L'Argentière-la-Bessée, Hautes-Alpes
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L'Argentière-la-Bessée

A French city of 2,288, in the mountains

€2,240/m²to buy
2,318 hof sun a year
29 minto a hospital
2,288residents

L'Argentière-la-Bessée is a French city of 2,288 in Hautes-Alpes. Homes go for about €2,240 a square metre. 2,318 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€2,240/m²to buy, $241 per sq ft
€10.6/m²to rent, a month
€1,700property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€24,620median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
2,318 hof sunshine a year
91rainy days a year
32°Fwinter average, -0.2°C
61°Fsummer average, 16°C
10days above 30°C a year

Getting there

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

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
29 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
2.8assault and robbery per 1,000
3other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
2,288residents
65 km²25 square miles
14%of homes are second homes
11%of homes stand empty
97%of homes can get fibre

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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.