L'Houmeau, Charente-Maritime
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France / Charente-Maritime

L'Houmeau

A French city of 3,000, on the coast

€4,090/m²to buy
2,237 hof sun a year
11 minto a hospital
3,000residents

L'Houmeau is a French city of 3,000 in Charente-Maritime. Homes go for about €4,090 a square metre. 2,237 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€4,090/m²to buy, $441 per sq ft
€13.8/m²to rent, a month
€1,500property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€30,920median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
2,237 hof sunshine a year
113rainy days a year
45°Fwinter average, 7.3°C
68°Fsummer average, 19.9°C
11days above 30°C a year

Getting there

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

Healthcare

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

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
3.3break-ins per 1,000 residents
1.0assault and robbery per 1,000
6other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
3,000residents
4 km²2 square miles
15%of homes are second homes
3%of homes stand empty
97%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Charente-Maritime

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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.