Saint-Chamas, Bouches-du-Rhône
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Saint-Chamas

A French city of 8,676, on the coast

€3,230/m²to buy
2,886 hof sun a year
15 minto a hospital
8,676residents

Saint-Chamas is a French city of 8,676 in Bouches-du-Rhône. Homes go for about €3,230 a square metre. 2,886 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€3,230/m²to buy, $348 per sq ft
€14.3/m²to rent, a month
€1,530property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€27,990median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
2,886 hof sunshine a year
55rainy days a year
47°Fwinter average, 8.4°C
75°Fsummer average, 23.9°C
67days above 30°C a year

Getting there

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

Healthcare

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

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
4.7break-ins per 1,000 residents
3.6assault and robbery per 1,000
11other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
8,676residents
27 km²10 square miles
2%of homes are second homes
4%of homes stand empty
95%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Bouches-du-Rhône

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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.