Velaux, Bouches-du-Rhône
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Velaux

A French city of 8,941

€4,490/m²to buy
2,889 hof sun a year
17 minto a hospital
8,941residents

Velaux is a French city of 8,941 in Bouches-du-Rhône. Homes go for about €4,490 a square metre. 2,889 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€4,490/m²to buy, $484 per sq ft
€15.4/m²to rent, a month
€1,460property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€32,600median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
2,889 hof sunshine a year
56rainy days a year
45°Fwinter average, 7.1°C
73°Fsummer average, 22.8°C
53days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
12 minto the nearest station
13 minto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
17 minto the nearest hospital
4pharmacies within 15 minutes
5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
5.0break-ins per 1,000 residents
0.6assault and robbery per 1,000
9other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
8,941residents
25 km²10 square miles
1%of homes are second homes
3%of homes stand empty
99%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Bouches-du-Rhône

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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.