Châteauneuf

A French city of 1,724

€2,190/m²to buy

2,010 hof sun a year

9 minto a hospital

1,724residents

Châteauneuf is a French city of 1,724 in Loire. Homes go for about €2,190 a square metre. 2,010 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€2,190/m²to buy, $236 per sq ft

€12/m²to rent, a month

€920property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€29,430median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

2,010 hof sunshine a year

94rainy days a year

40°Fwinter average, 4.4°C

69°Fsummer average, 20.8°C

28days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

9 minto the nearest station

3.0 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

9 minto the nearest hospital

2pharmacies within 15 minutes

9 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

2.9break-ins per 1,000 residents

0.8assault and robbery per 1,000

3other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

1,724residents

14 km²5 square miles

2%of homes are second homes

4%of homes stand empty

100%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in 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.