In Amiens, the property tax rate is one of the highest in France (around 56 % combined), but it has not risen since 2014 and stays frozen in 2026. Rates, ranking, relative weight on low prices and a simulator.
Illustration : Property tax in Amiens in 2026: a very high rate, but frozen since 2014.
In Amiens, the property tax rate is one of the highest in France, but it did not move in 2026. The overall combined rate comes close to 56 %, which places the county town of the Somme on the national podium, just behind Grenoble and Angers. Yet the town has not raised its municipal rate since 2014, and has carried it over unchanged once again for 2026. This wide gap between an impressive headline rate and a bill in euros that stays contained comes down to a reality few owners have in mind. Here is how to read your 2026 notice, profile by profile.
In 2026, the property tax rate does not rise in Amiens. The tax rates were carried over unchanged at the Amiens Métropole council meeting of 12 February 2026. The only automatic movement on your bill comes from the national revaluation of the cadastral bases, limited to +0,8 % this year according to INSEE, the French statistics institute, the smallest increase in several years.
The municipal rate of property tax on built property stays set at 49,75 %, as in previous years. The household waste collection tax is held at 9,53 %, a level that has also been unchanged for a long time. That choice comes in the context of the campaign for the municipal elections of March 2026.
In practice, if your 2026 notice is a little higher than that of 2025, the difference does not come from a decision taken in Amiens: it comes solely from the revaluation of the bases decided at national level. On a property tax of 1 500 €, that represents around 12 € more over the year.
Amiens is among the large French cities with the highest property tax rate. According to the property tax observatory of the UNPI, the French property owners union, the overall combined rate there reaches around 56 % in 2025, which ranks it second nationally, behind Grenoble and neck and neck with Angers. That rate adds together the municipal share (49,75 %) and the inter-municipal share of Amiens Métropole (6,12 %).
The rate shown on your notice is the sum of several authorities. In Amiens, the town carries the heaviest share, with 49,75 % for the municipal tax alone, to which 6,12 % for Amiens Métropole is added. The total comes close to 56 %, a level well above the average of the large French cities.
| Large city | Overall combined rate 2025 (order of magnitude) |
|---|---|
| Grenoble | ~ 67,9 % |
| Angers | ~ 56,4 % |
| Amiens | ~ 56,0 % |
| Average of the large cities | clearly lower |
A high rate does not necessarily mean a high bill. Property tax is the product of a rate and a base (the cadastral rental value). Amiens combines a strong rate and moderate rental values: it is that combination that explains the local paradox, set out further down. Source: national property tax observatory, UNPI, October 2025.
The rate in Amiens may be high, but it has the merit of being stable: the town has not raised its municipal property tax rate since 2014. While property tax rose by more than 37 % on average in France between 2014 and 2024, driven by rate increases and by the revaluation of the bases, Amiens kept its municipal rate unchanged over the whole period.
The council led by Brigitte Fouré, mayor since 2014, has made not raising tax rates a constant of its management. Over the decade, the increase in property tax felt by owners in Amiens therefore comes almost entirely from the national revaluation of the cadastral bases, decided by the state, and not from a rise in the local rate.
That stability has a downside: starting from an already high level, the town has not sought to reduce it. The rate therefore remains one of the highest in France, but without the jolts other large cities have seen in recent years, such as the rise of 19 % in Nice in 2023 or that of 9 % in Lyon the same year.
The carry-over of the rate for 2026 was adopted at the Amiens Métropole council meeting of 12 February 2026. The final rate for each year is published by the Direction générale des finances publiques, the French public finances directorate.
Property tax is calculated by multiplying the cadastral rental value of your property, reduced by an allowance of 50 %, by the sum of the rates voted (municipality, inter-municipal authority, household waste collection tax). In Amiens the rate is high, but the rental value, tied to low property prices, stays moderate.
The mechanism is the same everywhere in France. The tax base is the cadastral rental value, an administrative estimate of the theoretical annual rent of the home. It is reduced by a flat-rate allowance of 50 % for built property, then multiplied by the sum of the rates of the authorities.
Every year, that base is revalued at national level according to the harmonised consumer price index of November of the previous year. For 2026, the coefficient is set at +0,8 % according to INSEE, against +1,7 % in 2025 and +3,9 % in 2024. In Amiens, where the rate is frozen, it is the only component that mechanically increases your tax this year.
Your notice has several lines: the municipal share (49,75 %), the Amiens Métropole share (6,12 %), the household waste collection tax (9,53 %) and management fees. The revaluation of the bases applies to all of them.
In Amiens, where the average property price is close to 2 533 €/m² in early 2026, a high rate applied to moderate values gives a property tax in euros of, in orders of magnitude, between 450 € for a studio and 1 900 € for a house. The real issue in Amiens is not the amount in euros, but its relative weight measured against the purchase price, heavier than in expensive cities.
