Houdan, Yvelines
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Houdan

A French city of 3,721

€3,260/m²to buy
1,746 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
3,721residents

Houdan is a French city of 3,721 in Yvelines. Homes go for about €3,260 a square metre. 1,746 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€3,260/m²to buy, $351 per sq ft
€15/m²to rent, a month
€780property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€27,990median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
1,746 hof sunshine a year
112rainy days a year
40°Fwinter average, 4.7°C
65°Fsummer average, 18.3°C
12days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
26 minto the nearest station
1.7 hto 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
0.6break-ins per 1,000 residents
3.6assault and robbery per 1,000
4other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
3,721residents
10 km²4 square miles
4%of homes are second homes
10%of homes stand empty
98%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Yvelines

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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.