Sainte-Marie-la-Mer

A French city of 4,952, on the coast

€3,490/m²to buy

2,478 hof sun a year

17 minto a hospital

4,952residents

Sainte-Marie-la-Mer is a French city of 4,952 in Pyrénées-Orientales. Homes go for about €3,490 a square metre. 2,478 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€3,490/m²to buy, $376 per sq ft

€12.4/m²to rent, a month

€1,530property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€24,140median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

2,478 hof sunshine a year

56rainy days a year

49°Fwinter average, 9.4°C

74°Fsummer average, 23.1°C

26days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

21 minto the nearest station

On the coastthe sea is here

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

17 minto the nearest hospital

1pharmacies within 15 minutes

13 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

5.2break-ins per 1,000 residents

4.1assault and robbery per 1,000

11other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

4,952residents

10 km²4 square miles

50%of homes are second homes

1%of homes stand empty

99%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Pyrénées-Orientales

Perpignan Canet-en-Roussillon Saint-Cyprien Saint-Estève Pia Argelès-sur-Mer Cabestany Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque Elne Rivesaltes Thuir Le Soler

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.