Istres, Bouches-du-Rhône
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Istres

A French city of 44,292, on the coast

€3,120/m²to buy
2,871 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
44,292residents

Istres is a French city of 44,292 in Bouches-du-Rhône. Homes go for about €3,120 a square metre. 2,871 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€3,120/m²to buy, $336 per sq ft
€14.4/m²to rent, a month
€1,760property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€25,480median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
2,871 hof sunshine a year
54rainy days a year
47°Fwinter average, 8.1°C
75°Fsummer average, 23.8°C
55days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
12 minto the nearest station
On the coastthe sea is here

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
5 minto the nearest hospital
4pharmacies within 15 minutes
5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
3.8break-ins per 1,000 residents
6.2assault and robbery per 1,000
11other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
44,292residents
114 km²44 square miles
2%of homes are second homes
4%of homes stand empty
98%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Bouches-du-Rhône

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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.