Rive-de-Gier, Loire
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France / Loire

Rive-de-Gier

A French city of 15,242

€1,700/m²to buy
2,009 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
15,242residents

Rive-de-Gier is a French city of 15,242 in Loire. Homes go for about €1,700 a square metre. 2,009 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€1,700/m²to buy, $183 per sq ft
€9.9/m²to rent, a month
€1,380property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€21,750median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
2,009 hof sunshine a year
95rainy days a year
39°Fwinter average, 4°C
68°Fsummer average, 20.2°C
22days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
6 minto the nearest station
3.0 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
5 minto the nearest hospital
2pharmacies within 15 minutes
5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
3.8break-ins per 1,000 residents
7.0assault and robbery per 1,000
16other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
15,242residents
7 km²3 square miles
1%of homes are second homes
10%of homes stand empty
98%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Loire

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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.