Guillestre, Hautes-Alpes
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Guillestre

A French city of 2,295, in the mountains

€2,550/m²to buy
2,337 hof sun a year
28 minto a hospital
2,295residents

Guillestre is a French city of 2,295 in Hautes-Alpes. Homes go for about €2,550 a square metre. 2,337 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€2,550/m²to buy, $275 per sq ft
€10.6/m²to rent, a month
€1,370property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€24,520median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
2,337 hof sunshine a year
88rainy days a year
30°Fwinter average, -0.9°C
59°Fsummer average, 15°C
5days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
15 minto the nearest station
1.7 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
28 minto the nearest hospital
nonepharmacies within 15 minutes
5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
0.1break-ins per 1,000 residents
0.4assault and robbery per 1,000
3other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
2,295residents
51 km²20 square miles
35%of homes are second homes
11%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.