Saint-Étienne, Loire
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France / Loire

Saint-Étienne

A French city of 173,136

€1,240/m²to buy
2,014 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
173,136residents

Saint-Étienne is a French city of 173,136 in Loire. Homes go for about €1,240 a square metre. 2,014 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
€9.6/m²to rent, a month
€1,390property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€20,880median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
2,014 hof sunshine a year
105rainy days a year
38°Fwinter average, 3.6°C
67°Fsummer average, 19.6°C
22days above 30°C a year

Getting there

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

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
5 minto the nearest hospital
9pharmacies within 15 minutes
5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
4.9break-ins per 1,000 residents
9.6assault and robbery per 1,000
24other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
173,136residents
80 km²31 square miles
2%of homes are second homes
12%of homes stand empty
97%of homes can get fibre

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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.