Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Haute-Savoie
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Chamonix-Mont-Blanc

A French city of 8,705, in the mountains

€9,630/m²to buy
2,072 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
8,705residents

Chamonix-Mont-Blanc is a French city of 8,705 in Haute-Savoie. Homes go for about €9,630 a square metre. 2,072 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€9,630/m²to buy, $1038 per sq ft
€18.1/m²to rent, a month
€970property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€28,930median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
2,072 hof sunshine a year
126rainy days a year
27°Fwinter average, -2.6°C
55°Fsummer average, 12.8°C
4days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
10 minto the nearest station
3.2 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
5 minto the nearest hospital
nonepharmacies within 15 minutes
5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
2.1break-ins per 1,000 residents
7.1assault and robbery per 1,000
12other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
8,705residents
245 km²94 square miles
69%of homes are second homes
1%of homes stand empty
97%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Haute-Savoie

AnnecyThonon-les-BainsAnnemasseClusesSallanchesRumillySaint-Julien-en-GenevoisBonnevilleGaillardLa Roche-sur-ForonVétraz-MonthouxPassy

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.