Chalon-sur-Saône

A French city of 45,102

€1,430/m²to buy

1,942 hof sun a year

5 minto a hospital

45,102residents

Chalon-sur-Saône is a French city of 45,102 in Saône-et-Loire. Homes go for about €1,430 a square metre. 1,942 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€1,430/m²to buy, $154 per sq ft

€10.7/m²to rent, a month

€1,480property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€21,780median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

1,942 hof sunshine a year

111rainy days a year

39°Fwinter average, 3.9°C

69°Fsummer average, 20.5°C

27days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

7 minto the nearest station

4.6 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

5 minto the nearest hospital

6pharmacies within 15 minutes

5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

2.0break-ins per 1,000 residents

6.9assault and robbery per 1,000

10other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

45,102residents

15 km²6 square miles

4%of homes are second homes

8%of homes stand empty

99%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Saône-et-Loire

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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.