Saint-James

A French city of 5,018

€1,330/m²to buy

1,773 hof sun a year

5 minto a hospital

5,018residents

Saint-James is a French city of 5,018 in Manche. Homes go for about €1,330 a square metre. 1,773 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€1,330/m²to buy, $143 per sq ft

€8.2/m²to rent, a month

€1,530property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€23,940median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

1,773 hof sunshine a year

141rainy days a year

43°Fwinter average, 6°C

64°Fsummer average, 17.6°C

5days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

20 minto the nearest station

22 minto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

5 minto the nearest hospital

nonepharmacies within 15 minutes

5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

0.7break-ins per 1,000 residents

4.0assault and robbery per 1,000

2other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

5,018residents

87 km²34 square miles

8%of homes are second homes

12%of homes stand empty

74%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Manche

Cherbourg-en-Cotentin Saint-Lô Granville La Hague Carentan-les-Marais Avranches Coutances Valognes Bricquebec-en-Cotentin Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët Saint-Pair-sur-Mer Torigny-les-Villes

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.