Fourmies, Nord
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France / Nord

Fourmies

A French city of 11,449

€1,040/m²to buy
1,719 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
11,449residents

Fourmies is a French city of 11,449 in Nord. Homes go for about €1,040 a square metre. 1,719 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€1,040/m²to buy, $112 per sq ft
€8.5/m²to rent, a month
€1,350property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€18,550median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
1,719 hof sunshine a year
138rainy days a year
39°Fwinter average, 3.8°C
64°Fsummer average, 17.7°C
9days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
7 minto the nearest station
2.2 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
2.9break-ins per 1,000 residents
12.4assault and robbery per 1,000
9other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
11,449residents
23 km²9 square miles
1%of homes are second homes
9%of homes stand empty
99%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Nord

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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.