Les Herbiers

A French city of 16,521

€2,330/m²to buy

1,996 hof sun a year

5 minto a hospital

16,521residents

Les Herbiers is a French city of 16,521 in Vendée. Homes go for about €2,330 a square metre. 1,996 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€2,330/m²to buy, $251 per sq ft

€10.6/m²to rent, a month

€960property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€26,010median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

1,996 hof sunshine a year

127rainy days a year

44°Fwinter average, 6.4°C

67°Fsummer average, 19.3°C

16days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

29 minto the nearest station

1.1 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

1.2break-ins per 1,000 residents

4.1assault and robbery per 1,000

6other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

16,521residents

89 km²34 square miles

2%of homes are second homes

4%of homes stand empty

98%of homes can get fibre

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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.