Orbec, Calvados
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France / Calvados

Orbec

A French city of 1,975

€1,160/m²to buy
1,762 hof sun a year
26 minto a hospital
1,975residents

Orbec is a French city of 1,975 in Calvados. Homes go for about €1,160 a square metre. 1,762 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€1,160/m²to buy, $125 per sq ft
€9/m²to rent, a month
€1,960property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€21,760median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
1,762 hof sunshine a year
137rainy days a year
41°Fwinter average, 5°C
64°Fsummer average, 17.5°C
7days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
27 minto the nearest station
50 minto the sea

Healthcare

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

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
1.5break-ins per 1,000 residents
3.0assault and robbery per 1,000
3other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
1,975residents
10 km²4 square miles
7%of homes are second homes
19%of homes stand empty
98%of homes can get fibre

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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.