Castres, Tarn
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Castres

A French city of 42,505

€1,590/m²to buy
2,138 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
42,505residents

Castres is a French city of 42,505 in Tarn. Homes go for about €1,590 a square metre. 2,138 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€1,590/m²to buy, $171 per sq ft
€9.3/m²to rent, a month
€1,880property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€23,620median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
2,138 hof sunshine a year
110rainy days a year
44°Fwinter average, 6.7°C
72°Fsummer average, 22°C
47days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
8 minto the nearest station
1.4 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
3.8break-ins per 1,000 residents
8.0assault and robbery per 1,000
9other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
42,505residents
98 km²38 square miles
3%of homes are second homes
11%of homes stand empty
97%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Tarn

AlbiGaillacGraulhetLavaurMazametCarmauxSaint-Sulpice-la-PointeLabruguièreSaint-JuéryRabastensAussillonLisle-sur-Tarn

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.