Chevreuse

A French city of 5,502

€4,070/m²to buy

1,735 hof sun a year

17 minto a hospital

5,502residents

Chevreuse is a French city of 5,502 in Yvelines. Homes go for about €4,070 a square metre. 1,735 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€4,070/m²to buy, $439 per sq ft

€17.2/m²to rent, a month

€850property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€38,400median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

1,735 hof sunshine a year

114rainy days a year

40°Fwinter average, 4.5°C

65°Fsummer average, 18.5°C

11days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

22 minto the nearest station

2.1 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

17 minto the nearest hospital

2pharmacies within 15 minutes

5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

2.0break-ins per 1,000 residents

2.8assault and robbery per 1,000

6other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

5,502residents

14 km²5 square miles

4%of homes are second homes

8%of homes stand empty

99%of homes can get fibre

Does Chevreuse fit you?

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Elsewhere in Yvelines

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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.