Volx, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
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Volx

A French city of 3,243

€2,820/m²to buy
2,782 hof sun a year
13 minto a hospital
3,243residents

Volx is a French city of 3,243 in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Homes go for about €2,820 a square metre. 2,782 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
€13/m²to rent, a month
€1,570property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€25,830median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
2,782 hof sunshine a year
72rainy days a year
42°Fwinter average, 5.3°C
71°Fsummer average, 21.4°C
49days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
14 minto the nearest station
1.1 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES
13 minto the nearest hospital
3pharmacies within 15 minutes
5 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
3.4break-ins per 1,000 residents
3.3assault and robbery per 1,000
5other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
3,243residents
19 km²7 square miles
4%of homes are second homes
8%of homes stand empty
95%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.