Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois

A French city of 35,438

€3,350/m²to buy

1,730 hof sun a year

5 minto a hospital

35,438residents

Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois is a French city of 35,438 in Essonne. Homes go for about €3,350 a square metre. 1,730 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€3,350/m²to buy, $361 per sq ft

€16.9/m²to rent, a month

€1,230property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€27,180median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

1,730 hof sunshine a year

114rainy days a year

41°Fwinter average, 4.8°C

67°Fsummer average, 19.3°C

14days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

11 minto the nearest station

2.4 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

5 minto the nearest hospital

13pharmacies within 15 minutes

5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

3.8break-ins per 1,000 residents

5.6assault and robbery per 1,000

16other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

35,438residents

9 km²4 square miles

1%of homes are second homes

5%of homes stand empty

99%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Essonne

Évry-Courcouronnes Corbeil-Essonnes Massy Savigny-sur-Orge Palaiseau Athis-Mons Vigneux-sur-Seine Ris-Orangis Viry-Châtillon Draveil Yerres Étampes

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.