Colombelles

A French city of 7,243

€2,590/m²to buy

1,768 hof sun a year

10 minto a hospital

7,243residents

Colombelles is a French city of 7,243 in Calvados. Homes go for about €2,590 a square metre. 1,768 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€2,590/m²to buy, $279 per sq ft

€11.9/m²to rent, a month

€1,620property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€21,980median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

1,768 hof sunshine a year

130rainy days a year

43°Fwinter average, 6.1°C

63°Fsummer average, 17.4°C

4days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

12 minto the nearest station

20 minto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

10 minto the nearest hospital

6pharmacies within 15 minutes

5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

2.1break-ins per 1,000 residents

6.6assault and robbery per 1,000

8other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

7,243residents

7 km²3 square miles

1%of homes are second homes

4%of homes stand empty

93%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Calvados

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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.