Orsay, Essonne
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Orsay

A French city of 16,498

€4,200/m²to buy
1,737 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
16,498residents

Orsay is a French city of 16,498 in Essonne. Homes go for about €4,200 a square metre. 1,737 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€4,200/m²to buy, $453 per sq ft
€18.9/m²to rent, a month
€1,270property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€36,910median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
1,737 hof sunshine a year
114rainy days a year
40°Fwinter average, 4.6°C
66°Fsummer average, 18.7°C
11days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
14 minto the nearest station
2.2 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
5 minto the nearest hospital
7pharmacies within 15 minutes
9 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
6.1break-ins per 1,000 residents
4.7assault and robbery per 1,000
14other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
16,498residents
7 km²3 square miles
4%of homes are second homes
8%of homes stand empty
97%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.