Forcalquier, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
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Forcalquier

A French city of 5,222

€2,840/m²to buy
2,722 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
5,222residents

Forcalquier is a French city of 5,222 in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Homes go for about €2,840 a square metre. 2,722 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€2,840/m²to buy, $306 per sq ft
€11.3/m²to rent, a month
€1,740property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€23,160median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
2,722 hof sunshine a year
74rainy days a year
41°Fwinter average, 5.1°C
70°Fsummer average, 21.2°C
47days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
18 minto the nearest station
1.1 hto the sea

Healthcare

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

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
2.5break-ins per 1,000 residents
5.4assault and robbery per 1,000
6other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
5,222residents
43 km²17 square miles
12%of homes are second homes
10%of homes stand empty
94%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

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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.