Volonne, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
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Volonne

A French city of 1,633, in the mountains

€1,800/m²to buy
2,731 hof sun a year
14 minto a hospital
1,633residents

Volonne is a French city of 1,633 in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Homes go for about €1,800 a square metre. 2,731 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€1,800/m²to buy, $194 per sq ft
€10.3/m²to rent, a month
€1,480property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€26,010median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
2,731 hof sunshine a year
79rainy days a year
39°Fwinter average, 3.9°C
69°Fsummer average, 20.4°C
41days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
16 minto the nearest station
1.5 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
14 minto the nearest hospital
nonepharmacies within 15 minutes
16 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
1.5break-ins per 1,000 residents
2.6assault and robbery per 1,000
4other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
1,633residents
25 km²10 square miles
8%of homes are second homes
15%of homes stand empty
98%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.