Sainte-Florine

A French city of 3,283

€1,320/m²to buy

1,929 hof sun a year

23 minto a hospital

3,283residents

Sainte-Florine is a French city of 3,283 in Haute-Loire. Homes go for about €1,320 a square metre. 1,929 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€1,320/m²to buy, $142 per sq ft

€8.3/m²to rent, a month

€1,390property 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

1,929 hof sunshine a year

96rainy days a year

38°Fwinter average, 3.4°C

65°Fsummer average, 18.6°C

23days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

9 minto the nearest station

2.9 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

23 minto the nearest hospital

nonepharmacies within 15 minutes

5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

0.9break-ins per 1,000 residents

3.1assault and robbery per 1,000

5other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

3,283residents

8 km²3 square miles

3%of homes are second homes

14%of homes stand empty

98%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Haute-Loire

Le Puy-en-Velay Monistrol-sur-Loire Yssingeaux Brioude Aurec-sur-Loire Sainte-Sigolène Bas-en-Basset Brives-Charensac Saint-Just-Malmont Espaly-Saint-Marcel Saint-Didier-en-Velay Langeac

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.