Échalas

A French city of 1,994

€3,100/m²to buy

2,036 hof sun a year

12 minto a hospital

1,994residents

Échalas is a French city of 1,994 in Rhône. Homes go for about €3,100 a square metre. 2,036 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€3,100/m²to buy, $334 per sq ft

€11.9/m²to rent, a month

€820property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€30,340median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

2,036 hof sunshine a year

100rainy days a year

40°Fwinter average, 4.7°C

70°Fsummer average, 21.1°C

32days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

13 minto the nearest station

3.0 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

12 minto the nearest hospital

2pharmacies within 15 minutes

5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

1.5break-ins per 1,000 residents

0.5assault and robbery per 1,000

2other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

1,994residents

21 km²8 square miles

1%of homes are second homes

4%of homes stand empty

100%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Rhône

Lyon Villeurbanne Vénissieux Vaulx-en-Velin Saint-Priest Caluire-et-Cuire Bron Oullins-Pierre-Bénite Meyzieu Villefranche-sur-Saône Rillieux-la-Pape Décines-Charpieu

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.