Valenciennes, Nord
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France / Nord

Valenciennes

A French city of 43,468

€1,830/m²to buy
1,894 hof sun a year
5 minto a hospital
43,468residents

Valenciennes is a French city of 43,468 in Nord. Homes go for about €1,830 a square metre. 1,894 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€1,830/m²to buy, $197 per sq ft
€10.9/m²to rent, a month
€1,530property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€22,180median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
1,894 hof sunshine a year
126rainy days a year
40°Fwinter average, 4.3°C
64°Fsummer average, 18°C
8days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
6 minto the nearest station
1.6 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
5 minto the nearest hospital
9pharmacies within 15 minutes
5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
2.9break-ins per 1,000 residents
15.6assault and robbery per 1,000
20other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
43,468residents
14 km²5 square miles
3%of homes are second homes
13%of homes stand empty
95%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.