Décines-Charpieu

A French city of 29,877

€3,370/m²to buy

2,013 hof sun a year

14 minto a hospital

29,877residents

Décines-Charpieu is a French city of 29,877 in Rhône. Homes go for about €3,370 a square metre. 2,013 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€3,370/m²to buy, $363 per sq ft

€15.1/m²to rent, a month

€1,080property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€24,770median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

2,013 hof sunshine a year

104rainy days a year

41°Fwinter average, 4.9°C

72°Fsummer average, 22°C

37days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

14 minto the nearest station

3.3 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

14 minto the nearest hospital

13pharmacies within 15 minutes

5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

3.3break-ins per 1,000 residents

6.5assault and robbery per 1,000

19other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

29,877residents

17 km²7 square miles

1%of homes are second homes

6%of homes stand empty

98%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Rhône

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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.