Cognac, Charente
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France / Charente

Cognac

A French city of 18,532

€1,700/m²to buy
2,039 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
18,532residents

Cognac is a French city of 18,532 in Charente. Homes go for about €1,700 a square metre. 2,039 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€1,700/m²to buy, $183 per sq ft
€10.4/m²to rent, a month
€1,620property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€24,930median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
2,039 hof sunshine a year
120rainy days a year
44°Fwinter average, 6.9°C
69°Fsummer average, 20.4°C
25days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
8 minto the nearest station
56 minto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
5 minto the nearest hospital
2pharmacies within 15 minutes
5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
4.0break-ins per 1,000 residents
8.6assault and robbery per 1,000
12other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
18,532residents
15 km²6 square miles
3%of homes are second homes
10%of homes stand empty
100%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Charente

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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.