Saint-Mesmin

A French city of 1,774

€1,180/m²to buy

2,010 hof sun a year

26 minto a hospital

1,774residents

Saint-Mesmin is a French city of 1,774 in Vendée. Homes go for about €1,180 a square metre. 2,010 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€1,180/m²to buy, $127 per sq ft

€9.6/m²to rent, a month

€960property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€24,890median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

2,010 hof sunshine a year

120rainy days a year

42°Fwinter average, 5.8°C

66°Fsummer average, 19.1°C

14days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

15 minto the nearest station

1.1 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

26 minto the nearest hospital

nonepharmacies within 15 minutes

15 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

0.5break-ins per 1,000 residents

0.5assault and robbery per 1,000

1other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

1,774residents

26 km²10 square miles

3%of homes are second homes

9%of homes stand empty

99%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.