Cognin

A French city of 6,954

€3,100/m²to buy

1,814 hof sun a year

5 minto a hospital

6,954residents

Cognin is a French city of 6,954 in Savoie. Homes go for about €3,100 a square metre. 1,814 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€3,100/m²to buy, $334 per sq ft

€15.3/m²to rent, a month

€1,170property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€26,070median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

1,814 hof sunshine a year

124rainy days a year

37°Fwinter average, 2.8°C

68°Fsummer average, 19.8°C

23days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

9 minto the nearest station

3.1 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

5 minto the nearest hospital

9pharmacies within 15 minutes

5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

4.2break-ins per 1,000 residents

2.7assault and robbery per 1,000

9other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

6,954residents

4 km²2 square miles

1%of homes are second homes

6%of homes stand empty

91%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Savoie

Chambéry Aix-les-Bains Albertville La Motte-Servolex La Ravoire Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne Bourg-Saint-Maurice Ugine Saint-Alban-Leysse Entrelacs Challes-les-Eaux Barberaz

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.