La Barre-de-Monts

A French city of 2,367, on the coast

€3,150/m²to buy

2,124 hof sun a year

29 minto a hospital

2,367residents

La Barre-de-Monts is a French city of 2,367 in Vendée. Homes go for about €3,150 a square metre. 2,124 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€3,150/m²to buy, $339 per sq ft

€11.9/m²to rent, a month

€1,320property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€25,590median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

2,124 hof sunshine a year

122rainy days a year

45°Fwinter average, 7.3°C

66°Fsummer average, 19°C

9days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

27 minto the nearest station

On the coastthe sea is here

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

29 minto the nearest hospital

nonepharmacies within 15 minutes

11 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

1.7break-ins per 1,000 residents

1.2assault and robbery per 1,000

4other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

2,367residents

27 km²10 square miles

53%of homes are second homes

4%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.