Villeneuve

A French city of 4,360

€2,820/m²to buy

2,771 hof sun a year

17 minto a hospital

4,360residents

Villeneuve is a French city of 4,360 in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Homes go for about €2,820 a square metre. 2,771 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€2,820/m²to buy, $304 per sq ft

€12.2/m²to rent, a month

€1,570property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€25,500median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

2,771 hof sunshine a year

71rainy days a year

42°Fwinter average, 5.5°C

71°Fsummer average, 21.5°C

51days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

12 minto the nearest station

1.1 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

17 minto the nearest hospital

nonepharmacies within 15 minutes

11 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

3.4break-ins per 1,000 residents

1.5assault and robbery per 1,000

5other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

4,360residents

25 km²10 square miles

4%of homes are second homes

5%of homes stand empty

97%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

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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.