Saint-Fons

A French city of 19,285

€2,380/m²to buy

2,022 hof sun a year

9 minto a hospital

19,285residents

Saint-Fons is a French city of 19,285 in Rhône. Homes go for about €2,380 a square metre. 2,022 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€2,380/m²to buy, $256 per sq ft

€14.2/m²to rent, a month

€1,130property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€18,640median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

2,022 hof sunshine a year

103rainy days a year

40°Fwinter average, 4.7°C

71°Fsummer average, 21.8°C

34days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

6 minto the nearest station

3.2 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

9 minto the nearest hospital

23pharmacies within 15 minutes

5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

3.0break-ins per 1,000 residents

8.5assault and robbery per 1,000

17other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

19,285residents

6 km²2 square miles

1%of homes are second homes

6%of homes stand empty

95%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Rhône

Lyon Villeurbanne Vénissieux Vaulx-en-Velin Saint-Priest Caluire-et-Cuire Bron Oullins-Pierre-Bénite Meyzieu Villefranche-sur-Saône Rillieux-la-Pape Décines-Charpieu

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.