L'Étrat

A French city of 2,879

€2,440/m²to buy

2,010 hof sun a year

9 minto a hospital

2,879residents

L'Étrat is a French city of 2,879 in Loire. Homes go for about €2,440 a square metre. 2,010 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€2,440/m²to buy, $263 per sq ft

€11.3/m²to rent, a month

€1,140property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€31,060median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

2,010 hof sunshine a year

104rainy days a year

39°Fwinter average, 3.8°C

67°Fsummer average, 19.7°C

22days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

11 minto the nearest station

2.9 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

9 minto the nearest hospital

3pharmacies within 15 minutes

9 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

6.6break-ins per 1,000 residents

3.1assault and robbery per 1,000

10other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

2,879residents

9 km²3 square miles

3%of homes are second homes

6%of homes stand empty

95%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Loire

Saint-Étienne Saint-Chamond Roanne Firminy Montbrison Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert Rive-de-Gier Le Chambon-Feugerolles Riorges Andrézieux-Bouthéon Roche-la-Molière Veauche

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.