Lens, Pas-de-Calais
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France / Pas-de-Calais

Lens

A French city of 32,920

€1,490/m²to buy
1,702 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
32,920residents

Lens is a French city of 32,920 in Pas-de-Calais. Homes go for about €1,490 a square metre. 1,702 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€1,490/m²to buy, $161 per sq ft
€10.6/m²to rent, a month
€1,870property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€18,660median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
1,702 hof sunshine a year
125rainy days a year
40°Fwinter average, 4.3°C
64°Fsummer average, 17.8°C
8days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
7 minto the nearest station
1.2 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
5 minto the nearest hospital
10pharmacies within 15 minutes
5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
4.4break-ins per 1,000 residents
14.6assault and robbery per 1,000
14other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
32,920residents
12 km²4 square miles
1%of homes are second homes
11%of homes stand empty
95%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Pas-de-Calais

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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.