L'Île-d'Olonne

A French city of 2,802

€3,320/m²to buy

2,125 hof sun a year

17 minto a hospital

2,802residents

L'Île-d'Olonne is a French city of 2,802 in Vendée. Homes go for about €3,320 a square metre. 2,125 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€3,320/m²to buy, $358 per sq ft

€11.8/m²to rent, a month

€1,470property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€26,850median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

2,125 hof sunshine a year

122rainy days a year

45°Fwinter average, 7.3°C

66°Fsummer average, 19°C

7days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

9 minto the nearest station

13 minto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

17 minto the nearest hospital

2pharmacies within 15 minutes

12 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

1.5break-ins per 1,000 residents

0.4assault and robbery per 1,000

1other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

2,802residents

20 km²8 square miles

11%of homes are second homes

7%of homes stand empty

98%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Vendée

La Roche-sur-Yon Les Sables-d'Olonne Challans Montaigu-Vendée Les Herbiers Fontenay-le-Comte Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez Aizenay Luçon Saint-Jean-de-Monts Le Poiré-sur-Vie Chantonnay

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.