Solaize

A French city of 3,144

€3,720/m²to buy

2,024 hof sun a year

15 minto a hospital

3,144residents

Solaize is a French city of 3,144 in Rhône. Homes go for about €3,720 a square metre. 2,024 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€3,720/m²to buy, $401 per sq ft

€14.4/m²to rent, a month

€760property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€32,900median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

2,024 hof sunshine a year

101rainy days a year

40°Fwinter average, 4.4°C

70°Fsummer average, 21.1°C

29days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

8 minto the nearest station

3.1 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

15 minto the nearest hospital

5pharmacies within 15 minutes

9 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

3.6break-ins per 1,000 residents

0.6assault and robbery per 1,000

18other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

3,144residents

8 km²3 square miles

1%of homes are second homes

5%of homes stand empty

99%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Rhône

Lyon Villeurbanne Vénissieux Vaulx-en-Velin Saint-Priest Caluire-et-Cuire Bron Oullins-Pierre-Bénite Meyzieu Villefranche-sur-Saône Rillieux-la-Pape Décines-Charpieu

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.