Douai, Nord
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France / Nord

Douai

A French city of 40,250

€1,560/m²to buy
1,724 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
40,250residents

Douai is a French city of 40,250 in Nord. Homes go for about €1,560 a square metre. 1,724 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€1,560/m²to buy, $168 per sq ft
€10.5/m²to rent, a month
€1,760property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€20,230median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
1,724 hof sunshine a year
126rainy days a year
40°Fwinter average, 4.3°C
64°Fsummer average, 17.9°C
8days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
7 minto the nearest station
1.4 hto the sea

Healthcare

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

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
4.7break-ins per 1,000 residents
13.8assault and robbery per 1,000
17other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
40,250residents
17 km²6 square miles
2%of homes are second homes
14%of homes stand empty
95%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Nord

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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.