Sochaux, Doubs
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France / Doubs

Sochaux

A French city of 3,721

€920/m²to buy
1,803 hof sun a year
10 minto a hospital
3,721residents

Sochaux is a French city of 3,721 in Doubs. Homes go for about €920 a square metre. 1,803 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€920/m²to buy, $99 per sq ft
€10.2/m²to rent, a month
€1,160property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€18,590median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
1,803 hof sunshine a year
137rainy days a year
37°Fwinter average, 2.6°C
66°Fsummer average, 19°C
13days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
9 minto the nearest station
5.3 hto the sea

Healthcare

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

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
1.2break-ins per 1,000 residents
6.4assault and robbery per 1,000
6other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
3,721residents
2 km²1 square miles
2%of homes are second homes
11%of homes stand empty
94%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Doubs

BesançonMontbéliardPontarlierAudincourtValentigneyMorteauGrand-CharmontSeloncourtValdahonBethoncourtVillers-le-LacBaume-les-Dames

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.