Désertines, Allier
My Place in France by EasyFranceNow

France / Allier

Désertines

A French city of 4,259

€1,080/m²to buy
1,948 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
4,259residents

Désertines is a French city of 4,259 in Allier. Homes go for about €1,080 a square metre. 1,948 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€1,080/m²to buy, $116 per sq ft
€8.8/m²to rent, a month
€1,400property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€25,050median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
1,948 hof sunshine a year
112rainy days a year
41°Fwinter average, 5°C
68°Fsummer average, 19.9°C
25days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
10 minto the nearest station
3.8 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
5 minto the nearest hospital
4pharmacies within 15 minutes
5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
4.7break-ins per 1,000 residents
1.8assault and robbery per 1,000
4other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
4,259residents
8 km²3 square miles
2%of homes are second homes
13%of homes stand empty
100%of homes can get fibre

Does Désertines fit you?

These are the facts. Whether they add up to the right place depends on what you are after. The map scores all 34,735 communes against your own priorities and tells you where Désertines lands.

Score Désertines for my profile →

Elsewhere in Allier

MontluçonVichyMoulinsCussetYzeureBellerive-sur-AllierDomératCommentryGannatSaint-Pourçain-sur-SiouleAvermesSaint-Germain-des-Fossés

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.