Watten, Nord
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France / Nord

Watten

A French city of 2,564

€1,400/m²to buy
1,804 hof sun a year
17 minto a hospital
2,564residents

Watten is a French city of 2,564 in Nord. Homes go for about €1,400 a square metre. 1,804 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE
€1,400/m²to buy, $151 per sq ft
€9.7/m²to rent, a month
€1,810property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill
€21,420median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals
1,804 hof sunshine a year
129rainy days a year
41°Fwinter average, 5.1°C
64°Fsummer average, 17.6°C
6days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances
8 minto the nearest station
29 minto the sea

Healthcare

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

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior
0.2break-ins per 1,000 residents
2.1assault and robbery per 1,000
2other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep
2,564residents
8 km²3 square miles
3%of homes are second homes
7%of homes stand empty
99%of homes can get fibre

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Elsewhere in Nord

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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.