Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines

A French city of 3,059

€2,880/m²to buy

2,393 hof sun a year

16 minto a hospital

3,059residents

Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines is a French city of 3,059 in Pyrénées-Orientales. Homes go for about €2,880 a square metre. 2,393 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€2,880/m²to buy, $310 per sq ft

€11.5/m²to rent, a month

€1,380property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€25,870median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

2,393 hof sunshine a year

61rainy days a year

48°Fwinter average, 8.7°C

73°Fsummer average, 23°C

43days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

15 minto the nearest station

20 minto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

16 minto the nearest hospital

nonepharmacies within 15 minutes

11 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

2.6break-ins per 1,000 residents

2.2assault and robbery per 1,000

6other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

3,059residents

10 km²4 square miles

11%of homes are second homes

6%of homes stand empty

94%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Pyrénées-Orientales

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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.