Saintes, Charente-Maritime
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France / Charente-Maritime

Saintes

A French city of 25,363

€2,080/m²to buy
2,064 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
25,363residents

Saintes is a French city of 25,363 in Charente-Maritime. Homes go for about €2,080 a square metre. 2,064 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€2,080/m²to buy, $224 per sq ft
€10.9/m²to rent, a month
€1,470property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€24,560median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
2,064 hof sunshine a year
123rainy days a year
44°Fwinter average, 6.8°C
68°Fsummer average, 20°C
21days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
9 minto the nearest station
39 minto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
5 minto the nearest hospital
3pharmacies within 15 minutes
5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
4.2break-ins per 1,000 residents
9.1assault and robbery per 1,000
14other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
25,363residents
46 km²18 square miles
3%of homes are second homes
9%of homes stand empty
95%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Charente-Maritime

La RochelleRochefortRoyanAytréPérignyTonnay-CharenteLagordSaujonSurgèresSaint-Jean-d'AngélyPuilboreauChâtelaillon-Plage

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.