Royan, Charente-Maritime
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France / Charente-Maritime

Royan

A French city of 19,425, on the coast

€3,860/m²to buy
2,192 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
19,425residents

Royan is a French city of 19,425 in Charente-Maritime. Homes go for about €3,860 a square metre. 2,192 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€3,860/m²to buy, $416 per sq ft
€12.9/m²to rent, a month
€1,620property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€26,760median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
2,192 hof sunshine a year
123rainy days a year
45°Fwinter average, 7.1°C
68°Fsummer average, 19.9°C
16days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
7 minto the nearest station
On the coastthe sea is here

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
5 minto the nearest hospital
4pharmacies within 15 minutes
5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
6.1break-ins per 1,000 residents
7.1assault and robbery per 1,000
10other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
19,425residents
20 km²8 square miles
43%of homes are second homes
3%of homes stand empty
96%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Charente-Maritime

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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.