Mer

A French city of 6,250

€1,600/m²to buy

1,814 hof sun a year

22 minto a hospital

6,250residents

Mer is a French city of 6,250 in Loir-et-Cher. Homes go for about €1,600 a square metre. 1,814 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€1,600/m²to buy, $172 per sq ft

€8.9/m²to rent, a month

€1,700property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€24,010median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

1,814 hof sunshine a year

111rainy days a year

41°Fwinter average, 5.1°C

66°Fsummer average, 19.1°C

17days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

6 minto the nearest station

2.8 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

22 minto the nearest hospital

nonepharmacies within 15 minutes

5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

4.2break-ins per 1,000 residents

4.9assault and robbery per 1,000

10other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

6,250residents

26 km²10 square miles

5%of homes are second homes

9%of homes stand empty

99%of homes can get fibre

Does Mer fit you?

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Elsewhere in Loir-et-Cher

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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.