Sainte-Marie-de-Ré, Charente-Maritime
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France / Charente-Maritime

Sainte-Marie-de-Ré

A French city of 3,412, on the coast

€6,640/m²to buy
2,139 hof sun a year
14 minto a hospital
3,412residents

Sainte-Marie-de-Ré is a French city of 3,412 in Charente-Maritime. Homes go for about €6,640 a square metre. 2,139 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€6,640/m²to buy, $716 per sq ft
€12.5/m²to rent, a month
€1,350property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€32,660median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
2,139 hof sunshine a year
113rainy days a year
46°Fwinter average, 7.6°C
68°Fsummer average, 19.8°C
8days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
23 minto the nearest station
On the coastthe sea is here

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
14 minto the nearest hospital
nonepharmacies within 15 minutes
5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
1.8break-ins per 1,000 residents
0.4assault and robbery per 1,000
5other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
3,412residents
10 km²4 square miles
52%of homes are second homes
2%of homes stand empty
99%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Charente-Maritime

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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.