Dirac, Charente
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France / Charente

Dirac

A French city of 1,516

€1,700/m²to buy
2,008 hof sun a year
18 minto a hospital
1,516residents

Dirac is a French city of 1,516 in Charente. Homes go for about €1,700 a square metre. 2,008 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€1,700/m²to buy, $183 per sq ft
€8.9/m²to rent, a month
€1,490property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€27,670median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
2,008 hof sunshine a year
124rainy days a year
43°Fwinter average, 6.3°C
68°Fsummer average, 20.2°C
26days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
17 minto the nearest station
1.5 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
18 minto the nearest hospital
nonepharmacies within 15 minutes
5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
0.4break-ins per 1,000 residents
0.7assault and robbery per 1,000
1other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
1,516residents
29 km²11 square miles
4%of homes are second homes
4%of homes stand empty
96%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Charente

AngoulêmeCognacSoyauxLa CouronneSaint-Yrieix-sur-CharenteRuelle-sur-TouvreGond-PontouvreL'Isle-d'EspagnacChampniersBarbezieux-Saint-HilaireJarnacRoullet-Saint-Estèphe

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.