Saint-Jean-d'Arvey

A French city of 1,721, in the mountains

€3,580/m²to buy

1,907 hof sun a year

12 minto a hospital

1,721residents

Saint-Jean-d'Arvey is a French city of 1,721 in Savoie. Homes go for about €3,580 a square metre. 1,907 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€3,580/m²to buy, $386 per sq ft

€14.9/m²to rent, a month

€1,200property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€31,530median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

1,907 hof sunshine a year

124rainy days a year

34°Fwinter average, 1.2°C

64°Fsummer average, 17.5°C

14days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

15 minto the nearest station

3.1 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

12 minto the nearest hospital

3pharmacies within 15 minutes

10 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

1.2break-ins per 1,000 residents

0.2assault and robbery per 1,000

2other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

1,721residents

13 km²5 square miles

6%of homes are second homes

4%of homes stand empty

93%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Savoie

Chambéry Aix-les-Bains Albertville La Motte-Servolex La Ravoire Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne Bourg-Saint-Maurice Ugine Cognin Saint-Alban-Leysse Entrelacs Challes-les-Eaux

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.