Pontorson, Manche
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France / Manche

Pontorson

A French city of 4,280

€1,550/m²to buy
1,778 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
4,280residents

Pontorson is a French city of 4,280 in Manche. Homes go for about €1,550 a square metre. 1,778 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€1,550/m²to buy, $167 per sq ft
€9.3/m²to rent, a month
€1,340property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€24,150median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
1,778 hof sunshine a year
136rainy days a year
43°Fwinter average, 6.2°C
64°Fsummer average, 17.6°C
5days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
10 minto the nearest station
15 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
1.4break-ins per 1,000 residents
1.5assault and robbery per 1,000
4other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
4,280residents
62 km²24 square miles
13%of homes are second homes
11%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.