Vasselay

A French city of 1,579

€1,560/m²to buy

1,870 hof sun a year

14 minto a hospital

1,579residents

Vasselay is a French city of 1,579 in Cher. Homes go for about €1,560 a square metre. 1,870 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€1,560/m²to buy, $168 per sq ft

€10/m²to rent, a month

€910property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€28,650median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

1,870 hof sunshine a year

128rainy days a year

40°Fwinter average, 4.5°C

67°Fsummer average, 19.4°C

18days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

16 minto the nearest station

3.7 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

14 minto the nearest hospital

nonepharmacies within 15 minutes

11 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

3.0break-ins per 1,000 residents

0.2assault and robbery per 1,000

1other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

1,579residents

20 km²8 square miles

2%of homes are second homes

5%of homes stand empty

99%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Cher

Bourges Vierzon Saint-Amand-Montrond Saint-Doulchard Saint-Florent-sur-Cher Mehun-sur-Yèvre Aubigny-sur-Nère Saint-Germain-du-Puy Trouy La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin Dun-sur-Auron La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois

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.