Messimy

A French city of 3,546

€3,420/m²to buy

2,007 hof sun a year

18 minto a hospital

3,546residents

Messimy is a French city of 3,546 in Rhône. Homes go for about €3,420 a square metre. 2,007 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€3,420/m²to buy, $369 per sq ft

€13.7/m²to rent, a month

€920property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€31,280median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

2,007 hof sunshine a year

105rainy days a year

39°Fwinter average, 3.8°C

69°Fsummer average, 20.4°C

25days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

16 minto the nearest station

3.2 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

18 minto the nearest hospital

nonepharmacies within 15 minutes

12 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

2.9break-ins per 1,000 residents

0.4assault and robbery per 1,000

3other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

3,546residents

11 km²4 square miles

2%of homes are second homes

6%of homes stand empty

98%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Rhône

Lyon Villeurbanne Vénissieux Vaulx-en-Velin Saint-Priest Caluire-et-Cuire Bron Oullins-Pierre-Bénite Meyzieu Villefranche-sur-Saône Rillieux-la-Pape Décines-Charpieu

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.