Chambéry

A French city of 59,964

€2,950/m²to buy

1,842 hof sun a year

5 minto a hospital

59,964residents

Chambéry is a French city of 59,964 in Savoie. Homes go for about €2,950 a square metre. 1,842 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€2,950/m²to buy, $318 per sq ft

€14.3/m²to rent, a month

€1,360property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€24,800median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

1,842 hof sunshine a year

121rainy days a year

36°Fwinter average, 2.3°C

66°Fsummer average, 19.1°C

20days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

8 minto the nearest station

3.1 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

5 minto the nearest hospital

10pharmacies within 15 minutes

5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

3.3break-ins per 1,000 residents

8.4assault and robbery per 1,000

15other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

59,964residents

21 km²8 square miles

4%of homes are second homes

9%of homes stand empty

96%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Savoie

Aix-les-Bains Albertville La Motte-Servolex La Ravoire Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne Bourg-Saint-Maurice Ugine Cognin Saint-Alban-Leysse Entrelacs Challes-les-Eaux Barberaz

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.