Ruffec, Charente
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Ruffec

A French city of 3,449

€1,240/m²to buy
2,033 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
3,449residents

Ruffec is a French city of 3,449 in Charente. Homes go for about €1,240 a square metre. 2,033 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€1,240/m²to buy, $134 per sq ft
€8.5/m²to rent, a month
€1,880property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€21,520median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
2,033 hof sunshine a year
122rainy days a year
42°Fwinter average, 5.7°C
67°Fsummer average, 19.6°C
22days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
7 minto the nearest station
1.5 hto 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
3.7break-ins per 1,000 residents
9.7assault and robbery per 1,000
7other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
3,449residents
14 km²5 square miles
5%of homes are second homes
17%of homes stand empty
97%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Charente

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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.