Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie

A French city of 8,333, on the coast

€4,380/m²to buy

2,086 hof sun a year

5 minto a hospital

8,333residents

Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie is a French city of 8,333 in Vendée. Homes go for about €4,380 a square metre. 2,086 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€4,380/m²to buy, $472 per sq ft

€12.4/m²to rent, a month

€1,090property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€27,450median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

2,086 hof sunshine a year

125rainy days a year

45°Fwinter average, 7.2°C

66°Fsummer average, 19°C

10days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

8 minto the nearest station

On the coastthe sea is here

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

5 minto the nearest hospital

2pharmacies within 15 minutes

5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

3.7break-ins per 1,000 residents

5.3assault and robbery per 1,000

9other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

8,333residents

10 km²4 square miles

49%of homes are second homes

6%of homes stand empty

97%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Vendée

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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.