Coutances

A French city of 8,321

€1,900/m²to buy

1,817 hof sun a year

5 minto a hospital

8,321residents

Coutances is a French city of 8,321 in Manche. Homes go for about €1,900 a square metre. 1,817 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€1,900/m²to buy, $205 per sq ft

€8.5/m²to rent, a month

€1,550property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€22,630median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

1,817 hof sunshine a year

151rainy days a year

43°Fwinter average, 6.3°C

63°Fsummer average, 17.3°C

3days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

8 minto the nearest station

14 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

2.2break-ins per 1,000 residents

8.5assault and robbery per 1,000

8other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

8,321residents

13 km²5 square miles

4%of homes are second homes

12%of homes stand empty

98%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Manche

Cherbourg-en-Cotentin Saint-Lô Granville La Hague Carentan-les-Marais Avranches Valognes Bricquebec-en-Cotentin Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët Saint-James Saint-Pair-sur-Mer Torigny-les-Villes

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.