Saint-Germain-en-Laye

A French city of 45,931

€6,530/m²to buy

1,786 hof sun a year

5 minto a hospital

45,931residents

Saint-Germain-en-Laye is a French city of 45,931 in Yvelines. Homes go for about €6,530 a square metre. 1,786 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€6,530/m²to buy, $704 per sq ft

€25/m²to rent, a month

€720property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€37,970median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

1,786 hof sunshine a year

114rainy days a year

41°Fwinter average, 5.2°C

67°Fsummer average, 19.3°C

15days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

20 minto the nearest station

1.9 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

4.3break-ins per 1,000 residents

5.1assault and robbery per 1,000

13other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

45,931residents

49 km²19 square miles

4%of homes are second homes

4%of homes stand empty

95%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.