Fouquières-lès-Lens

A French city of 6,087

€1,440/m²to buy

1,695 hof sun a year

12 minto a hospital

6,087residents

Fouquières-lès-Lens is a French city of 6,087 in Pas-de-Calais. Homes go for about €1,440 a square metre. 1,695 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€1,440/m²to buy, $155 per sq ft

€10/m²to rent, a month

€1,520property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€20,180median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

1,695 hof sunshine a year

125rainy days a year

40°Fwinter average, 4.4°C

64°Fsummer average, 17.9°C

8days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

8 minto the nearest station

1.2 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

12 minto the nearest hospital

10pharmacies within 15 minutes

5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

3.6break-ins per 1,000 residents

6.2assault and robbery per 1,000

9other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

6,087residents

4 km²2 square miles

0%of homes are second homes

8%of homes stand empty

100%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Pas-de-Calais

Calais Arras Boulogne-sur-Mer Lens Liévin Hénin-Beaumont Béthune Bruay-la-Buissière Carvin Avion Saint-Omer Outreau

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.