Firminy, Loire
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France / Loire

Firminy

A French city of 17,060

€1,100/m²to buy
2,007 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
17,060residents

Firminy is a French city of 17,060 in Loire. Homes go for about €1,100 a square metre. 2,007 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€1,100/m²to buy, $119 per sq ft
€9.8/m²to rent, a month
€1,240property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€21,080median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
2,007 hof sunshine a year
106rainy days a year
38°Fwinter average, 3.5°C
67°Fsummer average, 19.5°C
22days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
8 minto the nearest station
2.8 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
5 minto the nearest hospital
2pharmacies within 15 minutes
5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
3.7break-ins per 1,000 residents
9.4assault and robbery per 1,000
15other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
17,060residents
10 km²4 square miles
1%of homes are second homes
14%of homes stand empty
99%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Loire

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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.