Wissous

A French city of 7,151

€4,200/m²to buy

1,776 hof sun a year

10 minto a hospital

7,151residents

Wissous is a French city of 7,151 in Essonne. Homes go for about €4,200 a square metre. 1,776 hours of sunshine a year. Every figure from official French sources.

What it costs

DVF land registry, DGFiP, INSEE

€4,200/m²to buy, $453 per sq ft

€20.7/m²to rent, a month

€960property tax a year on a flat €2,500 base, to compare communes, not your bill

€33,210median income per adult, after tax

The weather

Météo-France 1991-2020 normals

1,776 hof sunshine a year

116rainy days a year

41°Fwinter average, 5.1°C

67°Fsummer average, 19.6°C

15days above 30°C a year

Getting there

SNCF timetables, road distances

12 minto the nearest station

2.3 hto the sea

Healthcare

FINESS, DREES

10 minto the nearest hospital

18pharmacies within 15 minutes

10 minto a care home

Safety

SSMSI, ministry of the interior

2.5break-ins per 1,000 residents

4.3assault and robbery per 1,000

12other theft per 1,000

Who lives here

INSEE census, Arcep

7,151residents

9 km²3 square miles

2%of homes are second homes

5%of homes stand empty

99%of homes can get fibre

Does Wissous fit you?

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Elsewhere in Essonne

Évry-Courcouronnes Corbeil-Essonnes Massy Savigny-sur-Orge Palaiseau Athis-Mons Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Vigneux-sur-Seine Ris-Orangis Viry-Châtillon Draveil Yerres

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.