Chaponost

A French city of 9,382

€4,260/m²to buy

2,012 hof sun a year

11 minto a hospital

9,382residents

Chaponost is a French city of 9,382 in Rhône. Homes go for about €4,260 a square metre. 2,012 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€4,260/m²to buy, $459 per sq ft

€14.6/m²to rent, a month

€950property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€34,700median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

2,012 hof sunshine a year

102rainy days a year

40°Fwinter average, 4.2°C

70°Fsummer average, 21°C

29days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

8 minto the nearest station

3.2 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

11 minto the nearest hospital

9pharmacies within 15 minutes

5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

5.6break-ins per 1,000 residents

3.1assault and robbery per 1,000

12other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

9,382residents

16 km²6 square miles

2%of homes are second homes

7%of homes stand empty

98%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Rhône

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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.