Les Sables-d'Olonne

A French city of 49,603, on the coast

€4,230/m²to buy

2,062 hof sun a year

5 minto a hospital

49,603residents

Les Sables-d'Olonne is a French city of 49,603 in Vendée. Homes go for about €4,230 a square metre. 2,062 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€4,230/m²to buy, $456 per sq ft

€13/m²to rent, a month

€1,380property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€28,010median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

2,062 hof sunshine a year

119rainy days a year

46°Fwinter average, 7.5°C

66°Fsummer average, 19°C

4days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

7 minto the nearest station

On the coastthe sea is here

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

5 minto the nearest hospital

4pharmacies within 15 minutes

5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

3.3break-ins per 1,000 residents

4.3assault and robbery per 1,000

8other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

49,603residents

9 km²3 square miles

35%of homes are second homes

3%of homes stand empty

98%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.