Sainte-Sigolène

A French city of 6,097, in the mountains

€1,540/m²to buy

2,019 hof sun a year

14 minto a hospital

6,097residents

Sainte-Sigolène is a French city of 6,097 in Haute-Loire. Homes go for about €1,540 a square metre. 2,019 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€1,540/m²to buy, $166 per sq ft

€8.4/m²to rent, a month

€1,250property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€25,580median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

2,019 hof sunshine a year

107rainy days a year

37°Fwinter average, 2.5°C

64°Fsummer average, 17.7°C

13days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

16 minto the nearest station

2.6 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

14 minto the nearest hospital

nonepharmacies within 15 minutes

5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

1.5break-ins per 1,000 residents

0.9assault and robbery per 1,000

2other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

6,097residents

31 km²12 square miles

4%of homes are second homes

10%of homes stand empty

96%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 Bas-en-Basset Brives-Charensac Saint-Just-Malmont Espaly-Saint-Marcel Saint-Didier-en-Velay Langeac Saint-Germain-Laprade

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.