robbery per 1,000
6other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
3,428residents
6 km²2 square miles
1%of homes are second homes
7%of homes stand empty
98%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Calvados

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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.