Laon, Aisne
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France / Aisne

Laon

A French city of 24,220

€1,170/m²to buy
1,736 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
24,220residents

Laon is a French city of 24,220 in Aisne. Homes go for about €1,170 a square metre. 1,736 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€1,170/m²to buy, $126 per sq ft
€9.4/m²to rent, a month
€1,640property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€19,870median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
1,736 hof sunshine a year
122rainy days a year
39°Fwinter average, 4.1°C
65°Fsummer average, 18.1°C
11days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
6 minto the nearest station
2.2 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
5 minto the nearest hospital
2pharmacies within 15 minutes
5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
3.6break-ins per 1,000 residents
10.5assault and robbery per 1,000
15other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
24,220residents
44 km²17 square miles
2%of homes are second homes
11%of homes stand empty
97%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Aisne

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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.