Fos-sur-Mer, Bouches-du-Rhône
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Fos-sur-Mer

A French city of 15,862, on the coast

€3,150/m²to buy
2,875 hof sun a year
17 minto a hospital
15,862residents

Fos-sur-Mer is a French city of 15,862 in Bouches-du-Rhône. Homes go for about €3,150 a square metre. 2,875 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€3,150/m²to buy, $339 per sq ft
€14.6/m²to rent, a month
€1,460property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€26,390median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
2,875 hof sunshine a year
54rainy days a year
46°Fwinter average, 8°C
74°Fsummer average, 23.5°C
47days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
15 minto the nearest station
On the coastthe sea is here

Healthcare

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

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
3.7break-ins per 1,000 residents
6.1assault and robbery per 1,000
14other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
15,862residents
88 km²34 square miles
2%of homes are second homes
4%of homes stand empty
98%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Bouches-du-Rhône

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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.