L'Épine, Vendée
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L'Épine

A French city of 1,636, on the coast

€4,560/m²to buy
2,274 hof sun a year
10 minto a hospital
1,636residents

L'Épine is a French city of 1,636 in Vendée. Homes go for about €4,560 a square metre. 2,274 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€4,560/m²to buy, $491 per sq ft
€12.2/m²to rent, a month
€1,300property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€24,800median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
2,274 hof sunshine a year
118rainy days a year
46°Fwinter average, 7.6°C
66°Fsummer average, 19.1°C
7days above 30°C a year

Getting there

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

Healthcare

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

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
0.5break-ins per 1,000 residents
0.5assault and robbery per 1,000
4other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
1,636residents
9 km²3 square miles
62%of homes are second homes
2%of homes stand empty
97%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Vendée

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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.