Grignon

A French city of 2,099

€2,640/m²to buy

2,063 hof sun a year

10 minto a hospital

2,099residents

Grignon is a French city of 2,099 in Savoie. Homes go for about €2,640 a square metre. 2,063 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€2,640/m²to buy, $285 per sq ft

€12.3/m²to rent, a month

€1,040property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€27,740median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

2,063 hof sunshine a year

118rainy days a year

37°Fwinter average, 2.6°C

68°Fsummer average, 20.1°C

24days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

11 minto the nearest station

3.0 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

10 minto the nearest hospital

3pharmacies within 15 minutes

10 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

1.1break-ins per 1,000 residents

0.2assault and robbery per 1,000

2other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

2,099residents

9 km²4 square miles

3%of homes are second homes

5%of homes stand empty

98%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Savoie

Chambéry Aix-les-Bains Albertville La Motte-Servolex La Ravoire Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne Bourg-Saint-Maurice Ugine Cognin Saint-Alban-Leysse Entrelacs Challes-les-Eaux

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.