Fraisses

A French city of 3,872

€1,760/m²to buy

1,999 hof sun a year

9 minto a hospital

3,872residents

Fraisses is a French city of 3,872 in Loire. Homes go for about €1,760 a square metre. 1,999 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€1,760/m²to buy, $190 per sq ft

€9.1/m²to rent, a month

€1,360property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€26,370median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

1,999 hof sunshine a year

106rainy days a year

38°Fwinter average, 3.4°C

67°Fsummer average, 19.3°C

22days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

7 minto the nearest station

2.8 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

9 minto the nearest hospital

2pharmacies within 15 minutes

9 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

4.0break-ins per 1,000 residents

2.6assault and robbery per 1,000

11other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

3,872residents

5 km²2 square miles

1%of homes are second homes

6%of homes stand empty

100%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Loire

Saint-Étienne Saint-Chamond Roanne Firminy Montbrison Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert Rive-de-Gier Le Chambon-Feugerolles Riorges Andrézieux-Bouthéon Roche-la-Molière Veauche

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.