Picauville, Manche
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France / Manche

Picauville

A French city of 3,228

€1,540/m²to buy
1,709 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
3,228residents

Picauville is a French city of 3,228 in Manche. Homes go for about €1,540 a square metre. 1,709 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€1,540/m²to buy, $166 per sq ft
€8.6/m²to rent, a month
€1,050property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€23,970median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
1,709 hof sunshine a year
147rainy days a year
44°Fwinter average, 6.4°C
62°Fsummer average, 16.9°C
2days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
23 minto the nearest station
25 minto 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
0.2break-ins per 1,000 residents
0.6assault and robbery per 1,000
2other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
3,228residents
65 km²25 square miles
8%of homes are second homes
12%of homes stand empty
92%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Manche

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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.