Challans

A French city of 22,943

€2,640/m²to buy

2,066 hof sun a year

5 minto a hospital

22,943residents

Challans is a French city of 22,943 in Vendée. Homes go for about €2,640 a square metre. 2,066 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€2,640/m²to buy, $285 per sq ft

€12.1/m²to rent, a month

€980property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€25,830median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

2,066 hof sunshine a year

129rainy days a year

45°Fwinter average, 7°C

66°Fsummer average, 19°C

12days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

9 minto the nearest station

26 minto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

5 minto the nearest hospital

1pharmacies within 15 minutes

5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

2.4break-ins per 1,000 residents

5.1assault and robbery per 1,000

10other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

22,943residents

65 km²25 square miles

3%of homes are second homes

6%of homes stand empty

95%of homes can get fibre

Does Challans fit you?

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Elsewhere in Vendée

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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.