Gien, Loiret
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France / Loiret

Gien

A French city of 13,459

€1,200/m²to buy
1,855 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
13,459residents

Gien is a French city of 13,459 in Loiret. Homes go for about €1,200 a square metre. 1,855 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€1,200/m²to buy, $129 per sq ft
€9.4/m²to rent, a month
€1,360property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€21,740median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
1,855 hof sunshine a year
125rainy days a year
40°Fwinter average, 4.6°C
66°Fsummer average, 19°C
21days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
9 minto the nearest station
3.4 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
2.7break-ins per 1,000 residents
7.0assault and robbery per 1,000
8other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
13,459residents
67 km²26 square miles
6%of homes are second homes
16%of homes stand empty
96%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Loiret

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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.