Périgueux

A French city of 29,055

€1,840/m²to buy

1,976 hof sun a year

5 minto a hospital

29,055residents

Périgueux is a French city of 29,055 in Dordogne. Homes go for about €1,840 a square metre. 1,976 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€1,840/m²to buy, $198 per sq ft

€10.9/m²to rent, a month

€1,840property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€23,070median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

1,976 hof sunshine a year

125rainy days a year

43°Fwinter average, 6.2°C

68°Fsummer average, 20°C

22days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

6 minto the nearest station

2.0 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

5 minto the nearest hospital

4pharmacies within 15 minutes

5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

3.0break-ins per 1,000 residents

9.8assault and robbery per 1,000

13other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

29,055residents

10 km²4 square miles

5%of homes are second homes

12%of homes stand empty

98%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Dordogne

Bergerac Boulazac Isle Manoire Sarlat-la-Canéda Coulounieix-Chamiers Trélissac Terrasson-Lavilledieu Montpon-Ménestérol Saint-Astier Sanilhac Chancelade Prigonrieux Bassillac et Auberoche

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.