Sisteron

A French city of 7,850

€1,800/m²to buy

2,607 hof sun a year

5 minto a hospital

7,850residents

Sisteron is a French city of 7,850 in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Homes go for about €1,800 a square metre. 2,607 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€1,800/m²to buy, $194 per sq ft

€11.2/m²to rent, a month

€1,710property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€23,230median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

2,607 hof sunshine a year

80rainy days a year

38°Fwinter average, 3.2°C

69°Fsummer average, 20.7°C

48days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

8 minto the nearest station

1.5 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

5 minto the nearest hospital

1pharmacies within 15 minutes

5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

2.9break-ins per 1,000 residents

5.2assault and robbery per 1,000

9other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

7,850residents

50 km²19 square miles

6%of homes are second homes

9%of homes stand empty

98%of homes can get fibre

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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.