The average price per m² in Alès is 1 569 €/m² for an apartment, within a range of 1,1 to 1,9 k€ per m², based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. Over the period, the market rose 8 % over 5 years and rose 3,7 % over the last 12 months, with about 261 transactions per year.
Illustration of Alès, capital of the Cévennes, at the foot of the range on the Gardon d'Alès.
Apartments in Alès sell at an average price of around 1 569 €/m², based on transactions actually recorded (DVF data, the French database of notarised property sales). Sub-prefecture of the Gard and the second town of the department after Nîmes, Alès is the capital of the Cévennes, a former mining town since reinvented, marked by its Fort Vauban, its Saint-Jean-Baptiste cathedral and the Gardon d'Alès. Prices run from around 1 238 €/m² at Tamaris, the most affordable area, to nearly 2 464 €/m² at Silhol, on the residential heights. The historic centre, Le Plan and Chantilly make up the core of the market, with the largest sales volumes.
Prices from the DVF file (Demandes de valeurs foncières, published by the DGFiP), transactions actually recorded at the notary at municipality level. Cross-referenced with the Notaires de France - INSEE indices. Learn more about our methodology.
After 1 450 €/m² in 2021, the average price in Alès reaches 1 569 €/m² in 2026, roughly +8 % over the period.
Change in the average price per m² over twelve months, district by district, based on the most recent DVF sales.
The average price per m² for an apartment in each district of Alès covered by Immover, ranked from the most expensive to the most affordable.
The Alès market is that of the capital of the Cévennes, the second town of the Gard, around thirty minutes from Nîmes. With an average price of around 1 569 €/m² for an apartment and around 2 111 €/m² for a house, Alès sits at a measured level, in line with mid-sized towns of the south on an affordable market of Provence and the Cévennes, carried by local demand and the natural setting of the Cévennes foothills.
Geography draws the map of prices. The residential heights of Silhol and Bruèges show the highest levels, while the centre, Le Plan and Chantilly hold the sales volumes. The former mining districts of the left bank, Rochebelle and Tamaris, and the large estates engaged in urban renewal, such as Les Prés Saint-Jean, remain the most affordable in the town.
With an average price of around 1 569 €/m², Alès sits at a measured level, in line with the mid-sized towns of the Gard and the Cévennes foothills. Its standing as the capital of the Cévennes, its historic centre around the Fort Vauban and the Saint-Jean cathedral, and its natural setting on the banks of the Gardon make it a town sought after by first-time buyers and by buyers looking for an affordable Cévennes setting.
Alès is the sub-prefecture of the Gard and the second town of the department after Nîmes. Set at the foot of the Cévennes, on the Gardon d'Alès, it is often described as the capital or the gateway of the Cévennes. Its centre is laid out around the place Saint-Jean and its cathedral, the Fort Vauban that looks down on the town, the place de l'Hôtel de Ville and the Grand-rue Jean Moulin, between shops, station and urban life.
The town owes much of its history to coal. Mining, developed from the eighteenth century, made Alès a major mining and industrial hub in the south of France. The Rochebelle and Tamaris districts, on the left bank of the Gardon, still carry the mark of that past, told today by the demonstration mine and the Pierre-André Benoit museum. The town reinvented itself around the Pôle Mécanique d'Alès-Cévennes motorsport site, the IMT Mines Alès engineering school and service-sector jobs.
The geography of prices follows this history. The residential heights, around Silhol and Bruèges, are gaining value, carried by family houses and a quiet setting. The centre, Le Plan and Chantilly hold the sales volumes. The former working-class and mining districts, such as Tamaris and Rochebelle, now engaged in a wide urban renewal programme, remain the most affordable in the town.
The Alès market attracts first-time buyers, families, working people from the Alès basin and buyers looking for an affordable Cévennes setting, close to nature and around thirty minutes from Nîmes. Demand focuses on apartments in the centre and the northern districts, along with houses on the residential heights and in the outer districts. Prices, measured for a town of this size, reflect an affordable market of Provence and the Cévennes, with marked gaps between the heights and the former mining districts.
The average price in Alès is 1 569 €/m² for an apartment (actual DVF transactions, notarised sales), within a range of 1 134 to 1 926 €/m² depending on the district. Listing portals show asking prices, 10 to 20 % above the prices actually recorded at signing.
No. Silhol, on the residential heights, shows the highest prices, at around 2 464 €/m², followed by Bruèges and Chantilly, while Tamaris, a former working-class district, remains the most affordable area, at around 1 238 €/m². The centre, Le Plan and Chantilly make up the core of the market, with the largest sales volumes.
Alès is the capital of the Cévennes and the second town of the Gard, a former mining town since reinvented, at the foot of the range and on the Gardon. It combines a lively historic centre, a Cévennes setting close to nature and measured prices, at around 1 569 €/m² for an apartment, an affordable level for a sub-prefecture of this size.
The Alès market has risen by around 8 % over five years for apartments. Levels remain contained, with marked gaps between the residential heights and the former mining districts, and steady sales volumes in the centre, Le Plan and Chantilly.
The town-wide average price is not enough: you need to start from the price of your district, then adjust for the type of property, the floor, the condition, the aspect and the closeness of the centre and the Gardon. The Immover valuation tool draws on the actual sales closest to your address.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).