Granville

A French city of 12,510, on the coast

€3,480/m²to buy

1,817 hof sun a year

5 minto a hospital

12,510residents

Granville is a French city of 12,510 in Manche. Homes go for about €3,480 a square metre. 1,817 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€3,480/m²to buy, $375 per sq ft

€11.4/m²to rent, a month

€1,550property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€25,680median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

1,817 hof sunshine a year

129rainy days a year

44°Fwinter average, 6.6°C

64°Fsummer average, 17.8°C

3days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

6 minto the nearest station

On the coastthe sea is here

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

5 minto the nearest hospital

2pharmacies within 15 minutes

5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

2.8break-ins per 1,000 residents

7.2assault and robbery per 1,000

11other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

12,510residents

10 km²4 square miles

25%of homes are second homes

5%of homes stand empty

95%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Manche

Cherbourg-en-Cotentin Saint-Lô La Hague Carentan-les-Marais Avranches Coutances Valognes Bricquebec-en-Cotentin Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët Saint-James Saint-Pair-sur-Mer Torigny-les-Villes

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.