Villeurbanne

A French city of 163,684

€3,640/m²to buy

2,018 hof sun a year

5 minto a hospital

163,684residents

Villeurbanne is a French city of 163,684 in Rhône. Homes go for about €3,640 a square metre. 2,018 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€3,640/m²to buy, $392 per sq ft

€15.9/m²to rent, a month

€980property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€24,160median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

2,018 hof sunshine a year

104rainy days a year

41°Fwinter average, 5.1°C

72°Fsummer average, 22.2°C

39days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

9 minto the nearest station

3.3 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

5 minto the nearest hospital

40pharmacies within 15 minutes

5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

4.1break-ins per 1,000 residents

8.5assault and robbery per 1,000

27other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

163,684residents

15 km²6 square miles

4%of homes are second homes

8%of homes stand empty

94%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Rhône

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

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.