Gap, Hautes-Alpes
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Gap

A French city of 41,293, in the mountains

€2,410/m²to buy
2,581 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
41,293residents

Gap is a French city of 41,293 in Hautes-Alpes. Homes go for about €2,410 a square metre. 2,581 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€2,410/m²to buy, $260 per sq ft
€12.7/m²to rent, a month
€1,850property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€25,410median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
2,581 hof sunshine a year
89rainy days a year
36°Fwinter average, 2.4°C
67°Fsummer average, 19.2°C
24days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
9 minto the nearest station
1.9 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
5 minto the nearest hospital
3pharmacies within 15 minutes
5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
2.7break-ins per 1,000 residents
6.7assault and robbery per 1,000
9other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
41,293residents
108 km²42 square miles
4%of homes are second homes
8%of homes stand empty
96%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Hautes-Alpes

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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.