Hostens, Gironde
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France / Gironde

Hostens

A French city of 1,554

€2,560/m²to buy
2,049 hof sun a year
38 minto a hospital
1,554residents

Hostens is a French city of 1,554 in Gironde. Homes go for about €2,560 a square metre. 2,049 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€2,560/m²to buy, $276 per sq ft
€10.3/m²to rent, a month
€840property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€25,660median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
2,049 hof sunshine a year
127rainy days a year
44°Fwinter average, 6.7°C
69°Fsummer average, 20.4°C
34days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
36 minto the nearest station
43 minto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
38 minto the nearest hospital
nonepharmacies within 15 minutes
20 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
1.0break-ins per 1,000 residents
0.9assault and robbery per 1,000
4other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
1,554residents
57 km²22 square miles
11%of homes are second homes
8%of homes stand empty
94%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Gironde

BordeauxMérignacPessacTalenceVillenave-d'OrnonSaint-Médard-en-JallesBèglesLa Teste-de-BuchGradignanCenonLormontLe Bouscat

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.