La Couronne

A French city of 7,765

€1,710/m²to buy

2,059 hof sun a year

5 minto a hospital

7,765residents

La Couronne is a French city of 7,765 in Charente. Homes go for about €1,710 a square metre. 2,059 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€1,710/m²to buy, $184 per sq ft

€10.2/m²to rent, a month

€1,750property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€23,940median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

2,059 hof sunshine a year

122rainy days a year

44°Fwinter average, 6.5°C

69°Fsummer average, 20.3°C

26days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

15 minto the nearest station

1.4 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

5 minto the nearest hospital

3pharmacies within 15 minutes

5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

4.2break-ins per 1,000 residents

9.8assault and robbery per 1,000

10other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

7,765residents

29 km²11 square miles

2%of homes are second homes

9%of homes stand empty

96%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Charente

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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.