The markers below are orders of magnitude, anchored on real districts of Amiens and on the average price per m² of the town. They do not replace the amount shown on your notice, which depends on the rental value specific to each home.
| Profile | Property tax 2025 (order of magnitude) | Effect of the 2026 bases (+0,8 %) |
|---|---|---|
| Studio 30 m², Saint-Leu | ~ 450 € | ~ +4 € |
| 3-room flat 65 m², Henriville | ~ 900 € | ~ +7 € |
| Town house 90 m², Saint-Acheul | ~ 1 400 € | ~ +11 € |
| House 120 m², outskirts | ~ 1 900 € | ~ +15 € |
In euros, those amounts stay close to, or even below, those of far more expensive cities. But measured against the purchase price, they weigh more. A property tax of 1 400 € a year on a property bought for 180 000 € represents, cumulated over 20 years, close to 16 % of the purchase price. The same annual outlay on a property at 550 000 € in an expensive metropolitan area represents only a fraction of it. That is the real lesson of Amiens: the high rate is felt above all in the relative weight, not in the amount in euros.
For a buyer, that relative weight deserves a place in the calculation of the total cost of ownership, alongside the price and the service charges. For a seller, it is not an obstacle: the low prices of Amiens remain the first argument, and the local market is still carried by first-time buyers for whom the monthly loan payment counts more than the annual tax.
Enter your 2025 property tax and the purchase price (or the value) of your property. The simulator estimates your 2026 tax with the revaluation of the bases of +0,8 %, then calculates its total over 20 years and the weight that represents as a percentage of the price of your property. That is the reading that really counts in Amiens.
The high rate in Amiens does not stop the market from working: low prices and the stability of the rate remain the dominant arguments. Property tax weighs on the long-term cost of ownership, but it does not hold back a market carried by first-time buyers who are sensitive above all to the monthly loan payment.
Amiens remains an affordable market, at around 2 533 €/m² on average in early 2026, one of the most affordable large cities in France. In that context, local taxation acts as a second-order factor.
1. A stabilised cost of ownership. The fact that the rate has not moved since 2014 and is carried over again in 2026 gives visibility. For a buyer, knowing that the municipal share will not rise mechanically is a reassurance that partly offsets the level of the rate.
2. The relative weight, a point to watch. Measured against the purchase price, property tax weighs more in Amiens than in expensive cities. That should be built into the yield calculation of a buy-to-let investment, where property tax reduces the net return.
3. The real drivers of value. Location (Saint-Leu, the town centre, closeness to the station and the university faculties), the condition of the property and its energy rating remain by far the first determinants of price in Amiens. An up-to-date valuation remains the best starting point for placing your property.
No. The tax rates were carried over unchanged at the Amiens Métropole council meeting of 12 February 2026. The municipal rate of property tax on built property stays set at 49,75 %, as it has been since 2014. The only automatic movement on your bill comes from the national revaluation of the cadastral bases, set at +0,8 % for 2026 according to INSEE, the French statistics institute, that is around 12 euros more on a tax of 1 500 euros.
The municipal rate of property tax on built property is 49,75 %. Adding the share of Amiens Métropole (6,12 %), the overall combined rate reaches around 56 %, one of the highest in France. The household waste collection tax comes on top at 9,53 %. Those rates are carried over unchanged in 2026.
Amiens applies a historically high municipal rate, around 49,75 %, which places it among the large cities with the highest combined rate in France (around 56 % in 2025, second position according to the observatory of the UNPI, the French property owners union). That high level dates back several years and has not been raised since 2014. The town chose to freeze the rate rather than reduce it.
No, not on the municipal rate. Amiens has not raised its property tax rate since 2014, under the mandate of Brigitte Fouré. While property tax rose by more than 37 % on average in France between 2014 and 2024, the increase felt in Amiens comes almost entirely from the national revaluation of the cadastral bases, decided by the state, and not from a rise in the local rate.
In orders of magnitude, property tax runs from around 450 euros for a studio to close to 1 900 euros for a house, with an average property price of around 2 533 euros per square metre in early 2026. Despite a high rate, the bill in euros stays contained because the rental values of Amiens are moderate. The exact amount depends on the cadastral rental value of your property.
In euros, the bill stays close to that of more expensive cities, because the rental values are low. The real issue is the relative weight: measured against the purchase price, property tax weighs more in Amiens than in an expensive metropolitan area. A tax of 1 400 euros a year on a property bought for 180 000 euros represents, over 20 years, close to 16 % of the purchase price. That is a point to build into the total cost of ownership.
The 2026 property tax notice is sent by the Direction générale des finances publiques, the French public finances directorate, between late August and early October 2026, by post and in your personal account on impots.gouv.fr. The payment deadline is generally set at 15 October for taxpayers paying monthly and 20 October for a direct payment. No action is required, the calculation is automatic.
Not significantly. The Amiens market is still carried by low prices and by first-time buyers who are sensitive above all to the monthly loan payment, for whom the annual tax weighs less than the purchase price. The high rate acts as a second-order factor: location, the condition of the property and its energy rating remain the first determinants of price.
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