Melun

A French city of 45,995

€2,640/m²to buy

1,786 hof sun a year

5 minto a hospital

45,995residents

Melun is a French city of 45,995 in Seine-et-Marne. Homes go for about €2,640 a square metre. 1,786 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€2,640/m²to buy, $285 per sq ft

€15.3/m²to rent, a month

€1,400property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€21,310median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

1,786 hof sunshine a year

117rainy days a year

41°Fwinter average, 4.8°C

67°Fsummer average, 19.3°C

15days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

8 minto the nearest station

2.6 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

5 minto the nearest hospital

9pharmacies within 15 minutes

5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

3.4break-ins per 1,000 residents

9.8assault and robbery per 1,000

18other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

45,995residents

8 km²3 square miles

1%of homes are second homes

9%of homes stand empty

97%of homes can get fibre

Does Melun fit you?

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Elsewhere in Seine-et-Marne

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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.