Modane, Savoie
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France / Savoie

Modane

A French city of 2,849, in the mountains

€2,140/m²to buy
1,900 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
2,849residents

Modane is a French city of 2,849 in Savoie. Homes go for about €2,140 a square metre. 1,900 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€2,140/m²to buy, $231 per sq ft
€10.7/m²to rent, a month
€1,210property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€25,010median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
1,900 hof sunshine a year
97rainy days a year
31°Fwinter average, -0.5°C
62°Fsummer average, 16.5°C
4days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
9 minto the nearest station
2.3 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
5 minto the nearest hospital
nonepharmacies within 15 minutes
5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
0.3break-ins per 1,000 residents
0.6assault and robbery per 1,000
4other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
2,849residents
74 km²29 square miles
42%of homes are second homes
15%of homes stand empty
92%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Savoie

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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.