Palaiseau

A French city of 37,471

€4,030/m²to buy

1,739 hof sun a year

5 minto a hospital

37,471residents

Palaiseau is a French city of 37,471 in Essonne. Homes go for about €4,030 a square metre. 1,739 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€4,030/m²to buy, $434 per sq ft

€18.6/m²to rent, a month

€990property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€31,460median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

1,739 hof sunshine a year

118rainy days a year

41°Fwinter average, 4.9°C

66°Fsummer average, 19.1°C

13days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

9 minto the nearest station

2.2 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

5 minto the nearest hospital

10pharmacies within 15 minutes

5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

3.2break-ins per 1,000 residents

4.2assault and robbery per 1,000

12other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

37,471residents

12 km²4 square miles

5%of homes are second homes

7%of homes stand empty

97%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Essonne

Évry-Courcouronnes Corbeil-Essonnes Massy Savigny-sur-Orge Athis-Mons Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Vigneux-sur-Seine Ris-Orangis Viry-Châtillon Draveil Yerres Étampes

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.