La Ferrière

A French city of 5,454

€2,230/m²to buy

1,940 hof sun a year

17 minto a hospital

5,454residents

La Ferrière is a French city of 5,454 in Vendée. Homes go for about €2,230 a square metre. 1,940 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€2,230/m²to buy, $240 per sq ft

€10.7/m²to rent, a month

€1,210property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€26,360median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

1,940 hof sunshine a year

122rainy days a year

44°Fwinter average, 6.4°C

66°Fsummer average, 19°C

13days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

15 minto the nearest station

45 minto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

17 minto the nearest hospital

nonepharmacies within 15 minutes

5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

2.2break-ins per 1,000 residents

2.6assault and robbery per 1,000

3other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

5,454residents

47 km²18 square miles

1%of homes are second homes

5%of homes stand empty

99%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.