Dunières

A French city of 2,670, in the mountains

€1,480/m²to buy

2,049 hof sun a year

25 minto a hospital

2,670residents

Dunières is a French city of 2,670 in Haute-Loire. Homes go for about €1,480 a square metre. 2,049 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€1,480/m²to buy, $159 per sq ft

€8.1/m²to rent, a month

€1,270property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€24,970median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

2,049 hof sunshine a year

108rainy days a year

36°Fwinter average, 2°C

63°Fsummer average, 17.2°C

7days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

27 minto the nearest station

2.5 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

25 minto the nearest hospital

nonepharmacies within 15 minutes

14 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

1.3break-ins per 1,000 residents

0.2assault and robbery per 1,000

0other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

2,670residents

35 km²13 square miles

7%of homes are second homes

15%of homes stand empty

88%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Haute-Loire

Le Puy-en-Velay Monistrol-sur-Loire Yssingeaux Brioude Aurec-sur-Loire Sainte-Sigolène Bas-en-Basset Brives-Charensac Saint-Just-Malmont Espaly-Saint-Marcel Saint-Didier-en-Velay Langeac

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.