Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue

A French city of 1,648, on the coast

€2,750/m²to buy

1,715 hof sun a year

27 minto a hospital

1,648residents

Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue is a French city of 1,648 in Manche. Homes go for about €2,750 a square metre. 1,715 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€2,750/m²to buy, $296 per sq ft

€10.4/m²to rent, a month

€1,540property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€24,650median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

1,715 hof sunshine a year

134rainy days a year

46°Fwinter average, 7.8°C

63°Fsummer average, 17.1°C

0days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

28 minto the nearest station

On the coastthe sea is here

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

27 minto the nearest hospital

nonepharmacies within 15 minutes

5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

0.3break-ins per 1,000 residents

0.3assault and robbery per 1,000

3other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

1,648residents

7 km²3 square miles

41%of homes are second homes

4%of homes stand empty

99%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-James Saint-Pair-sur-Mer

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.