Saint-Benoît

A French city of 7,375

€2,180/m²to buy

1,947 hof sun a year

5 minto a hospital

7,375residents

Saint-Benoît is a French city of 7,375 in Vienne. Homes go for about €2,180 a square metre. 1,947 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€2,180/m²to buy, $235 per sq ft

€10.3/m²to rent, a month

€1,300property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€28,060median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

1,947 hof sunshine a year

114rainy days a year

42°Fwinter average, 5.4°C

67°Fsummer average, 19.5°C

22days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

11 minto the nearest station

1.7 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

5 minto the nearest hospital

4pharmacies within 15 minutes

5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

6.8break-ins per 1,000 residents

3.4assault and robbery per 1,000

9other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

7,375residents

14 km²5 square miles

2%of homes are second homes

9%of homes stand empty

98%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Vienne

Poitiers Châtellerault Buxerolles Jaunay-Marigny Chauvigny Loudun Vouneuil-sous-Biard Migné-Auxances Naintré Montmorillon Saint-Martin-la-Pallu Neuville-de-Poitou

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.