Gordes, Vaucluse
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Gordes

A French city of 1,661

€5,180/m²to buy
2,800 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
1,661residents

Gordes is a French city of 1,661 in Vaucluse. Homes go for about €5,180 a square metre. 2,800 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€5,180/m²to buy, $558 per sq ft
€11.9/m²to rent, a month
€900property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€28,610median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
2,800 hof sunshine a year
70rainy days a year
42°Fwinter average, 5.6°C
71°Fsummer average, 21.9°C
46days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
21 minto the nearest station
48 minto 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
6.0break-ins per 1,000 residents
0.3assault and robbery per 1,000
9other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
1,661residents
49 km²19 square miles
50%of homes are second homes
10%of homes stand empty
92%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Vaucluse

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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.