La Grand-Croix

A French city of 4,947

€2,060/m²to buy

2,010 hof sun a year

8 minto a hospital

4,947residents

La Grand-Croix is a French city of 4,947 in Loire. Homes go for about €2,060 a square metre. 2,010 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€2,060/m²to buy, $222 per sq ft

€10.3/m²to rent, a month

€1,370property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€23,820median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

2,010 hof sunshine a year

95rainy days a year

40°Fwinter average, 4.3°C

69°Fsummer average, 20.4°C

24days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

12 minto the nearest station

3.0 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

8 minto the nearest hospital

2pharmacies within 15 minutes

5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

3.1break-ins per 1,000 residents

3.1assault and robbery per 1,000

12other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

4,947residents

4 km²2 square miles

1%of homes are second homes

10%of homes stand empty

98%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Loire

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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.